VATICAN CITY, Saturday (AP) - U.S. President George W. Bush says he will ''be in listening mode'' when he meets Pope Benedict XVI for the first time today. That is a good thing, because the Pope has a lot to say.
Benedict will discuss the Iraq war and the plight of Christians in that unstable, violence-wracked country, as well as ''the big ethical and social questions'' of the day, said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's No. 2.
LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2007 (AFP) - A sobbing Paris Hilton was sent back to jail Friday a day after her early release under house arrest triggered outrage that one of Hollywood's rich and famous was getting special treatment.
Hilton, who had spent little more than 72 hours behind bars, cried and wailed “Mom, Mom, Mom” as Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer ordered her back to prison to serve out her 45-day sentence for driving on a suspended license.
TOKYO, (AFP) - With a wedding ring on her finger and a party endorsement on her back, Kanako Otsuji is on a mission to become Japan's first openly gay member of parliament -- and change the way the country treats sexual minorities.
In a political world whose upper ranks are almost exclusively older men, the 32-year-old Otsuji stands out for more reasons than her sexual orientation.
VATICAN CITY, Saturday (AP) - U.S. President George W. Bush says he will ''be in listening mode'' when he meets Pope Benedict XVI for the first time today. That is a good thing, because the Pope has a lot to say.
Benedict will discuss the Iraq war and the plight of Christians in that unstable, violence-wracked country, as well as ''the big ethical and social questions'' of the day, said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's No. 2. 
LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2007 (AFP) - A sobbing Paris Hilton was sent back to jail Friday a day after her early release under house arrest triggered outrage that one of Hollywood's rich and famous was getting special treatment.
Hilton, who had spent little more than 72 hours behind bars, cried and wailed “Mom, Mom, Mom” as Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer ordered her back to prison to serve out her 45-day sentence for driving on a suspended license.
TOKYO, (AFP) - With a wedding ring on her finger and a party endorsement on her back, Kanako Otsuji is on a mission to become Japan's first openly gay member of parliament -- and change the way the country treats sexual minorities.
In a political world whose upper ranks are almost exclusively older men, the 32-year-old Otsuji stands out for more reasons than her sexual orientation.