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Hurricane Katia intensified rapidly to become a Category 2 storm on Sunday as it spun through the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.

Ireland stepped up its battle with the Roman Catholic Church over child abuse Sunday, with Justice Minister Alan Shatter vowing to pass a law requiring priests to report suspicions of child abuse, even if they learn about them in confession.

Iran has connected one of its nuclear plants to the national electric grid, marking the first time a nuclear power plant in the Middle East has produced power, the Iranian government said Sunday.

Fighters pushed Sunday to the outskirts of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last bastions of support, setting the stage for possible clashes ahead of this week’s deadline for loyalists of the ousted leader to surrender.

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross is pressing Syria’s leaders for access to detainees held by the government amid reports of widespread abuse in the conflict-wracked nation, the agency said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday refused to give ground in an increasingly harsh diplomatic confrontation with Turkey, once his country’s strongest ally in the region.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in Paris on Sunday morning, less than two weeks after a judge ended a monthslong legal fight by dismissing sexual assault charges against him.