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                    [Title] => N. Korea fires projectiles as pope visits S. Korea
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As Francis became the first pope in 25 years to visit South Korea on Thursday, Seoul's never-timid rival, North Korea, made its presence felt by firing three short-range projectiles less than an hour before he arrived, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-14 10:49:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620031 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield and Jung-Yoon Choi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1355259 [Title] => Pope to fly over China, rare chance for greetings [Summary] =>

Pope Francis' upcoming trip to South Korea will provide him with an unusual opportunity to speak directly to the Chinese leadership: His plane is due to fly through Chinese airspace, and Vatican protocol calls for the pope to send greetings to leaders of all the countries he flies over.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-08 08:07:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347648 [Title] => Malaysia Airlines says changes route for planes [Summary] =>

Malaysia Airlines says that in the wake of the shooting down of one of its passenger jets over Ukraine, it has changed the route it planes will take on flights to and from Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-18 14:45:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1301874 [AuthorName] => Eileen Ng [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140718/schiphol-netherlands-ukraine-plane.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 691980 [Title] => Report: China to name bishop without pope approval [Summary] =>

China's government-backed Catholic church is preparing to ordain a new bishop this month, and the leading candidate reportedly is a priest who lacks the Vatican's backing, potentially adding fuel to a long-running feud between Beijing and Rome.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 14:57:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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