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Pope talks about planned Mongolia trip
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Pope talks about planned Mongolia trip
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Myanmar’s military-installed government has ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese government holding meetings with Myanmar's main opposition organization, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. The statement said East Timor has conducted engagements with Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which views itself as the country’s legitimate administration after the military seized power from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021.
Also this week, foreign minister Than Swe defended the regime’s human rights record even as it simultaneously bombed, shelled and burned civilian settlements.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Clergy sexual abuse cases are casting a pall over the Catholic Church in Portugal, ensnaring senior officials even as authorities scramble to explain why shelter was given to a Nobel Peace Prize-winning bishop at the center of sexual misconduct allegations.