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• Freak storm forces pope to cut youth vigil speech (AP)
• Growing up Muslim after Sept. 11 test of faith (AP)
• Pope says priests must live saintly lives (Reuters)
• Oil minister does not return to Libya-Tunisia source (Reuters)
• Pakistan mosque bombing: one of country's worst attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Freak storm forces pope to cut youth vigil speech (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 02:21 PM PDT AP - A freak thunderstorm on Saturday forced Pope Benedict XVI to cut short his speech to an estimated million young pilgrims gathered for the church's world youth festival, giving the outdoor prayer vigil at a Madrid airfield a dramatic climax.

Growing up Muslim after Sept. 11 test of faith (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:50 AM PDT AP - In many ways, Yousuf Salama is a typical teenager: He lives for football, worries about acne and would rather dash off to see "Captain America" with friends than spend one more minute with his mother.

Pope says priests must live saintly lives (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 06:43 AM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict said Saturday Roman Catholic priests must live saintly lives and men should only enter the priesthood if they were convinced they could live by all the Church's rules, including celibacy.

Oil minister does not return to Libya-Tunisia source (Reuters) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 06:14 AM PDT Reuters - Libya's oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia after deciding not to return to Libya from a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source said Saturday, the third apparent defection this week of a senior figure associated with Muammar Gaddafi's rule.

Pakistan mosque bombing: one of country's worst attacks (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:38 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks in recent years, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed mosque Friday, killing at least 50 worshipers and injuring more than 100 in Pakistan’s tribal belt of Khyber.

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