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Baghdad - Hundreds of men claiming to be former Iraqi soldiers converged at a U.S. base in central Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra on Sunday, demanding financial assistance in a second day of violent protests. The unrest reflected growing tension over the high unemployment rate in Iraq after the collapse of president Saddam Hussein's military, formerly a major employer. Atlanta - A woman opened fired at an Atlanta church Sunday morning, killing the pastor and one other person before shooting herself, police said. The shooting happened before morning services started, between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., Lieut. Randall Robinson said. Jerusalem - Israelis and the Jewish world readied Sunday for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, by burying the dead from a suicide attack and sombrely reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the 1973 Mideast war. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, starts at sunset Sunday and traditionally marks the end of a 10-day period of soul searching, where Jews ask forgiveness from family and friends for slights and hurts over the last year. Vatican City - Ailing Pope John Paul gave the Church three new saints Sunday, presiding over the first of several stamina-testing ceremonies on a packed schedule this month.
