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...handling of clergy sex abuse. In the past week alone, besides the criticism over Bertone's comments, a priest in Massachusetts has suggested the Pope should resign, while two of the Vatican's harshest critics, anti-religious writers Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, have called for Benedict's arrest when he arrives in Britain in September for a visit...
Skolnick explained that there are multiple underground peace activist groups in Israel. But he also said that the groups are often hindered by a lack of funding and the Israeli government’s efforts to arrest members of such groups...
...capital, Kurmanbek Bakiyev had been refusing to concede the presidency of Kyrgyzstan, holing up with his family and hundreds of bodyguards in the south of the country - specifically, in his native province of Dzhalalabad. Special-forces units loyal to the new government have reportedly been dispatched to arrest Bakiyev, who, with members of his inner circle, has been charged with ordering riot police to open fire on protesters on April 7, littering the streets around the presidential palace with bodies. Bakiyev declared that any attempt to capture and kill him would "drown Kyrgyzstan in blood." But the first signs that...
Otunbayeva confirmed on Friday, April 9, that arrest warrants had been issued for Bakiyev and several male relatives who held senior posts in his administration. She pledged not to use force against them but said she could not guarantee their safety from "marauders" seeking revenge for last week's slaying of protesters. "What he did calls for a serious trial," Otunbayeva told Reuters on Sunday, adding, "To be honest, we can hardly restrain those who are ready to rush there [to his stronghold] with rifles." (See pictures of the struggle for power in Kyrgyzstan...
...still plan to publish the book you were working on at the time of your arrest? I'm not sure. I do hope that I can return to that book. If I don't write it, it could be a victory for my captors...