Saturday, 21 November 2009 00:00
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI was to meet his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, on Saturday just two weeks after a Vatican overture to disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism.
JAKARTA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must remain at the core of regional affairs despite competing visions for a new Asia-Pacific diplomatic framework, the bloc’s chief
said Friday.
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI was to meet his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, on Saturday just two weeks after a Vatican overture to disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Barack Obama welcomed the appointment of the EU’s first president Thursday, saying it would make Europe an “even stronger partner” for the United States.
MELBOURNE: A second Bangladeshi twin began returning to consciousness on Friday, three days after being separated from her conjoined sister in a landmark operation in Australia, the hospital said.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday it was too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain.
AFP
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