TV NZ - Five confess to gang rape of Swiss tourist in India, Mar 17, 2013

 "Police in India say they have arrested a group of farmers in their 20s who have confessed to gang raping a Swiss tourist who was camping with her husband in an Indian forest. "We have detained five men and they have confessed to gang-raping the woman and attacking her husband," police official MS Dhodee told AFP. Police were searching for a sixth man, who was also involved in the crime, AFP reported. All the accused will go before a magistrate on Monday, Dilip Arya, deputy inspector general of police, told Reuters. Police have also recovered the couple's valuables."
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AFP: French star lawyer found dead near his private island, Mar 17, 2013

 "PARIS — A French star lawyer whose clients ranged from Panama's ex-dictator Manuel Noriega to former prime minister Dominique de Villepin was Sunday found dead near his private island in Brittany, sources and officials said. Sources told AFP that the body of Olivier Metzner was found floating in the Gulf of Morbihan, a natural harbour on France's western coast, on Sunday morning. A suicide letter was also found in his house on the nearby Boedic island, they said."
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POPE FRANCIS News, Mar 17, 2013

BBC News - Pope Francis wants 'poor Church for the poor'
Pope Francis has said he wants "a poor Church, for the poor" following his election as head of the world's 1.2bn Catholics on Wednesday. He said he chose the name ...www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21812545 - Cached - More from this site

DAILY RECORD - Duchess of Cambridge reveals she would like a baby boy, Mar 17, 2013

 "THE Duchess of Cambridge has revealed she would like her baby to be a boy as she attended a St Patrick's Day parade at a military barracks. Kate, who is five months pregnant, said the Duke, who attended the event with her, would prefer a girl. The Duchess showed patriotic spirit wearing the same green Emilia Wickstead dress coat and shamrock brooch she wore to the event at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, Hampshire last year. The wet weather held off as the couple watched around 200 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards parade through the puddle-strewn square, bringing a splash of colour to the occasion in their full ceremonial uniform of scarlet tunics and bearskins."
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THE GUARDIAN - Karl Rove swipes back at Sarah Palin after cracks on CPAC stage, Mar 17, 2013

 "It's all getting a bit catty among the ghosts of Republicanism's recent past … or the guiding spirits ushering the party forward, as they are more likely frame themselves A day after Tea Party favourite Sarah Palin took a swipe at Karl Rove over his apparent plans to weed out batty right-wingers from primary races, the one-time Bush adviser used an appearance on Fox News Sunday to even the score. Responding to Palin's suggestion that those hoping to vet would-be candidates should "head on back to the great Lone Star state and put their names on some ballot", Rove commented that if he did, at least he wouldn't "leave office mid-term". Palin quit as governor of Alaska mid-term in 2009, not long after helping guide the Republican party to a presidential election loss. Since then she has busied herself as a lucrative author, pundit and occasional presidential flirt."
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AFP: Pope Francis's first Angelus prayer: Live Report, Mar 17, 2013

 "VATICAN CITY — WE ARE NOW WRAPPING UP THIS LIVE REPORT where Pope Francis has appeared before thousands of pilgrims massed in St Peter's Square for his first Angelus prayer. It was the new pope's second appearance before the general public since he was elected on Wednesday, and he again asked the faithful to "pray for me". The Angelus has traditionally been a moment to comment on international issues, but Francis used the occasion to emphasise his Italian roots."
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FOX NEWS - NY suspect accused of killing mom, raping girl beaten in jail, Mar 17, 2013

"Authorities say a man accused of killing a Syracuse woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter during a carjacking was beaten and suffered a broken nose on his first day in jail. The Post-Standard, of Syracuse, reports that David Renz had a swollen face and tissues stuffed up both nostrils when he appeared in federal court Friday to face a probation violation charge. His attorneys say Renz was assaulted by other inmates at the Onondaga County Justice Center, where he was taken following his arrest Thursday night. Sheriff Kevin Walsh told the newspaper he was looking into why Renz was put into a holding area with other prisoners. Renz faces charges that he abducted the mother and daughter as they left a gymnastics class in the Syracuse suburb of Clay. Probation officials are still investigating how Renz, who has been charged with possessing child pornography managed to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet before committing his latest crime. Renz abducted the school librarian and her daughter as they left a gymnastics class Thursday night at a mall in the Syracuse suburb of Clay, about 150 miles west of Albany, state police said Friday."
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