Events outpace the written word, showing no mercy for the self-assured. Writing on the Web site Counterpunch.com, Greg C. Estabrook recently suggested that the new Pope might emulate his immediate ...
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Singapore (dpa) - Fewer people are adopting children from overseas
since the Singapore government introduced stricter checks on aspiring
parents, a news report said on Wedne...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
PAPAL INQUISITION (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
American universities aren't the only places where politically
incorrect speakers a...
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Ecuador's new leftist government has set up a truth commission to investigate alleged human rights abuses committed over the last 27 years, particularly during the right-wing administration of form...
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The chicken toss has been declared off limits at Kansas State. For years, Kansas State students have smuggled live chickens into basketball games against Kansas, then thrown them onto the court and...
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Corleone, Italy (dpa) - Officials in Sicily have lifted a
decades-old ban on hoods being worn during Corleone's tradition Good
Friday procession.
The ban was ...
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Corleone, Italy (dpa) - Officials in Sicily have lifted a
decades-old ban on hoods being worn during Corleone's traditional
Good Friday procession.
The ban wa...
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Michael Vick was attentive and inquisitive during an eight-hour class in empathy and animal protection at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals headquarters, a PETA spokesman said Tuesday.Dan...
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Question 1 of 10:
Henry V, the legendary hero of Agincourt, was mounting yet another invasion of
France
in 1422 when he...Drowned in the ChannelWas killed while huntingWas killed in battle
Succu...
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Inquisition, The
A New York Priest Falls on His Sword
