1. News Briefs.
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EMBARGO , *ECONOMIC sanctions , *INTERNATIONAL sanctions , *ECONOMIC development , *KIDNAPPING ,ECONOMIC conditions in Cuba, 1990- - Abstract
The article presents news briefs related to Catholics and the Catholic Church. On January 8, 2005, Pope John Paul II called for an end to the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba so that adequate conditions for the Caribbean island's development could be met. Syrian-rite Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul was freed unharmed in Mosul, Iraq, less than 24 hours after he was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.
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- 2005