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Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern pauses as he reads out a statement in relation to a 700-page report from the Commission of Investigation into sexual abuse allegations in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday. The Irish government apologized for failing to protect children from sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

Experts: Catholic church covered up abuse

The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests, an expert commission reported after a probe into previously secret church records. Full story

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U.N. monitor: Iran nuke inquiry at ‘dead end’
In an unusually direct rebuke, the outgoing head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says trust in Tehran's credibility is shrinking after its belated revelation that it was secretly building a nuclear facility.

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