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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis says he wasn’t justifying violence when he said a friend who had cursed his mother could “expect a punch” in return. Rather, he says he was only expressing a very human response to a provocation, and that greater prudence would have avoided such …

A wealthy Egyptian woman convicted of conspiring to kidnap her grandson in the U.S.and take himto Cairo has had her jail sentence reduced from 10 years to three. Afaf Khalifa, 60, was found guilty in January on felony kidnapping charges for helping her daughter, Nermeen, steal 6-year-old Adam Shannon away …

BAMAKO, Mali – A Mali army official says at least two soldiers were killed in an ambush in the country’s north. Col. Souleymane Maiga said Monday that three more troops were wounded during the attack Sunday near Douekire, 30 miles (45 kilometers) west of the city of Timbuktu. The troops …