(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: March 24, 2010) An Irish Catholic bishop has resigned in the fallout of a sexual abuse scandal which enveloped the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict XVI himself. The CITES conference in Doha, held to discuss trade in endangered species, has rejected protections for sharks. Small developing countries and Japan have been dismissing most of the fish conservation proposals. In Saudi Arabia, around one hundred people have been arrested, charged with links to al-Qaeda and plotting against government and oil interests in the kingdom. Also, refugees from Myanmar are being detained indefinitely in Thailand’s immigration detention center, and are growing increasingly desperate.