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...terrorism. "Those who instigate and plan these attacks evidently wish to poison our relations, making use of all means, including religion, to oppose every attempt to build a peaceful, fair and serene life together," Benedict said. The Muslims he met wholeheartedly endorsed the Pontiff's concerns and desire for inter-faith dialogue, urging that it be extended to a permanent forum to discuss issues such as poverty, globalization, the loss of values, racism and terrorism. The fact that the Pope made no mention of the other issues and only wanted to discuss terrorism suggests that the Vatican may be toughening...
...waved at crowds of pilgrims along the river bank. On the opposite shore, dozens of young faithful waded in up to their thighs, making the Rhine momentarily seem more like the Ganges. The coming days will also test the new Pope's mettle on the political and inter-religious fronts. On Friday, he will meet with German Jewish leaders at a momentous ceremony Friday at Cologne's synagogue, which was destroyed by the Nazis on the infamous Kristallnacht rampage in 1938. He also has meetings with German Muslim leaders and non-Catholic Christians, as well as top political leaders...
Sources: Census Bureau, Population of the United States in 1860; Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920, by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; University of Virginia; estimates on slave imports from The Slave Trade, by Hugh Thomas, 1997 (Simon & Schuster...
...generators and disaster relief teams. The Colombian government allocated $5 million to repair washed-out roads and bridges that had been in the path of the mudslides. An additional $2.5 million was earmarked to fix fractured oil pipelines. On Wednesday, President Betancur announced that the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank had awarded Colombia loans of $1.2 billion for reconstruction...
Cheers for your report on the ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the compulsory licensing of journalists [PRESS, Dec. 16]. However, Stephen Schmidt, the American reporter found guilty of practicing journalism without a license in Costa Rica, worked for La Nación, not La Prensa Libre. Eduardo Ulibarri, Editor in Chief La Nación San José, Costa Rica...