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VATICAN CITY—The Vatican ran a deficit in 2008 as its finances and donations from across the world were hit by the global economic crisis. The Vatican posted a budget deficit for a second straight year. The Holy See's 2008 deficit was around euro0.9 million ($1.28 million), an improvement on last year's loss of euro9.06 million. The financial report released Saturday by... [read full story]
• Special forces funding fighters in Afghanistan • Fears strategy could further destabilise country US special forces are supporting anti-Taliban militias in at least 14 areas of Afghanistan as part of a secretive programme...
KABUL -- Afghan officials said Saturday that a NATO airstrike had inadvertently killed several Afghan soldiers and policemen a day earlier in northwestern Afghanistan. The airstrike took place amid fighting in Badghis province...
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Love is a matter of life and death in the songs of Florence and the Machine. SEATED in a hotel lobby in Paris, this season’s British pop phenomenon Florence and The Machine suddenly breaks into song, drawing staff and customers...
