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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Cofton Park in Birmingham, England, on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, to celebrate an open-air Mass. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

    Vatican declares pope's visit to Britain a success

    The Vatican on Sunday declared Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit to Britain a "great success," saying the pontiff was able to reach out to a nation wary of his message and angry at his church's sex abuse scandal.


  • Briefly: Europe

    Dutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for possible links to a terrorist group, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutors said.


  • Pope, Blair discuss Middle East

    VATICAN CITY — British Prime Minister Tony Blair held private talks with Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, stoking speculation he might convert to Catholicism after he steps down this week after a decade in power.


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