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Relatives of children sexually abused by an American Roman Catholic priest have accused Pope Benedict of failing to act over the case during the 1990s. The New York Times says Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as he was known at the time failed to respond to letters in which the priest Lawrence Murphy was accused of molesting 200 pupils at school for deaf children between 1950 and 1974. Christ Ferrando reports.

These latest allegations suggest that the Vatican department led by the then Cardinal Ratzinger decided not to conduct church trial against Father Lawrence Murphy. This case highlights the current Pope's previous responsibilities in the church leading the Vatican department where such disciplinary cases were considered. The decision not to take action against Father Murphy, is seen as another example of the church’s desire to cover up such cases. A strategy with which Pope Benedict is now intimately associated. The Vatican has condemned Father Murphy for the abuse, but said the US civil authorities have dropped the case.

The leaders of France and Germany have agreed that the International Monetary Fund should be involved in providing a safety net for the debt burden Greek economy. The Franco-German plan was agreed at talks in Brussels ahead of European Union Summit and must to be approved by other eurozone countries. From there, ...

For the first time, the International Monetary Fund may be called in to rescue a country that uses the euro, a move which the French and others feared was undermining the single currency. To ease those fears, the deal makes clear that Germany and the rest of the eurozone would provide the lion’s share of a package estimated at around 29 billion dollars. But Chancellor Merkel insisted on tough conditions, Greece would only get help as a last resort if it can no longer borrow from financial market.

Alexander Lebedev, a Russian businessman and a former KGB officer has bought The Independent, one of Britain's leading national newspapers. Mr.Lebedev for already owns London's daily newspaper, the evening standard.Its editor Geordie Greig says Mr.Lebedev who financed the last remaining opposition paper in Russia Novaya Gazeta believes the independence of newspapers.

"These approved that in Russia with which is not an easy market to have a democratic free, independent thinking newspaper, ... with the standard where I can handle now ...

those been absolutely zero interference from interior department."

The French authorities say they've resumed the search for the flight record of an air France jet that crashed off the coast of Brazil last June, killing all 228 people on board. Sweeps of the ocean in the month after the tragedy turned up some debris and studies of this material have now given experts a better idea of where to look.

World News from the BBC.

The head of a pro-opposition television station in Venezuela says he has been arrested over a criticism he's made about the government of President Hugo Chavez at an international forum. The Attorney General said members of Venezuela's Congress had called for Guillermo Zuloaga to be prosecuted for what they called offensive and disrespectful comments against the president.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern that the current political climate in Burma is unsuitable for credible elections. He was speaking after a meeting of a group of nations supporting the UN's efforts to promote democracy in Burma. Bob Replate has the details.

The meeting of 15 nations was held amidst growing unease that Burma's new election laws would not allow a vote that free and fair. One of the newly published election laws bans prisoners convicted of a crime from voting or running for office. This just qualifies the detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in the poll. Mr.Ban said he told Burma's military government that without full participation of political prisoners, especially Mrs. Suu Kyi, the election may not be regarded as credible.

A United Nations' report says that the rate of deforestation around the world has fallen in the past decade. Some of the improvement was due to the planting of new forests, particularly in China, India and Vietnam. But despite this positive news, the UN said the rate of deforestation remained alarmingly high in many countries.

An American built replica of the slave ship Amistad has arrived in the Cuban capital Havana as the centerpiece of events commemorating the victims of the transatlantic slave trade. The replica of the 19 century Cuban ship flew the flags of the United Nations, Cuba and the United States in a symbolic active international friendship, but also to mark the countries’ shared history of slavery. The original Amistad whose name means friendship in Spanish, set sail for Havana in 1839, carrying a cargo of slaves from Sierra Leone.

遭遇美国罗马天主教堂神父性虐待的儿童的亲属指控教皇本笃在90年代未对此事采取行动。纽约时报报道称，当时他是红衣主教Joseph Ratzinger，当时有信件揭发Lawrence Murphy神父在1950至1974年间对聋儿学校200名小学生进行骚扰，而Joseph Ratzinger没有对此作出回应。Christ Ferrando报道。

最近的指控表明，由当时的红衣主教Ratzinger领导的梵蒂冈决定不对Lawrence Murphy神父进行审判。该案件强调现任教皇在当时的梵蒂冈的责任导致该案件的发生。不对Lawrence Murphy采取行动的决定被视为教堂隐瞒这类事件的又一证据，是教皇秘密编织关系网的策略。梵蒂冈针对虐童事件谴责了Murphy神父的行为，但是表示美国民权当局已经放弃了该案件。

法国和德国领袖同意，国际货币基金组织应该为希腊经济所承受的债务提供安全保障。欧盟峰会之前，法国和德国在布鲁塞尔会谈期间就该计划达成一致。但是该计划还必须得到其他欧元区国家的通过。

这是国际货币基金组织首次被要求拯救欧元区成员国。法国和其他国家担心此举会损害欧元的稳定性。为了消除这种担忧，该计划明确规定，德国和欧元区其他国家将提供大约290亿美元救助金的较大份额。但是德国首相默克尔坚持称，这是希腊难以在金融市场筹集资金时才能采取的万般无奈之举。

俄罗斯商人，前KGB(苏联国家安全委员会)官员Alexander Lebedev收购《独立报》，英国主流国家报纸之一。Lebedev现已拥有伦敦每日出版的《标准晚报》。该报编辑Geordie Greig表示，Lebedev还是俄罗斯最后一份反对派报纸《Novaya Gazeta》的大股东，他崇尚报纸的独立性。

“按照现在的标准，在俄罗斯，我们难以拥有民主，自由，思想独立的报纸，没有那种完全没有政府干预的报纸。”

去年6月份，法航一架飞机在巴西海域坠毁，造成机上228人全部遇难。现在，法国当局宣布，他们已恢复对该飞机飞行记录器的搜寻工作。灾难过后的一个月，海洋垃圾冲刷出一些飞机残骸，对这些物质的研究使专家更好的了解到应该在哪些区域开展搜寻工作。

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委内瑞拉支持反对派电视台一名负责人表示，他因为在一个国际论坛中批评总统查韦斯政府被捕。检察长表示，委内瑞拉国会成员称，Guillermo Zuloaga对总统进行了侮辱性，不尊重的评论，要求对其提起诉讼。

联合国秘书长潘基文担忧缅甸目前的政治环境不适合进行可靠的选举。潘基文与几个支持联合国在缅甸推进民主的国家召开会议之后发表讲话。Bob Replate报道详细信息。

缅甸新的选举法不允许公平的投票，不安情绪逐渐滋长，15个国家的会议就在此时举行。新颁布的选举法其中一条禁止囚犯投票或竞选。这足以阻止被软禁的反对派领袖昂山素季参加竞选。潘基文表示，他告诉缅甸军事政府，如果政治犯不能全面参与竞选，尤其是昂山素季，国际社会不会认为这次选举是可信的。

联合国一份报告表示，过去的十年，世界各地砍伐森林的速度降低。这种状况得到改善的部门原因是新的森林的种植，尤其是在中国，印度和越南。但是联合国表示，尽管出现了比较乐观的消息，许多国家看法森林的速度仍然非常高。

一艘美国的仿造贩奴船“阿米斯塔德号”(Amistad)在古巴首都哈瓦那停泊，纪念横跨大西洋奴隶贸易的受害者。这艘19世纪古巴船只的复制品悬挂着联合国，古巴和美国的旗帜，象征着积极的国际友谊，同时也是为了纪念两国共同的努力史。Amistad在西班牙文中的意思是友谊。原版的“阿米斯塔德号”(Amistad)于1839年扬帆前往哈瓦那，满载来自塞拉利昂的奴隶。