Bells tolled in hilltowns across central Italy today as the first funerals got underway for victims of the country’s devastating earthquake. The Vatican granted a dispensation so a funeral Mass for most of the 275 dead could be celebrated on Good Friday. As more bodies were pulled from the rubble, some of the 28,000...
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Obama invites for Energy Forum
March 29, 2009
By SunbirdOn Saturday the White House announced, President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of 16 major economies to Washington for a forum on energy and climate next month. Obama, who recently turned his attention to the need for more clean-energy funding, has also asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend. The forum, scheduled for...
