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...took the Vatican a decade to confirm what the world had long been witnessing with its own eyes. It was in the early 1990s that Pope John Paul II first showed symptoms of Parkinson's disease, with the trembling of his hands, stiffening of facial muscles and slurring speech progressively worsening over the years. But Vatican officials confirmed the diagnosis only recently, a sign of just how sensitive - some would say hypersensitive - the Holy See is when the subject is John Paul's health...
...Zealand police have refused to comment on the status of the list of suspects, saying it is "contrary to operational policy to either confirm or deny the receipt of information from authorities in other jurisdictions." The country's Customs officials confirm that they received the information, but will only say they are working on the list, along with police and the Internal Affairs department, which also declined to comment on investigations...
...duty of a state to protect its citizens. South Korea has been terrible at this." Friends of Rev. Kim are losing hope that he is still alive after five years. "He may have become a martyr," says his brother-in-law, Chung Se Gook. "But the government should officially confirm whether he's dead or not." Either way, the evidence strongly suggests that Pyongyang hasn't kicked its kidnapping habit...
...Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration. "That is Yuliya's headache. It's not just about getting the minimum number of votes needed to win; it's about getting broad support for the future." That support may not be so easy to come by. Though parliament is expected to confirm her nomination this week, Tymoshenko remains a divisive figure. Roman Bezsmertny, another M.P. for Our Ukraine, which is allied with Tymoshenko's party, called on fellow deputies to vote against her because he believes she'll foster disunity - despite the fact that it was her forceful rhetoric that helped keep...
...would not confirm or deny yesterday whether he released material on the original final exam during the review session...