The first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a millennium has died at age 88.

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On Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention, approximately 10,000 people marched in downtown St. Paul to protest the Iraq war. While smaller groups of protesters split off and caused trouble elsewhere in the city, the main demonstration was colorful but peaceful.

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