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U.K. Bishops Defect to Catholic Church: A Worsening Rift? (Time.com)

November 11th, 2010

Time.com - In protest over gay rights and the ordaining of women, five Church of England bishops have announced they are converting to Catholicism. Is this just a little rift…

Sinking BP shares ignite trans-Atlantic rift (AP)

June 10th, 2010

AP - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill risked turning into a trans-Atlantic diplomatic rift Thursday after U.S. threats to have BP fork out billions more for the disaster caused…

AP Analysis: Karzai remarks risk US-Afghan rift (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, surrounded by his body guards walks through Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - President Hamid Karzai’s startling threat to join the Taliban if foreigners don’t stop meddling in Afghanistan and his strident criticism of the West’s role have worsened relations with…

Clinton calls Israel rift a challenge (AP)

March 18th, 2010

A general view of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, April 3, 2007. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/FilesAP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described a rift with Israel over a Jerusalem construction project as a challenge, avoiding criticism of Tel Aviv.


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New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift (AP)

March 13th, 2010

AP - This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico’s bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are…