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26/11/13 17:41 from WSJ.com: World News A pair of American B-52 bombers flew over a disputed island chain in the East China Sea without informing Beijing, U.S. officials said, in a direct challenge to China and its establishment of an expanded air-defense zone

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» U.S. Jets Challenge China's Air Defense Zone
26/11/13 17:41 from WSJ.com: World News
A pair of American B-52 bombers flew over a disputed island chain in the East China Sea without informing Beijing, U.S. officials said, in a direct challenge to China and its establishment of an expanded air-defense zone.



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» US sends B-52s over China-claimed waters - USA TODAY
26/11/13 17:34 from Top Stories - Google News
NDTV US sends B-52s over China-claimed waters USA TODAY NAHA, OKINAWA, Japan — An American carrier battle group and a flotilla of Japanese warships will arrive Wednesday near a vast stretch of ocean claimed by China in what is shaping up...

» US Bombers Fly Over China's Air Defence Zone
26/11/13 16:50 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News
The US flies two B-52 bombers over China's controversial new Air Defence Identification Zone during a training flight.

» US B-52s flew over China's newly declared air zone, official says - CNN
26/11/13 16:30 from Top Stories - Google News
NDTV US B-52s flew over China's newly declared air zone, official says CNN (CNN) -- Two U.S. military aircraft flew into China's newly claimed and challenged air defense zone over the East China Sea, a U.S. official said, an acti...

» Defying China, U.S. aircraft fly over East China Sea without notification
26/11/13 16:07 from Reuters: International
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers on a training mission flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea without informing Beijing, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday, defying China's declaration of a new airspace defe...

» U.S. Flies B-52s Into China’s Expanded Air Defense Zone
26/11/13 15:22 from NYT > International
Two long-range American bombers have conducted what Pentagon officials described as a routine training mission through international air space recently claimed by China.

» US bombers fly into China’s defence zone
26/11/13 15:08 from FT.com - World
America insists that it will continue to operate in what it considers to be international air space despite a Chinese declaration over the zone in the East China Sea

» China Sends Aircraft Carrier to South China Sea for Training
26/11/13 14:18 from Voice of America
China has sent its only aircraft carrier on a training mission in the South China Sea, where Beijing is engaged in tense territorial disputes with several of its neighbors. State media say the Liaoning departed Tuesday from its home port...

26/11/13 12:32 from WSJ.com: World News Pope Francis laid out his first major mission manifesto since becoming the head of the Catholic Church, calling for the Church to renew its focus on the poor and launching an attack against global capitalism

» In Major Document, Pope Francis Presents His Vision
26/11/13 12:32 from NYT > International
In the pope’s first significant piece of written work, Francis called on Christians to create a more compassionate church that champions the poor.

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Pope Francis on Tuesday presented a vision for his papacy, urging Catholics to create a more compassionate church in an increasingly secular and money-oriented society.

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In Major Document, Pope Francis Presents His Vision

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis presented the vision for his papacy on Tuesday, calling on Catholics to battle what he called the “globalization of indifference” to create a more compassionate church that champions the poor as it works to achieve social justice in an increasingly secular and money-oriented society.

Called “Evangelii Gaudium,” (the Joy of the Gospel), the document offers the Roman Catholic Church a road map of sorts for navigating the complexities of the modern world, with the Gospel as a compass for what the pope called “a new phase of evangelization, one marked by enthusiasm and vitality.”

The document, a papal pronouncement known as an apostolic exhortation, was the first major written work Francis has created since he was chosen eight months ago to lead the 2,000-year-old church.

It challenges the church to “abandon the complacent attitude that says: ‘We have always done it this way,'” to find novel, “bold and creative” ways to speak to the faithfuland to make the church more meaningful.

The 84-page document is essentially a compendium of what Pope Francis has said in dozens of speeches and sermons since he became pope in March. “It is the fruit of personal reflection,” the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said at a news conference. “There is coherence between the words of the documents and the actions of the pope.”

An apostolic exhortation does not define Church doctrine, and the document makes clear that some issues – like abortion, or the ordination of women – are not up for discussion.

But there is an acknowledgment too, that the world has changed, and that the church must change with it. It is time, Pope Francis said, for “still broader opportunities for a more incisive female presence in the Church,” in particular “in the various other settings where important decisions are made.”

The local church must have greater say in decision-making, and the renewal of the church can only gain strength if it begins from the bottom up, the pope said.

Bishops and priests on the ground have a better sense of the needs of the faithful, as well as their frustrations, and parishes should become a critical part of the church’s evangelization and outreach. A parish should be a point of “contact with the homes and the lives of its people,” and not a “useless structure out of touch with people or a self-absorbed cluster made up of a chosen few,” he wrote.

» Pope Criticizes Economic Inequality
26/11/13 12:32 from WSJ.com: World News
Pope Francis laid out his first major mission manifesto since becoming the head of the Catholic Church, calling for the Church to renew its focus on the poor and launching an attack against global capitalism.

Using unusually blunt language, he sharply criticized the market economy. "Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality, wrote the pontiff in the 224-page document known as the Apostolic Exhortation.

"Such an economy kills," wrote Pope Francis, denouncing the current economic system as "unjust at its roots" and one "which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation." Such a system, he warns, can give birth to a new "tyranny," which "unilaterally and relentlessly imposes its own laws and rules.".

» Pope Francis denounces 'trickle-down' economic theories in critique of inequality - Washington Post
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» Pope wants big Church changes
26/11/13 12:52 from CNN.com - World
Pope Francis calls for renewal, major changes in the Roman Catholic Church -- from the top down.

» Pope attacks 'tyranny' of markets in manifesto for papacy - Reuters
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Pope urged Vladimir Putin to protect human dignity - romereports.com | Pope Francis And Putin Meet For First Time 26/11/13 05:13 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News | Pope Meets Putin At The Vatican - RFERL

Pope meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin, urging him to protect 'human dignity'

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Vladimir Putin made his way to the Vatican on Monday afternoon, to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican\'s Apostolic Palace. During their 35 minute meeting the Pope urged Vladimir Putin to protect human dignity. As a gift, the president gave the Pope an Byzantine icon of Our Lady of Tenderness.

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» World Briefing | Europe: The Vatican: Putin Meets the Pope
25/11/13 20:53 from NYT > Europe
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday, and their first encounter was primarily focused on the Middle East.     

» Putin and the pontiff: Not as odd a couple as you might think - Christian Science Monitor
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26/11/13 15:10 from Reuters: International
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» Pope Francis And Putin Meet For First Time
26/11/13 05:13 from Sky News | World News | First For Breaking News

The Pope and Vladimir Putin discussed the Middle East and problems faced by Christians as they met for the first time.

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November 25, 2013

Pope Francis has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It was the first time the Russian leader has met with the pontiff.

The Vatican said in a statement that during the 35-minute audience, the two discussed "the urgency of favoring concrete initiatives to a peaceful solution to the [Syria] conflict that will favour the path of negotiations."

Putin is also scheduled to meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.

On November 26, Putin will travel to Trieste for talks with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta.

It is Putin's first trip to Italy since he visited as prime minister in 2010.

Based on reporting by AFP and AP

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