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By Philip Pullella: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Tuesday Pope Benedict was willing to meet more sexual abuse victims but not under media pressure and scoffed at calls for the pope to be arrested when he visits Britain in September. A lawyer for British author and atheist campaigner... Sign in to see full entry.

The New York Times: Even as prospects for the American economy brighten, consumers are about to face a new financial burden: a sustained period of rising interest rates. That, economists say, is the inevitable outcome of the nation’s ballooning debt and the renewed prospect of inflation as the... Sign in to see full entry.

By Alasdair Cross Producer, Costing the Earth: What are believed to be the world's deepest undersea volcanic vents have been discovered in the Caribbean. The vents, known as black smokers, were located 5,000m (3.1 miles) down in the Cayman Trough. The volcanic chimneys, which spew out water hot... Sign in to see full entry.

By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press Writer Matthew Brown, Associated Press Writer: BILLINGS, Mont. – Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government researcher said Wednesday.... Sign in to see full entry.

By Carlos Batista: HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's President Raul Castro defiantly pledged Sunday not to cede to pressure from dissident hunger strikers, calling the actions "blackmail" organized by Europe and the United States. "We will never cede to blackmail, from any country or group of countries,... Sign in to see full entry.

By PAISLEY DODDS (AP): LONDON — Protests are growing against Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Britain, where some lawyers question whether the Vatican's implicit statehood status should shield the pope from prosecution over sex crimes by pedophile priests. More than 10,000 people have signed a... Sign in to see full entry.

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- A group of inmates at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are setting aside some of their food as a donation to Haiti's earthquake victims, one of their lawyers told AFP. Allison Lefrak said Ravil Mingazov, the last Russian held in Guantanamo, told him by telephone a week... Sign in to see full entry.

By Rene A Henry - Monday, March 29, 2010: If many airlines took the time and effort they devote to finding new ways to charge and inconvenience passengers and redirected it to making it less frustrating and more enjoyable for flyers, I would call that customer service. However, since Congress... Sign in to see full entry.

March 27, 2010 By Jonathan J. Levin: CANCUN, Mexico (Bloomberg) -- Cuba’s hotels could manage a sudden influx of 1 million American tourists if the US Congress lifts its 47-year ban on travel to the Communist island, Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said. Additionally, the Caribbean nation is set to... Sign in to see full entry.

By NATARIO McKENZIE - Tribune Staff Reporter - nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net March 25, 2010: A TRINIDADIAN teacher who fled from the Bahamas more than a year ago amid sexual misconduct allegations was arraigned in a Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged with having unnatural intercourse with two male... Sign in to see full entry.