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Stories for March 10th 2014

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  Pope Francis names finance personalities to the Vatican Economy Council

  

  Pope Francis named top laymen from the worlds of finance and economics to a new Vatican Council for the Economy, intended to improve scrutiny of the Holy See's scandal-plagued accounts.The creation of the 15-member council is a major step in bringing lay people into the Vatican, and reflects a drive by Francis to make changes to an establishment often seen as murky and secretive.

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 05:57 UTC

  Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan biochemist developer of the birth control pill, dies at 91

  

  The following is an obituary published in The New York Times to honor a Uruguayan born scientist, graduated in Montevideo's Medicine School, who in his long career in the US is credited with having developed the birth control pill and the nicotine patches among other biotechnological advances.