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India opposition vows to block reform bills over scandal (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - India’s main opposition on Monday kept up its demand for a parliamentary probe into a telecoms license row despite a government minister resigning over the issue, threatening to…

Prelates to discuss response to sex abuse scandal (AP)

November 8th, 2010

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has summoned cardinals from around the world to a daylong summit in Rome next week on the clerical sex abuse scandal and other issues facing…

Berlusconi amid scandal: ‘I love women’ (AP)

October 29th, 2010

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures while speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. EU leaders on Friday agreed on tougher rules for spendthrift nations whose overspending threatens Europe's single currency and risks triggering a debt crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi issued an unapologetic defense of his lifestyle Friday amid the latest scandal involving his personal life, admitting that he intervened to secure the release from…

Woman acquitted in Winfrey SAfrica school scandal (AP)

October 11th, 2010

File  -  U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey, center, with  learners, during an opening ceremony of her Leadership Academy for Girls School at Henley-on-Klip, South Africa, in this Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007 file photo. A woman accused of abusing teenagers at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa was acquitted of the charges Monday, and Winfrey said she was 'profoundly disappointed' by the trial's outcome.   Prosecutors had accused Tiny Virginia Makopo of trying to kiss and fondle girls at the school soon after it opened in 2007 outside Johannesburg.  Mthunzi Mhaga, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority, said  Monday Oct. 11, 2010 that Makopo had been acquitted of the charges.     (AP Photo / Denis Farrell)AP - A woman accused of abusing teenagers at Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa was acquitted of the charges Monday, and Winfrey said she was “profoundly disappointed”…

Pope admits church failures in sex abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI flanked by Britain's Queen Elizabeth is greeted by children as he leaves the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The Pontiff is on a four-day visit the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Claudio Onorati, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI waded into the hostile atmosphere Thursday of highly secular Britain, admitting the Catholic Church did not act decisively or quickly enough to remove priests who…

Pope on UK visit admits failures in abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, inspect an honor guard of Members of the Royal Company of Archers and members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the Pope arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI began a controversial visit to Britain on Thursday by acknowledging the Catholic Church had not acted decisively or quickly enough against priests who molested children.…

Pope visits UK, admits failures in abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, inspect an honor guard of Members of the Royal Company of Archers and members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the Pope arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who…

Pope acknowledges church failures in abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets the journalists aboard the airplane to Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who…

Ex-bishop in Belgian abuse scandal goes to hiding (AP)

September 11th, 2010

AP - The former Belgian bishop who resigned in April after admitting he sexually abused a nephew for years said Friday he would go into hiding to assess his future,…

The Bettencourt Scandal Puts Sarkozy in Growing Peril (Time.com)

September 5th, 2010

Time.com - As the scandal surrounding the L’OrÉal billions further entwines Eric Woerth, French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for his labor minister could cost him the next election

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