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ROME (AP) 鈥� Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming.

ROME (AP) 鈥� Next week鈥檚 conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis as leader of the world鈥檚 1.4 billion Catholics is a solemn affair steeped in centuries-old traditions .

VANCOUVER 鈥� Rev. Francis Galvan was supposed to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival last Saturday, but he was grieving the death of Pope Francis and wasn't in the mood for celebrating. Galvan, the pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Delta, B.C.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) 鈥� Israel鈥檚 air force struck near Syria's presidential palace early Friday after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria.

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� 鈥淐onclave鈥� the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivi

HAMILTON 鈥� Hamilton police say they're searching for two suspects after three people were injured in a stabbing at a downtown mosque on Friday afternoon. Police say they responded at about 2:15 p.m.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) 鈥� Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of the northern half of ethnically divided Cyprus鈥� capital Nicosia on Friday to protest what they say is Turkey鈥檚 attempt to erode their secular roots and to strengthen the

BEIRUT (AP) 鈥� Four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of a minority sect in Syria have left nearly 100 people dead and raised fears of deadly sectarian violence.

JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� Israeli forces were preparing on Friday to carry out home demolitions across two northern urban refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the governor of one of the camps and Israeli military documents shared with

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis.