In last appearance in NYC, Dalai Lama discusses meaning of kinship

In last NYC stop, Dalai Lama discusses kinship

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says no group will be excluded from new government

Top Shiite cleric in Iraq calls for unity

BAGHDAD — The leader of the Sunni-backed coalition that won the most seats in Iraq’s March election said the country’s most influential Shiite cleric assured him in a meeting Sunday that no group would be excluded from the new government.

Cuba to transfer some political prisoners closer to home, grant others medical treatment

Cuba to transfer political prisoners close to home

Relatives: 3 Pakistanis held over Times Square bomb case are religious, not extremist

Relatives: 3 Pakistanis innocent in Times Sq. case

Archeologists unearth 57 ancient tombs in Egypt, most boasting a painted sarcophagus and mummy

57 ancient tombs with mummies unearthed in Egypt

Top Shiite cleric assures Iraq’s Sunni-backed bloc of inclusion in new government, reps say

Iraqiya: Top Shiite cleric calls for unity

6 die in renewed religious violence in central Nigerian flashpoint between Christians, Muslims

Nigeria: 6 dead in religion-fueled violence in Jos

Pope’s visit stirs hopes of ancient sect hurt by Cyprus division and fearing assimiliation

Ancient sect hopes for boost from pope’s visit

Ousted king reappears as Nepal crisis deepens

KATHMANDU - As a constitutional crisis deepened in Nepal and the political parties failed yet again to agree on a way out, deposed king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah made a surprise public appearance Sunday when he was given a red-carpet welcome by royalists.

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