International Missing Childrens day - May 25th 2009

Forever Searching are delighted to announce their first major event in the United Kingdom to highlight International Missing Children’s Day, May 25th.The three events, held over the May Bank holiday are as...

LittleBigPlanet of sony: delayed over Koran Phrases

Sony entertainment has delayed the worldwide launch of its latest game LittleBigPlanet, because of the concerns that the background music mentioning phrase sfrom Koran can offend muslim across te world. " ...

World's Oldest Joke Uncovered by Boffins

It has today been revealed that academics have discovered the world's oldest joke.  It is 1,000 years old and was unearthed at Exeter Cathedral in a book of 10th Century Anglo-Saxon poetry.   " They found the wry observation in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th...

Philippines - WBC lightweight champion "gatecrashes" wedding

Manny Pacquiao, who defeated David Diaz on June 28 to wrest the WBC lightweight title, crashes at a wedding ceremony at the Jaro Cathedral at Jaro District, Iloilo, Philippines. Pacquiao and wife Jinkee, with...

College student warned for graffiti on historical Italian cathedral

i guess that student has a great desire to be the next leonardo da vinci, try to draw monalisa...   " Gifu City Women's College has handed a strict warning to a student who drew graffiti on the Cathedral...

Sex in a Confession Box

It’s no longer news when one hear or see people having sex in public places but having sex in sacred places like the church and inside the confession box is inappropriate and appalling. Why the inside the church, why should the church and confession box be the preferred...

Olympic Buildings on the Move

BLDG BLOG reports that the stadium being built for the London Olympics may be disassembled and relocated to Chicago once the games are over. I like the idea of "plug and play" architecture -- where buildings might be reused rather than simply being destroyed - but then I...

St Paul's Cathedral opens new South Churchyard

The magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral in London opened its new South Churchyard to the public today. This new peaceful space in the grounds took three years to complete at a cost of 3.8 million pounds." The...

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

"The chosen book for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Now in its third year, Dublin: One City, One Book is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city...

Celebrations for St Patrick's Day

"Today parades are taking place at home and around the world to mark St Patrick's Day. For marchers and spectators in Ireland, the weather was generally dry though with some rain in the east.In Dublin up to 3,000...

New Zealand says farewell to Sir Edmund Hillary

UPDATE: A funeral service has been held in New Zealand for Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest. "Hundreds of people, including dignitaries from around the world, packed St Mary's church in Auckland...

What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?

Here's a lovely story from the UK that starts off with a suggestion that cyclists be garroted with piano wire stretched across their paths.  It certainly works as an attention-getter, but of course, the editors would insist that this isn't a serious threat.  Mr....

Quasimodo 101 (The Lowdown on The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Those who read the novel in English know it as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. But the word "bossu" (hunchback) is absent from the original French title of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, Notre Dame de Paris (simpy Our...

Georgia Church Pastor Fathers Brothers wife’s Son

Just some good ole Southern inbreeding, guess the wife’s face says it all"Senior pastor of Cathedral at Chapel Hill D.E. Paulk, rear, stands with wife Brandi as they are pictured in their home Friday Nov. 9,...

Monopoly launches UK-wide edition

"The swanky streets of Mayfair have been replaced by the cathedral city of St Albans as the nation's top real estate in a new UK-wide version of Monopoly. Cities and towns across Britain take the place of London...

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