Sir Paul McCartney visits Palestinian site during Israel visit

"Sir Paul McCartney said he was carrying a message of peace for Israel and Palestine as he toured the West Bank town of Bethlehem ahead of his planned concert in Tel Aviv. By Tim Butcher in Bethlehem Last...

Russell Cowe Now Spiritual Is Getting Baptized.

"Australian actor Russell Crowe is planning to be baptized at the age of 43. The Oscar-winning actor, whose bad-boy image has overshadowed any spiritual side, told Men's Journal magazine that he planned to be baptized in a Byzantine chapel that he had built on his country...

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Allen: Pope Was Right to Challenge Islam

"Seen in context, Pope Benedict XVI’s citation last week of a 14th-century Byzantine emperor who claimed that the Prophet Muhammad brought “things only evil and inhuman” to the world was not intended as an...

1,500-year-old Byzantine port discovered (AP)

" ISTANBUL, Turkey - It seems a typical scene of urban decay: abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash and broken wine bottles. Yet it's more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an ancient Byzantine port during drilling for a huge underground rail...

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