Society

Pope Francis canonises first saints of his reign - 05/13/2013

VATICAN CITY, Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere - Pope Francis on Sunday created the first saints of his reign, canonising some 800 Italian martyrs who refused to convert to Islam in the 15th century, as...

BBC's Stuart Hall admits assaults in UK entertainment scandal - 05/03/2013

LONDON, Guy Jackson- Veteran TV and radio presenter Stuart Hall admitted 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls as young as nine, prosecutors said on Thursday, in the latest blow to Britain's...

Britons join global challenge to live below the poverty line - 05/02/2013

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Kathy Trevelyan pushes the bland mixture of gloopy rice and cubes of unidentifiable vegetables around the plate with her fork, contemplating five days of eating only this for...

Bedouin army trackers scale Israel social ladder - 04/25/2013

SHTULA, Israel, Jonah Mandel- The army jeep rolls to a halt and Lieutenant Colonel Magdi Mazarib hops off the back to take a closer look at the dirt path running along Israel's border fence with...

Son of prominent US preacher commits suicide - 04/07/2013

LOS ANGELES- The youngest son of prominent US evangelical preacher Rick Warren has committed suicide after a long struggle with mental illness, the pastor's church said Saturday. Matthew Warren, 27,...

North Dakota outlaws most abortions - 03/26/2013

CHICAGO, Mira Oberman- The largely rural but newly oil-rich US state of North Dakota on Tuesday outlawed most abortions in a move to challenge federal laws protecting a woman's right to terminate a...

New leader of world's Anglicans enthroned - 03/21/2013

CANTERBURY, United Kingdom, Robin Millard- Justin Welby, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, was enthroned on Thursday, taking over the leadership of 80 million Anglicans worldwide in a service calling...

'Rockefeller' conman trial to start Monday - 03/16/2013

Court clerk David Marquez told AFP the trial will start at 9:30 am (1630 GMT) on Monday, and is expected to last three to four weeks. Some 90 juror candidates had filled in questionnaires last...

Unsolved murder highlights plight of Afghan women - 03/08/2013

Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Joris Fioriti- Shakila was murdered, shot in the back 13 months ago in the house where she worked as a maid for a wealthy local leader in one of the most progressive provinces...

Lenin should leave Red Square: Kremlin rights chief - 03/07/2013

MOSCOW- Vladimir Lenin's body should be removed from Moscow's Red Square, along with the buried remains of Joseph Stalin and other Soviet officials, the chairman of the Kremlin's rights council said...
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