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• Ancient sect hopes for boost from pope's visit (AP)
• U.S. cleric urges Muslims to kill U.S. soldiers (Reuters)
• Cuba to improve conditions of prisoners: source (Reuters)

Ancient sect hopes for boost from pope's visit (AP) Posted: 23 May 2010 04:48 AM PDT AP - In the coffee shop at this farming village on the northern Cyprus coast, the conversation jumps from one hardship to the next: a bad rainy season, a religion weakened by assimilation, and a division of the island that has lasted 36 years with no end in sight.

U.S. cleric urges Muslims to kill U.S. soldiers (Reuters) Posted: 23 May 2010 02:54 AM PDT Reuters - A U.S.-born militant cleric has urged Muslims to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and vowed to step up attacks against the U.S. military, according to a videotape released on Sunday.

Cuba to improve conditions of prisoners: source (Reuters) Posted: 22 May 2010 07:45 PM PDT Reuters - Cuba has agreed to move political prisoners held in far-off jails to facilities closer to their hometowns and transfer sick prisoners to hospitals, a dissident said on Saturday, following talks between Catholic Church leaders and President Raul Castro this week.

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