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ops in Brazil that clergy must work on the peripheries, get out in the street and better understand how to communicate with modern society.
• "As a younger priest, that's part of my idealism, to take our work into the streets," said Father Roy Bellen from Manila, who was in Rio for the papal visit. "It's encour

aging for me to hear from the boss that the old school ways aren't welcome, that of clergy sticking to their comfort zones inside the church."
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Verdict in Manning case to test theory that one can aid the enemy without meaning to

• FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- It's judgment day for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with aiding the enemy for giving troves of U.S. government secrets to WikiLeaks.
• The military judge hearing the court-martial for the former intelligence analyst was expected to announce her decision Tuesday afternoon. Manning faces 21 counts including espionage, computer fraud and theft charges, but the most serious is aiding the enemy, which carries a possible life sentence.
• Prosecutors have tried to prove Manning had "a general evil intent" and knew the classified material would be seen by the terrorist group al-Qaida. Legal experts said an aiding-the- enemy conviction could set a precedent because Manning did not directly give the classified material to al-Qaida.
• "Most of the aiding-the-enemy charges historically have had to do with POWs who gave information to the Japanese during World War II, or to Chinese communists during Korea, or during the Vietnam War," Duke law school professor and former Air Force judge advocate Scott Silliman said.
• Manning's supporters also worry a conviction on the most serious charge will have a chilling effect on other leakers.
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EU's top diplomat says discussions with Morsi touched on Egypt's need to move forward

• CAIRO (AP) -- The European Union's top diplomat says she discussed Egypt's political crisis with deposed President Mohammed Morsi and the need for the country to move forward.
• EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with Morsi late Monday in the

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