The Vatican has been scrambling to contain the damage after the leak of hundreds of documents exposed corruption, political infighting, and power struggles at the highest level of the Catholic Church. - AP
Climate activists take to palace
LONDON - Four climate-change activists scaled gates at Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace home on Saturday and locked themselves to railings in a protest demanding more urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
London's Metropolitan Police said the four, from the Climate Siren environmentalist movement, had climbed up a gate at the front of the palace and secured themselves to it, sitting with their legs through the railings.
About 100 people watched as the protesters unfurled a banner quoting a 2008 speech by Prince Charles warning about a lack of progress on tacking climate change. The queen was not at the palace Saturday. - AP
Kenya police say bomb item seized
NAIROBI - A Kenyan official says police seized material they believe can be used to assemble a bomb, a day after the U.S. warned of an imminent terrorist attack in Kenya.
A police official, who asked for anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said Saturday that three suspects dropped a bag and ran after police confronted them near a crowded slum.
The official said police found 13 pounds of ammonium nitrate and other items they believe can be used to make a bomb. Officials believe ammonium nitrate was used for a bomb that killed one and injured 32 in Nairobi last month.
Al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab militants from Somalia have threatened to retaliate after Kenya sent troops to Somalia to pursue the militants. - AP
Roof collapses at mall in Canada
ELLIOT LAKE, Ontario - A roof has partially collapsed at a busy mall in Canada, prompting an evacuation and a search for anyone who might have been injured.
A portion of the roof that serves as a parking area crumbled Saturday afternoon, exposing metal and concrete supports at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake.
Joe Drazil, a store employee, said everybody was cleared from the mall. The collapse triggered a gas leak and prompted emergency officials to shut off the mall's power. - AP
