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Pope retires, cardinals meet in shadow of scandal
VATICAN CITY, March 2 (Reuters) – Roman Catholic cardinals gathering to choose a successor to “Pope Emeritus Benedict” will be worrying about a Vatican hierarchy hit by scandals, intrigue and betrayals befitting a Renaissance court. As well as sexual abuse by priests around the world, the scandals closer to home involve the leak of Benedict’s personal [...]
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New Delhi erupts in rage once again after schoolgirl is raped
By Olivia Williams and Kritika Sharma A seven-year old girl was raped at her school in New Delhi on Thursday, according to police.The injured girl was taken by her parents from the school in the Mangolpuri area to the Sanjay Gandhi hospital nearby for treatment.Doctors there confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted. According to [...]
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Chavez receiving chemo but in ‘good spirits,’ VP says
CARACAS, March 2 (AFP) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in “good spirits” but fighting for his life as he undergoes chemotherapy in a Caracas military hospital, the vice president said, revealing new details about the leftist leader’s treatment. Nicolas Maduro, the leftist leader’s political heir, rejected Friday a wave of rumors about Chavez’s health [...]
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Sri Lanka is best for ‘culture vulture’ honeymooners
By Amy Oliver The venue is booked, the guests have replied and there’s only one more matter to attend to – the honeymoon. Sri Lanka is the best place for those seeking culture, so stay off the sun loungers, if you can, because Sri Lanka brims with history. The Ceylon tour in the south of the [...]
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War leading to dissolution of Syria: Ban Ki-moon
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria will fall apart if its government and rebels keep fighting instead of seeking a negotiated peace, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. He said the situation in Syria was deteriorating by the day after almost two years of conflict in which 70,000 people have died, but there was now [...]
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Obama orders $85 billion spending cuts, blames Republicans
WASHINGTON, March 2 (AFP) -President Barack Obama has reluctantly ordered an $85 billion austerity drive that could slow the US economy and slash jobs, after blaming Republicans for refusing to stop the “dumb” spending cuts. Obama complied with his legal obligations and initiated the automatic, across-the-board cuts in domestic and defense spending Friday, following the failure [...]
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Forget Jennifer Lawrence: Audrey Hepburn chat-up line named best in movie history
LONDON (AFP) – Jennifer Lawrence may have won the Best Actress award but she was not even nominated for another film prize, that has just announced its first winner – one for the Best Movie Chat-Up Line. The new award goes instead to a line delivered by Audrey Hepburn to Cary Grant 50 years ago in [...]
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Kim Jong Un has a ‘friend for life’
Basketball star Dennis Rodman reveals his ‘bromance’ with North Korean Leader By Katie Davies and Nina Golgowski New photos of Dennis Rodman laughing it up courtside beside Kim Jong Un in North Korea have emerged today capturing the former NBA star’s third day aboard where he told the dictator ‘you have a friend for [...]
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Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower
Skyscraper set to be world’s largest – at one kilometer high By Mario Ledwith The British company that built the Shard has landed a contract to manage the construction of what will become the world’s largest building – and plans reveal the two look remarkably similar.London-based Mace won the £780million deal to build the Kingdom [...]
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No chance of a tropical storm!
Incredible pictures show luxury resort complete with sandy beaches, palm trees and clear blue water… inside enormous German hangar surrounded by snow By Anthony Bond With sandy beaches, clear blue water and palm trees, this looks like a spectacular and luxurious sun-kissed resort.Holidaymakers can be seen relaxing in swimming shorts and bikinis. Even the occasional [...]
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Married man and woman, wanted for expedition to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, – A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman – possibly a married couple – for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project organizers said on Wednesday. The mission, expected to cost upwards of $1 billion, would be privately financed [...]
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Bradley Manning: The face of hero
The 25-year-old Army Private, this generation’s Daniel Ellsberg, pleads guilty to some charges and explains his actions By Glenn Greenwald In December, 2011, I wrote an Op-Ed in the Guardian arguing that if Bradley Manning did what he is accused of doing, then he is a consummate hero, and deserves a medal and our collective [...]
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Hollywood: The imperial arm
By Margaret Kimberley There isn’t any part of popular culture which allows the citizens of this country to escape the glorification of American imperialism. One can’t watch a football game without seeing an honor guard present the colors, or soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, or in the worst case scenario a flyover of military jets. Commercials [...]
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Sheryl Sandberg’s good fight
By Naomi Wolf NEW YORK – Is it always offensive to advise women to change something about themselves in order to ensure that they can achieve their goals? To suggest the need for any self-scrutiny on women’s part is a minefield; the safe ground is to urge that we remain focused only on fighting all-too-real [...]
