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1. Pope Benedict is using another stop on his U.S. trip to focus on the clergy¹ sex abuse scandal. The pontiff spoke² this morning before thousands at New York’s St. Patrick's Cathedral. He assured priests and nuns³ that he is close to them while they battle what he calls "continuing challenges”.

2. President Bush and the president of South Korea say there is still a chance to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programs. The two leaders are urging critics to wait and see what Pyongyang says before deciding whether nations have given too many concessions⁴.

3. Anti-US Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening a new uprising. That' s after a US-Iraqi crackdown against his followers⁵ continues. The cleric says he is giving his final warning to the Iraqi government to stop working with the U.S. military.

4. A once common sight in Havana is going extinct. The "camello" or camel is actually a pair of buses welded together on a flatbed. But thousands of new buses from China are forcing the camello off the streets. It' s part of Raul Castro' s initiative to revive the transportation system.