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US soldiers say they’re ordered to ignore Afghan soldiers who sexually abuse young boys

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US soldiers say they’re ordered to ignore Afghan soldiers who sexually abuse young boys Monday September 21 st , 2015  at  5:50 PM - World RSS Feed 1 Share The last time Lance Corporal Gregory Buckley Jr spoke to his father, the Marine told him in 2012 that he could hear Afghan police sexually abusing children. Pope Francis’ Preaching Style on Display in Cuba by ryantbeckwith Monday September 21 st , 2015  at  5:49 PM TIME 1 Share Listen to Pope Francis preach and you start to notice some patterns. His homilies are not complicated. He speaks in stories and images, and sticks to one simple theme. He does not worry about name-dropping or citing doctrines, texts and authors. He gets the people to laugh. In short, he is an everyday priest speaking to his parish—just one that happens to be on the whole world. This style was on full display in Cuba, where the pope has been speaking in his native Spanish, and