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TEHRAN, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI, who is following the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, says he could involve himself through diplomatic channels.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said there is precedent for Benedict's intervention when requested by authorities in other countries, CNN reported Sunday.
"The Holy See is following the case with attention and participation," Lombardi said. "The position of the church, which is opposed to the death penalty, is that stoning is a particularly brutal form."
Although Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery, a final verdict has not been confirmed, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said.
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CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
An Ohio father was charged Thursday with felony domestic violence for allegedly putting his 3-year-old son in a clothes dryer and turning it on.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Greece grappled with dire new demands after eurozone finance ministers rebuked its $4.4 billion in budget cuts as not enough to warrant a $173 billion bailout.
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