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Blessed Francis X Seelos Miracle? Mary Ellen Heibel's Cancer Cure

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is investigating a possible miracle after Mary Ellen Heibel was cured of cancer after praying to St. Francis X. Seelos, a former priest at Heibel's Maryland church.  Five years ago,...

WATERGATE buyer Wendy Luscombe in FBI Carroll Trust Scandal

By DANIEL F. CUFF LEAD: Wendy Luscombe a real estate executive who bought the Watergate complex in Washington for the pension fund of the National Coal Board in Britain will soon be buying properties for a new boss the Carroll Group of ...

U.S. Army cadets march onto the field, Army-Navy game, December 6, 2008

U.S. Army cadets march onto the field in view of U.S. Navy midshipmen in the stands, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA.  The talk of the town was the new uniforms and the visit of George W. Bush as...

Israel PM Livni: No interim deal with Palestinians

As the celebration of the anniversary of the Annapolis Conference draws near, it is clearer that a Israel-Palestina deal would not be reached prior to the end of term of American President George W. Bush. ...

Police Spied on Maryland Activists

This is yet more ammo for the anti-Patriot Act crowd: newly-unearthed records show nearly 300 hours of surveillance was carried out between 2005 and 2006 on anti-war and anti-death penalty activists in Maryland,...

Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions

""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined...

Ride the Lobster Unicycle Race begins in Yarmouth

           It takes a lot of practice and extreme balance to ride these pedal-driven devices, making this five day, 800-kilometre race for the elite...

The Siege of Gaza is Broken

"The Siege is Broken The Palestinian people took their destiny in their own hands today and smashed down the wall that divided Gaza from Egypt. Hundreds of thousands of people left their prison and walked into Egypt and bought up food, fuel and everything else in sight. It...

Chomsky on World Ownership

"Chomsky on World Ownership Michael Shank | January 23, 2008 Editor: John Feffer Email this page to a friend Comment on this article Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...

Bush ends trip to Israel, on to Arab states

Perhaps, one can see the human side of Bush, instead of the Political side." JERUSALEM -- U.S. President George W. Bush's eyes welled up with tears while visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial on...

Israel-Palestine Mediation Bush-style

"Mediation Bush-style Bush's visit to Israel was preceded by the seizure of swathes of Palestinian land and the announcement that there will be no halt in settlement building. What hope for negotiations then, asks Saleh Al-Naami Click to view caption OFFICIAL VERSUS POPULAR:...

MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat

"MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say...

Quartet voices concern over Israeli settlements

" The Quartet urged both Israel and Palestinians to make progress on their roadmap obligations, including an Israeli freeze on settlements, removal of unauthorized outposts, and opening of East Jerusalem institutions, and Palestinian steps to end violence, terrorism, and...

Donors pledge $7.4 billion to Palestinians

""We see it as an important vote of confidence by the international community," Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was quoted by Reuters as telling told a closing news conference hours after Abbas warned of dire consequences if the money hoped for did not...

RI`s support for Palestine not linked to religion: Alatas

""Indonesia very much adheres to this principle. So, its support for Palestine is not because we share the same religion," he added. Under this principle, Indonesia had been actively supporting other countries` independence such as that of South Africa and...

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