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  • Pope visits Ground Zero to pray for 9/11 victims

    17:19 Pope Benedict has visited Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Centre destroyed in the September 11 attacks, to pray for the victims and their families and for an end to hatred and violence.In the high point of his visit to the US, the pope blessed the crater and spoke with each of 24 special guests. They were 16 relatives of people killed when the jets hit the towers and eight survivors - four World Trade Center workers and four first responders who rushed to help. The pontiff prayed for peace, hope and healing, including for those who became ill after breathing toxic air in the ruins. He read out a prayer for those who died at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and on United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Yesterday, Pope Benedict urged the US Catholic Church to seek "purification" and the truth following its sexual abuse scandal.

  • Rice backs Iraqi government crackdown on militia

    20:06 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has given her support to the Iraqi government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened an "open war" on security forces. Arriving on an unannounced visit to Baghdad, Rice said she wanted to support what she called a new political "centre" in Iraq that has backed Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's crackdown on Sadr's Mehdi Army militia. 

  • Union leaders, management address Iralco workers

    17:11 Union officials, management and liquidators at troubled car components company Iralco have briefed a meeting of the workforce on plans for the immediate future of the factory. 

  • Results of Zimbabwe partial vote recount face delay

    11:18 A partial recount of Zimbabwe's disputed March 29th election could take longer than the three days originally planned, an official said on today, dragging out a political stalemate that has raised fears of violence.
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