2012年9月29日星期六

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North Ireland Protestant march begins peacefully

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:47 AM PDT

Thousands of Orange men and women parade past the statue of Edward Carson at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Thousands Protestant people are taking part in commemorations in Belfast to mark one of the most significant dates in unionist history. The six-mile march from central Belfast to Stormont marks the 100th anniversary of the Ulster Covenant, to oppose Home Rule for Ireland in 1912. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)A large Protestant march through the heart of Northern Ireland's capital began peacefully on Saturday amid a heavy security presence.


Trial of pope's butler starts with setback for defense

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Pope Benedict's former butler Gabriele sits at the start of his trial at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's butler, accused of using his access to the pope to steal papers that he thought would expose Vatican corruption, suffered a blow on Saturday's first day of his trial when judges refused to admit evidence from the Church's own investigation. Gabriele's arrest in May, after police found confidential documents in his apartment inside the Vatican, not only threw a spotlight on allegations of malpractice but also pointed to a power struggle at the highest levels of the Church. ...


Vatican court rejects some evidence in butler trial, announces pope's secretary to testify

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT

a case that embarrassed the Vatican and may shed some light on the discreet, internal workings of the papal household.

Large Protestant march begins peacefully amid heavy police presence in Northern Ireland

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT

LONDON - A large Protestant march through the heart of Northern Ireland's capital has begun peacefully amid a heavy police presence.

Court in butler case says some evidence to be reserved for pope

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:51 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The court trying Pope Benedict's former butler on charges of aggravated theft ruled on Saturday that the results of a sensitive separate investigation carried out by cardinals for the pope will not be admitted as trial evidence. At the first hearing of the long-awaiting trial of Paolo Gabriele, charged with stealing and leaking sensitive papal documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, the court rejected a defense request to include the cardinals' probe. It ruled that the trial will be based only on an investigation by a Vatican prosecutor and Vatican police. ...

Vatican court rejects some butler trial evidence

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May, 23, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by his butler Paolo Gabiele, delivers his blessing as he arrives at St.Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience. Pope Benedict XVI's trusted butler, who dressed the pontiff each morning, attended his daily Mass and helped serve him his meals, stands accused of stealing the pope's private correspondence and giving it to a journalist who wrote a blockbuster book about the secrets of one of the most secretive institutions in the world. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, goes on trial Saturday Sept. 29, 2012 in the most sensational crime committed on Vatican territory since the 1998 double murder of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife. That case never came to trial because the suspect killed himself. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)A Vatican tribunal has thrown out some evidence gathered in the investigation of the pope's butler, who is accused of stealing the pope's papers and passing them off to a journalist in the worst security breach in the Vatican's recent history.


Vatican opens public butler leaks trial

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May, 23, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by his butler Paolo Gabiele, delivers his blessing as he arrives at St.Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience. Pope Benedict XVI's trusted butler, who dressed the pontiff each morning, attended his daily Mass and helped serve him his meals, stands accused of stealing the pope's private correspondence and giving it to a journalist who wrote a blockbuster book about the secrets of one of the most secretive institutions in the world. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, goes on trial Saturday Sept. 29, 2012 in the most sensational crime committed on Vatican territory since the 1998 double murder of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife. That case never came to trial because the suspect killed himself. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)The Vatican opened the public trial Saturday of the pope's butler for allegedly stealing and leaking papal correspondence to a journalist, the most embarrassing scandal of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy.


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