APNewsBreak: German diocese to examine choir abuse (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, southern Germany. The pope's brother says in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils across the face after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also says he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir, but did nothing about it.  In an interview with the Passauer Neue Presse published Tuesday March 9, 2010 , he said 'repeatedly administered a slap in the face' to pupils at the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir. He says it was common then and he stopped after Germany banned corporal punishment in 1980. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher,File)AP - A spokesman for the Regensburg Catholic diocese in Germany says the diocese will investigate allegations of physical and sexual abuse that have swirled around a famed choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother.


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Pope denounces ‘atrocious’ Nigeria bloodshed (AFP)

Injured twenty-year-old student Mercy John lies on a hospital bed following the religious violence that killed hundreds in Dogo Nahawa, south of Jos, Plateau State. Pope Benedict XVI has denounced the AFP - Pope Benedict XVI denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria on Wednesday after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings.


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US aid group attacked in NW Pakistan; 6 dead (AP)

Map locates Mansehra, Pakistan, where a suicide bomber struck World Vision, a large Christian humanitarian groupAP - Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said.


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Google opens Web store for business applications (AP)

AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.

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Hoyer says some trying to politicize Massa case – San Francisco Chronicle


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Hoyer says some trying to politicize Massa case
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer accused political opponents Wednesday of trying to exploit the controversy surrounding former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid accusations of sexual harassment. "I think there were some people that did ...
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AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou during a ceremony honoring Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.


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