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KABUL, Afghanistan – A car bomb possibly targeting a convoy of coalition troops killed three people in the capital Sunday, while one French and 16 Afghan soldiers were killed and about 40 other troops wounded in two firefights in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The country’s foreign minister, meanwhile, claimed that …

WARSAW, Poland – About 270,000 people on Friday attended a Mass by Pope Benedict XVI in the same Warsaw square where his predecessor had inspired Poland’s Solidarity movement against communist rule a quarter-century before. The faithful filled the rain-drenched Pilsudski Square, standing resolutely in ponchos and under umbrellas. Church bells …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed Sunday for governments to protect the traditional family structure, in remarks before a visit to Spain to attend a Roman Catholic Church conference on families. “I ask your prayer for all families, that they will live in accordance with their God-given vocation and …