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• Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor
• Syria's future tied to freedom for captured Christian leaders
• Church official pleads not guilty in looting case
• Pope gets soaked as he braves rain to greet crowds

Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor Posted: 29 May 2013 12:34 PM PDT By Alexandria Sage PARIS (Reuters) - A Muslim convert arrested on suspicion of stabbing a French soldier in a Paris suburb was motivated by religion and had shown some signs of radicalization, French authorities said on Wednesday. The attack took place on May 25, three days after attackers chanting Islamist slogans killed a British soldier in London. France has been on a security alert since January, when its troops began fighting al Qaeda-linked Islamists in Mali. Prosecutor Francois Molins said authorities were treating the Paris attack as a terrorist act. ...

Syria's future tied to freedom for captured Christian leaders Posted: 29 May 2013 08:12 AM PDT The war in Syria, which began in April 2011 with peaceful protests against the oppressive regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is no longer just a struggle between opposition forces and the government. It has now also become a religious, sectarian civil war.

Church official pleads not guilty in looting case Posted: 29 May 2013 05:45 AM PDT A Boston church official who claimed in an autobiography that he was a leg-breaker for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he looted the church's ...

Pope gets soaked as he braves rain to greet crowds Posted: 29 May 2013 02:06 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The rain hasn't stopped Pope Francis.

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