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Would more women in Catholic Church reduce abuse?
By Tom Evans, CNN
March 18, 2010 -- Updated 0209 GMT (1009 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) -- With the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church spreading, a leading religious scholar said Wednesday that a greater female presence in the church hierarchy would have helped prevent the crisis from worsening.

"It is clear that, statistically, women abuse much less than men. And in terms of reporting, are much more likely to (report abuse)," Serene Jones, president of the Union Theological Seminary in New York, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

"It would make a big difference if my Catholic women students at the seminary were in positions of power right now. This would not be handled this way at all," she said.

The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers

updated 6:22 p.m. EDT, Tue August 25, 2009

By Brandon Griggs
CNN

(CNN) -- Facebook, for better or worse, is like being at a big party with all your friends, family, acquaintances and co-workers.

Facebook can be a great tool, and an occasional annoyance. What kind of Facebooker are you?

There are lots of fun, interesting people you're happy to talk to when they stroll up. Then there are the other people, the ones who make you cringe when you see them coming. This article is about those people.

Just received this from U.S. Better to be careful than sorry!!!!!!

take heed and pass it on....sent as received

URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE to your friends, family and contacts.

In the coming days, DO NOT open any message with an attachment called: '''Black in the White House'''', regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus that opens an Olympics torch that burns the whole hard disk C of your computer. This virus comes from a known person who you have in your list.

In granting nationality to M.F. Husain, the Gulf state of Qatar has done what it always does best — providing refuge to those in trouble back home.
Whatever be the repercussions in India — ranging from shame to jubilation — the decision has further bolstered Doha’s reputation as the ‘exile capital’ of the world.
Husain happens to be just the latest in a long list of people, who, on being driven out of their homes, have found shelter in the sleepy Qatari capital.
The most high profile of them have been the wife and daughters of Saddam Hussein. Saddam went into hiding after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, while wife Sajjad, accompanied by daughters, Raghad and Rana, slipped into Qatar to live anonymously.

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His request approved, the CNN News photographer quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight.

He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport.

Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger.

He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, 'Let's go'.

The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took off.

Once in the air, the photographer instructed the pilot, 'Fly over the valley and make low passes so I can take pictures of the fires on the hillsides.'

'Why?' asked the pilot.

'Because I'm a photographer for CNN' , he responded, 'and I need to get
some close up shots.'

BEFORE U READ KEEP IN MIND I RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM AN EMAIL THERE IS NO SOURCE MENTIONED SO I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TRUE IT IS BUT FELT LIKE SHARING WITH U

Michael Jackson (MJ) was known as the most loving person in the world. He gave up most of his assets for charity and all his life, he fought for equality of the African Americans, AIDS victims, Against Drug Abuse, Against Abortion, Against Child Labor and secretlychannelled his properties for the hungry children of the world.

Soon on the heels of Toyota Honda too Recalls Vehicles....Whats going on..

Honda announced a recall regarinding 646,000 of its vehicles due to power window switches that may create a fire hazard.

The 2007 and 2008 Fit, City, and Jazz models of Honda are being recalled worldwide—141,000 Fit models in the U.S. alone.

Current 2009 and 2010 models are not affected by the recall, according to Honda.

CNN reports that in an email statement, Honda said “extreme amounts of liquid, such as rain or melted snow, can flood the master power window switch on the driver’s side, causing the vehicle to overheat.”

There have been no reports of injuries state side, however, a death in South Africa has been attributed to the defect.

CNN) -- An Ethiopian airliner with 83 people on board crashed into the sea after takeoff from Lebanon early Monday, Lebanese army officials said.

The Boeing aircraft was en route from Beirut to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, when it disappeared from radar 30 minutes after takeoff from Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut about 4 a.m. local time, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

On board were 54 Lebanese nationals and 29 people of other nationalities, the army officials said.

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From the death of the King and an Angel to the Tiger Woods and David Letterman scandals, 2009 has been one heck of a year. Here's what went down this year:

1. June 25 was the day the music died. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, passed away after succumbing to cardiac arrest caused by an overdose. The entire cosmiverse, from LA (where he died) to our little corner of the world, was shocked and grieved at the very sudden demise of the legend. Tragically, MJ's last performance on this earth (subsequently crafted into the documentary "This Is It") arrived just weeks before his comeback tour. Jackson had infinite talent in life, and we expect that interest in his iconic glory days (as well as his last days) will only continue in death.

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