Out of hiding, many Kosovars escape Islam to embrace Christianity

"By Fatos Bytyci KLINA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kosovar Albanians gather on Sundays to attend religious services in a still unfinished red-brick church in the Kosovo town of Klina. Turning away from the majority Muslim faith imposed by the Ottoman Turks centuries ago,...

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Dubai 'sex on beach' trial adjourned

A British man and woman are being tried in Dubai for having sex on the beach. The couple insist they were only 'hugging and kissing.' The trial has been adjourned for a week today. If convicted they could face six years in a United Arab Emirates prison."The trial of a British...

10 lessons from the medieval knights

"Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in improving behaviour, so what kind of lessons could knights teach youngsters...

Jailed: The Goldilocks burglar who decided a child's bed was 'just right' for...

Oh how I love this fairy tale, but the guys got porridge now, what a nut case falling to sleep on the job. Any way his punishment is a hard bed in small cell. Can you imagine what his cell mates will say and now that embarising nick name Goldilocks. "There was no porridge on...

Indian woman, 55, has quadruplets in Italy

Italy is massively suffering from declining population and getting some help form migrant population. An Indian Lady living in Italy has delivered a quadruplets to help its sagging population.   " A 55-year-old Indian woman has given birth to quadruplets in the...

Octogenarian man survives after shooting five times in head

In a miraculous escape an octogenarian man tried to kill himself but couldn't succeed even after 5 bullets. It seems the God doesn't want him to die soon.    " An 84-year-old Argentine man who shot himself five times in the head in an apparent suicide...

Man charged in rape, slaying of Florida girl, 6

"TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A man already in prison for burglary and stealing a car was charged Tuesday in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years ago, police said. ...

My Childhood in the Racist South: Memoir

Sarah Baxter returns to her US childhood home to find out how much racial attitudes have changed I enjoyed reading this article in the TIMES.  I endorse reading it in full. " was six to nine years old, too young to be fully aware of the swirling currents of...