Report into child sex abuse by Irish priests due

"The investigation - covering a 30-year period from 1975 - is expected to reveal the extent of how bishops in Dublin covered up complaints. The part played by the police and the state has also been investigated....

Banksy work is ruined by mistake

Once again out of touch council officials destroy an irreplacable art work by Banksy. Thank goodness for his hometown of Bristol whose council has pledged never to destroy any of his work found there. " A mural by...

Church 'mortified' by Berlusconi

" The Roman Catholic Church has expressed "unease" and "mortification" over revelations surrounding the private life of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. In some of the strongest Church criticism to date, the newspaper...

US student knifed by Arabs in e. J'lem

"An American student studying at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was attacked and moderately wounded at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning by three Arab teens after he got lost in east Jerusalem, police and rescue officials said. ...

The fourth anniversary of the tsunami.

"Thais and others gather to offer prayers for the dead during remembrance services at Dolphin Park on Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, on the fourth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean...

Swiss artist Olaf Breuning's sand sculpture at South Beach in Miami

"FOR USE WITH AFP STORY US-Switzerland-art, by Juan Castro Olivera. Swiss artist Olaf Breuning's sand sculpture at South Beach in Miami Florida, on December 16, 2008. The work was commissioned by the Sagamore...

Shanghai Tower

"This handout shows an artist's impression of the 14.8-billion-yuan (2.2-billion-USD) "Shanghai Tower" (Tallest R) which is expected to be completed by 2014 in Shanghai's Pudong district. China's past 30 years of...

Taiwanese actress Shu Qi at the 45th Golden Horse Awards

"Famed Taiwanese actress Shu Qi smiles as she arrives at the 45th Golden Horse Awards, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, in Taichung, Taiwan. Fanny is a guest at this year's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Chinese-language...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcomed by the Dalai Lama in Gdansk

"French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, is welcomed by the Dalai Lama in Gdansk, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was holding a long-awaited meeting with the Dalai Lama in the face...

Bangkok official ceremonies,Thailand

"Thai girls in traditional dress offer respects to departing tourists during the official ceremonies Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, to reopen Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's main airport prepared to...

Pakistan city hit by deadly blast

"At least Ten people have been killed by a blast in the the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. The blast happened in a heavily populated area in the city centre near a market and a number of...

Picture of the statuette for 21st European Film Awards 2008

"Picture of the statuette for 21st European Film Awards 2008 (FORUM) on displayed in front of the Forum in Copenhagen on December 4, 2008. The Award is to be celebrated at the FORUM in Copenhagen on December 6, 2008."

Is India reaping a harvest of hatred sown by Indians? We have seen it all bef...

"India is the largest democracy in the world. They’ve got several hundred languages, they’ve got every major world religion in residence and originated four of them; they are multi-cultural and multi-ethnic, with a male Prime Minister of the minority Sikh religion and a...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

India XI win by four wickets against Pakistan XI

Indian XI won their tie against the formidable Pakistan XI by four wickets at the Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20-20 World Series being played at the Sardar Patel stadium on Monday."AHMEDABAD: Indian XI won their tie against the formidable Pakistan XI by four wickets at the...

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