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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Blood Brotherhoods’

By Aram Bakshian Jr. - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Francis met with Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, Thursday after her surprise release from her home country and a flight to Rome with her husband and two children. Ms. Ibrahim, whose estranged father was Muslim but whose mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was sentenced to death over charges of apostasy and was being held in U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, until she was unexpectedly allowed to leave the country by Sudanese officials.

Supporters hail freedom for Sudanese Christian mother who refused to recant her faith

By Kristen East The Washington Times - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith has arrived in Italy along with her family, including the infant born in prison. Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but whose mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was sentenced to death over charges of apostasy. She married her husband, a Christian, in a church ceremony in 2011. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)

Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death

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U.S. bests Iran to advance to the Gold Medal match at the FIVB World League Finals

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Silvio Berlusconi waves from his car as he leaves the Sacra Famiglia' community in Cesano Boscone, near Milan, Italy, Friday, June 20, 2014. Silvio Berlusconi&#8217;s legal challenge to a conviction of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute has opened as the ex-premier spent his seventh morning working with Alzheimer&#8217;s patients as part of a tax-fraud sentence. Berlusconi is appealing a conviction, seven-year prison sentence and lifetime ban from politics. He denies having had sex with the Moroccan teen at the center of the scandal that revealed racy, sex-fueled &#8220;bunga bunga&#8221; parties at the then-premier&#8217;s villa near Milan. The appeals trial, which opened Friday, is expected to continue for months. Berlusconi is performing community service four hours a week as part of his sentence for tax fraud. The four-year sentence was reduced to one year under a general amnesty, which can apply only to a first conviction. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

TYRRELL: Nazis at the beach

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Uruguay's Diego Godin, left, scores the opening goal during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

World Cup: Uruguay tastes success after late goal beats Italy

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Costa Rica players greet supporters after the group D World Cup soccer match between Costa Rica and England at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Costa Rica has finished first in what many considered the World Cup's toughest group after a 0-0 draw against a second-string England side. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

World Cup: Costa Rica wins group with England draw

By Frank Griffiths - Associated Press

World Cup: Costa Rica advances with 1-0 win over Italy

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press