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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 7 July

Associated Press Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 08:20 Last update: about 12 years ago

POPE-SOUTH AMERICA

QUITO, Ecuador — Pope Francis is wrapping up the Ecuador leg of his three-nation South American pilgrimage after issuing an impassioned call for a new economic and ecological world order where the goods of the Earth are shared by everyone, not just exploited by the rich. 

POPE-ECUADOR-INDIGENOUS

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's largest indigenous association is complaining that it was left off of Pope Francis' agenda during his visit to Ecuador, where the group has been at odds with President Rafael Correa. 

POPE-BOLIVIA TENSIONS

LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales is a huge fan of Pope Francis and says he couldn't be happier they are of the same mind that capitalism promotes social inequalities. But Bolivia's president also has had rocky relations with the Catholic Church. 

PIER SHOOTING-CONGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — The gun used in the seemingly random slaying of a woman on a San Francisco pier belonged to a federal agent, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter says. 

With: PIER SHOOTING

BILL COSBY-IMAGE

NEW YORK — For decades, Bill Cosby cast himself as America's dad and then as America's granddad, a moralist with tough talk for young people about acting responsibly. It was that image that proved to be his undoing. 

BILL COSBY

PHILADELPHIA While many of Bill Cosby's accusers feel vindicated by his decade-old admission that he gave at least one woman quaaludes before sex, some of his Hollywood friends are reserving judgment, saying the testimony doesn't prove he committed a crime. 

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