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An inquiry commission by the Irish government into the abuse of children at institutions run by the Roman Catholic Church in the Irish Republic has uncovered a catalogue of sexual, physical and emotional abuse stretching back decades. The report found that the church employed known sex offenders and did nothing to stop them abusing children. David William reports.

The Catholic Primate of All Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady reacted promptly to the publication of what’s a devastating report by calling it a shameful catalogue of cruelty and neglect. But there’s been no official comment at all so far from the Vatican to the detailed allegations against church officials in the report. The problem of sexual abuse of children by priests and members of Catholic religious orders is limited neither to Ireland or to Europe, but it's remarkable that the compilers of the report published in Dublin were able to consult Vatican documents rarely available to outsiders.

In what’s being seen as a setback for President Barack Obama, both houses of the US Congress have now voted to deny funding for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Correspondents say legislators voted overwhelmingly to make sure detainees held at Guantanamo would not be transferred to the United States. From Washington, John Donaldson reports.

President Obama has said he wants to close Guantanamo by next January. But Senators voted 90 to 6 against transferring prisoners to the United States. The House of Representatives has already also rejected the plans. There are still 240 prisoners held at Guantanamo, but what to do with them is the question. President Obama will now have to review his plans. But the administration is insisting the January deadline for closure will be met.

A bomb has exploded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 70. Security official said the blast occurred near a restaurant in the mainly Shia Muslim Shula district in the northwest of the city. Natalia Antelava has the details.

All victims are civilians and police say that the number of casualties is likely to rise. In the last few days, several similar explosions targeted crowded teashops across the capital, but this is the biggest attack this month. In late April, a suicide bomb in the same area of Baghdad killed more than 60 people. Both the Iraqi government and the Americans say that these are isolated incidents. They do not undermine their recent security gains. But many here feel the security situation is deteriorating.

Football and in the last ever Uefa Cup final, Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine have beaten the German side Werder Bremen by 2 goals to 1. The Brazilian Jadson scored the winner in extra time. Their victory in Istanbul, Turkey makes Shakhtar the first Ukrainian side to win the competition which will be renamed the Europa League next season.

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A coalition of international rights groups is calling for the United Nations to investigate allegations of child abductions from camps in Sri Lanka accommodating those displaced in the recent fighting. The coalition says it has verified reports of disappearances from camps around the town of Vavuniya in the north. It alleges that Tamil paramilitary groups affiliated to the government have unfettered access. A military spokesman denied the claims.

The east African regional body IGAD has called on the UN Security Council to impose an air and sea blockade on Somalia in an effort to cut the flow of arms and military assistance to Islamic militants there. Thousands of civilians continue to flee the capital Mogadishu where the militants are battling against the transitional government.

Two members of the British House of Lords have been suspended for six months for offering to push through amendments to laws-being-debated in return for cash payments from businessmen and other clients. The two Lords Peter Truscott and Thomas Taylor were caught after boasting of their influence to a journalist.

Scientists investigating why people with Down's syndrome rarely get most types of cancer say their research may help in the search for new treatments for the disease. The researchers who published their findings in the journal Nature say they hope further study of the unique genes will review ways to fight the tumors. Torrin Douglas has the details.

People who have Down’s have a third copy of a particular chromosome-- chromosome 21 which most people only have two of. And that third copy gives them extra versions of more than 200 different genes. Now using stem cells developed from human skin and mice genetically engineered to have their own version of Down's syndrome, the researchers have pinpointed which of these extra genes helps to protect against cancer tumors.

爱尔兰政府设立调查委员会对其境内罗马天主教堂所属机构的虐童时间进行调查。委员会披露了数十年来的性虐待，身体虐待和情感虐待目录。报告发现，该教堂雇佣已知的性犯罪者，而且未采取任何行动阻止他们虐待儿童。David William 报道。

该报告爱尔兰天主教堂首席主教Cardinal Sean Brady对该报告的公布迅速做出回应，称这是耻辱的残忍和漠视的目录。但是目前为止，从梵蒂冈到报告中对教堂领导的指控都没有任何官方评论。神父和天主教徒对儿童进行性虐待的行为不止限于爱尔兰和欧洲，但是值得注意的是，该该报告的编译者居然能够查阅外人很少知晓的梵蒂冈文件。

这对奥巴马来说是一个挫折，美国国会两院议员均投票反对设立基金关闭关塔纳摩拘留设施。记者称，立法者以压倒性的趋势投票以确保关塔纳摩的在押犯人不能转移到美国。华盛顿，John Donaldson报告。

奥巴马总统曾表示希望明年一月份之前关闭关塔纳摩监狱。但是，参议员以90：6的比例反对将囚犯转移到美国。众议院已经通过表决反对该计划。目前，关塔纳摩仍有240名在押犯人，但是怎样处理他们仍然是一个问题。奥巴马现在不得不重审他的计划。但是，政府仍然坚称，明年一月份关闭关塔纳摩监狱的计划一定能够实现。

伊拉克首都巴格达发生爆炸事件，造成至少34人死亡，70多人受伤。安全官员称，爆炸发生在巴格达西北部主要的什叶派穆斯林舒拉社区一家餐馆附近。Natalia Antelava 详细报道。

所有受害者都是平民。警方表示，伤亡人数还有可能上升。在过去的几天，几宗类似的爆炸事件发生在首都人员拥挤的茶馆，但是这是本月最大的袭击事件。四月末，巴格达同一地区一起自杀式爆炸事件造成60多人死亡。伊拉克政府和美国政府双双表示这是独立的事件，并未损坏他们最近在安全方面取得的成绩。但是许多民众感觉到安全局势逐渐恶化。

在上次欧洲杯决赛中，乌克兰顿涅茨克矿工以2：1击败对手德国云达不莱梅。英国籍队员Jadson在加时赛中得分。乌克兰顿涅茨克矿工在土耳其伊斯坦布尔的的胜利使其成为乌克兰第一只赢得欧洲杯的球队。Uefa Cup下一赛季将更名为欧罗巴联赛。

国际人权组织联盟呼吁联合国对斯里兰卡难民安置营中的诱拐儿童事件进行调查。联盟称其已证实了有关斯里兰卡北部瓦武尼亚镇难民营有儿童失踪的报道。他们还表示，隶属政府的塔米尔准军事组织为犯罪活动提供了渠道。一名军队发言人否认了这些指控。

东部非洲国家政府间发展组织(IGAD)要求联合国安理会对索马里实行空中和海上封锁，切断该地区向伊斯兰激进分子的武器输送和军事援助。由于伊斯兰激进分子和过渡政府之间仍在激战，数千名难民继续逃离首都摩加迪沙。

英国议会上院收受商人和其他客户欠款修改法案的两名议员被停职六个月。议员彼得·特拉斯科特和托马斯·泰勒在向记者吹嘘自己的影响力时当场被抓住。

科学家调查患有唐氏综合症的人患癌症的几率很低的原因。他们表示，该研究可以帮助寻找癌症新的治疗方法，研究结果发表在《自然》期刊上。研究人员称，他们希望，对该独特基因的研究能够发现治疗癌症的新途径。Torrin Douglas详细报道。

普通人只有两种21号染色体，而唐氏综合症患者有三种，多出来的染色体使他们比常人多出200多种基因，这些基因有抑制肿瘤生长的功能。他们利用人类皮肤培养出干细胞注入老鼠体内，使其患有唐氏综合症，利用这一点，研究人员准确找到了其中抵抗癌症的基因。