China Detains Eight Roman Catholic Priests -Group
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China has detained eight Roman Catholic priests in northern Hebei province, continuing a crackdown on those loyal to the Pope, a U.S.-based religious right group said on Wednesday.
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Chinese police have detained 168 people accused of involvement in slavery that trapped victims in scorching brick kilns, state media said on Monday, as outrage over official complicity rippled through the usually tame press.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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The arrest of a Catholic priest drew criticism from human rights groups Thursday, who charged that the US-backed government was illegally trying to suppress support for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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Pope Benedict XVI invited all Roman Catholics in China to unite under his jurisdiction Saturday and urged Beijing to restore diplomatic ties and permit religious freedom.
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Eight Chinese nationals have been taken hostage in Iraq, China's state media reports.
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British police arrested eight fathers' rights activists after an abortive attempt to scale a church on Queen Elizabeth's country estate.
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Turkish police detained 18 people  suspected of having links to al Qaeda late on Wednesday, but  Istanbul's police chief said the move was unconnected to Pope  Benedict's visit to Turkey, NTV television reported.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday called on China to lift restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the Church and sow divisions among Catholics, in his most significant address on China to date.
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Scores of people including a key suspect are arrested in China over slave labour in illegal factories, police say.
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Chinese police detained prominent   dissident Hu Jia on Thursday morning, his family said, adding   to the list of human rights activists held or harassed by the   country's dissent-wary government.
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Immigration authorities on Wednesday briefly detained representatives of a man who says he was sexually abused by a Mexican Roman Catholic priest. The three men were detained shortly after they alleged that the fugitive cleric was still celebrating Mass in Mexico.
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VATICAN CITY  - The Vatican denounced the reported arrests of several Catholic faithful in China last month, calling such actions "a grave violation of freedom of religion."
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Chinese police have detained three  restaurant workers for their role in a kitchen fire that killed  11 people and injured 16, state media reported on Monday.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday decried Chinese state restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the Church and sow division amongst that country's Catholics, in his most significant address on China to date.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed, and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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China on Thursday ordained a new bishop in its state-approved Catholic church, a move that could aggravate efforts to improve relations with the Vatican.