ROME - More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Rome on Friday to protest against an increasing number of homophobic attacks throughout predominantly Roman Catholic Italy.
Most demonstrators...
BRUSSELS - Dozens of protesters sported party hats, colanders and other unlikely headgear in protests Tuesday at schools in the Belgian city of Antwerp where authorities have banned girls from...
PETROPAVLOVKA, Alissa de Carbonnel - The crowd shivered in breathless anticipation as dramatic music heralded his approach. "The Teacher is coming!" they whispered.
They parted in a human tunnel...
WASHINGTON, Virginie Montet - Children head back to school in the United States in the coming days facing concerns over the threat of swine flu and as tough economic times force teachers and families...
WASHINGTON, Sara Hussein - Police opened a homicide investigation Saturday after discovering the bodies of seven people in a Georgia trailer park, the latest multiple killing to hit the United...
WASHINGTON - A new bill signed into law in New York state will prevent pregnant prisoners from being shackled or handcuffed during medical visits or while they are in labor, the governor's office...
THE HAGUE - Dutch child protection agents urged a court Monday to stop a 13-year-old girl from pursuing her dream of becoming the youngest person ever to sail around the world solo.
Social workers...
GAZA CITY - Schoolgirls in Hamas-run Gaza have been told to wear traditional full-length robes and headscarves in what is being seen as the latest move towards enforcing conservative Islam in the...
BERLIN - Some 100 German academics have come under investigation following reports that they accepted bribes from students in exchange for doctorates, press reports said Saturday.
Professors at a...
ROME - A senior Vatican official on Saturday deplored indifference with regard to migrants after 73 Eritreans were reported to have died from hunger and thirst trying to reach Europe from North...
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