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| California governor pardons Robert Downey Jr. for '90s drug case |
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 By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday pardoned "Iron Man" film star Robert Downey Jr. for drug and weapons offences during the 1990s, a largely symbolic gesture that leaves the actor's criminal record intact but restores his right to serve on a jury. The pardon granted the one-time Hollywood "bad boy," who revived his career as a top box-office star after years of drug abuse and run-ins with the law, commended Downey, 50, for his "good conduct" since leaving prison more than 15 years ago. Downey was arrested in 1996 after Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies pulled him over in a traffic stop and found a concealed pistol and drugs in the car.
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| Pope, on Christmas, urges return to essential values |
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 By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis led the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Thursday, urging those "intoxicated" by possessions and superficial appearances to return to the essential values of life. Celebrating a Christmas eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Francis, whose nearly three-year-old papacy has been marked by calls for sobriety and compassion for the less fortunate, said Christmas was the time to "once more discover who we are".
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| Central African Republic postpones key elections for three days |
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| By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - Crucial elections in the Central African Republic have been postponed from Sunday until Dec. 30 because preparations are running late, Prime Minister Mahamat Kamoun said on Thursday. The polls are meant to restore democratic rule in the aftermath of bitter conflict. Ballots for the presidential and legislative elections, printed abroad, only arrived in the capital Bangui in the last few days and have yet to be distributed to polling stations across a nation with few roads. |
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