Members of the Joint Select Parliamentary Committee of Jamaica squirmed with unease in their seats - some even leaving the room - while watching a video depicting various abortion procedures. Recently in World Category
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Members of the Joint Select Parliamentary Committee of Jamaica squirmed with unease in their seats - some even leaving the room - while watching a video depicting various abortion procedures.
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Members of the Joint Select Parliamentary Committee of Jamaica squirmed with unease in their seats - some even leaving the room - while watching a video depicting various abortion procedures.
World
Catholic bishops from the persecution ravaged state of Orissa warned this week that Hindu extremists have a "master plan" to wipe out Christianity in the remote eastern Indian state. Read More
World
The Dead Sea has been nominated in the international competition for one of the world's New Seven Wonders - and is in the top 20 in worldwide voting.
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The Dead Sea has been nominated in the international competition for one of the world's New Seven Wonders - and is in the top 20 in worldwide voting.
World
Hundreds crossed the Imams Bridge after Muslim leaders and security officials walked from each bank and embraced. The bridge was closed in 2005 following a stampede of Shia pilgrims in which about 1,000 people died.
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Christian
Church leaders in Zimbabwe are starting a process of self-examination
and change which will enable them to take up a significant role in the
reconstruction of their country alongside other civil society
organisations. Read More
World
Reporting from Jerusalem -- Jerusalem's voters Tuesday ended five years
of ultra-Orthodox rabbinical leadership at City Hall, choosing as mayor
a secular businessman who has promised to reverse the city's slide into
poverty and the exodus of its Jewish population.
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Reporting from Jerusalem -- Jerusalem's voters Tuesday ended five years
of ultra-Orthodox rabbinical leadership at City Hall, choosing as mayor
a secular businessman who has promised to reverse the city's slide into
poverty and the exodus of its Jewish population.
World
A school partially collapsed in the Haitian capital on Wednesday, injuring at least eight students and sparking panic less than five days after a much larger school collapse killed more than 90 people.
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A school partially collapsed in the Haitian capital on Wednesday, injuring at least eight students and sparking panic less than five days after a much larger school collapse killed more than 90 people.
World
In the general European euphoria over the election of Barack Obama, there is the beginning of self-reflection about Europe's own troubles with racial integration. Many are asking if there could be a French, British, German or Italian Obama, and everyone knows the answer is no, not anytime soon.
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In the general European euphoria over the election of Barack Obama, there is the beginning of self-reflection about Europe's own troubles with racial integration. Many are asking if there could be a French, British, German or Italian Obama, and everyone knows the answer is no, not anytime soon.
World
Taliban insurgents battling the U.S.-backed Afghan government urged President-elect Barack Obama to change course in U.S. foreign policy and withdraw American troops from both Afghanistan and Iraq, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday. Read More
Taliban insurgents battling the U.S.-backed Afghan government urged President-elect Barack Obama to change course in U.S. foreign policy and withdraw American troops from both Afghanistan and Iraq, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday. Read More
World
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received praise from Iranian opposition
politicians and weathered criticism from its conservatives after he
sent Barack Obama a letter last week congratulating him on winning the
U.S. presidential race. Read More
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received praise from Iranian opposition
politicians and weathered criticism from its conservatives after he
sent Barack Obama a letter last week congratulating him on winning the
U.S. presidential race. Read More
World
High in the mist-shrouded Mushaki mountains, amid a drenching tropical storm, the rebel leader swept into the crumbling brick farmhouse, his sinewy frame swathed in a red-and-black shawl--dutifully followed by a pet lamb called Betty.
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High in the mist-shrouded Mushaki mountains, amid a drenching tropical storm, the rebel leader swept into the crumbling brick farmhouse, his sinewy frame swathed in a red-and-black shawl--dutifully followed by a pet lamb called Betty.
Christian
Semba* has two wives and five children, but he hasn't seen them in nearly 20 years. At the end of a long workday, Semba relaxes in his dingy, single-room flat in the Paris suburbs. Six other West African men crowd around him, their eyes trained on his television. They're watching the JESUS film.
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Semba* has two wives and five children, but he hasn't seen them in nearly 20 years. At the end of a long workday, Semba relaxes in his dingy, single-room flat in the Paris suburbs. Six other West African men crowd around him, their eyes trained on his television. They're watching the JESUS film.
World
In the run-up to Sunday's summit, hosts South Africa had promised to talk tough with the Zimbabwean parties and "force" an agreement.
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In the run-up to Sunday's summit, hosts South Africa had promised to talk tough with the Zimbabwean parties and "force" an agreement.
World
Osama bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11, an Arab newspaper in London has reported.
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Osama bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11, an Arab newspaper in London has reported.
World
Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it's high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times.
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Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it's high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times.
World
Two years ago, Barack and Michelle Obama were tested for AIDS before an
audience of thousands here in an effort to remove the public stigma
from the disease.
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Two years ago, Barack and Michelle Obama were tested for AIDS before an
audience of thousands here in an effort to remove the public stigma
from the disease.
World
Ostracised, vulnerable and frightened, she wandered the streets in
south-eastern Nigeria, sleeping rough, struggling to stay alive.
Mary was found by a British charity worker and today lives at a refuge in Akwa
Ibom province with 150 other children who have been branded witches, blamed
for all their family's woes, and abandoned.
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Ostracised, vulnerable and frightened, she wandered the streets in
south-eastern Nigeria, sleeping rough, struggling to stay alive.
Mary was found by a British charity worker and today lives at a refuge in Akwa
Ibom province with 150 other children who have been branded witches, blamed
for all their family's woes, and abandoned.
Christian
Christians worldwide will pray for the persecuted church on Sunday with
special emphasis this year on Christians in India and Iraq. As part of the annual International Day of Prayer, the hundreds of
thousands of Christians expected to participate will pray for God to
give strength and protect believers in nations hostile to the Gospel. Read More
World
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has "a tremendous opportunity" to help negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that could help "empower the forces of ... moderation in the Islamic world," former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday.
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has "a tremendous opportunity" to help negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that could help "empower the forces of ... moderation in the Islamic world," former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday.
Christian
In the most ambitious such review to date, young people in 17 countries most often defined spirituality as belief that life has a purpose, belief in God, and being true to one's inner self.
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In the most ambitious such review to date, young people in 17 countries most often defined spirituality as belief that life has a purpose, belief in God, and being true to one's inner self.
World
Haitian police on Sunday were holding the owner of a school that
collapsed, killing at least 88 people and setting off a desperate
search for survivors trapped in tons of rubble.
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Haitian police on Sunday were holding the owner of a school that
collapsed, killing at least 88 people and setting off a desperate
search for survivors trapped in tons of rubble.
National
Veteran Austrian television personality Klaus Emmerich has triggered a storm of criticism for his racist comments about Barack Obama, the US president-elect. "I wouldn't want the Western world to be directed by a black man," Emmerich said.
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Veteran Austrian television personality Klaus Emmerich has triggered a storm of criticism for his racist comments about Barack Obama, the US president-elect. "I wouldn't want the Western world to be directed by a black man," Emmerich said.
World
A lawyer for Osama bin Laden's son says Spain has rejected her client's final appeal for asylum and will deport him.
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A lawyer for Osama bin Laden's son says Spain has rejected her client's final appeal for asylum and will deport him.
World
Rescue workers in Haiti worked furiously to dig out students buried in
the rubble of a school that collapsed Friday, the Red Cross said.
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Rescue workers in Haiti worked furiously to dig out students buried in
the rubble of a school that collapsed Friday, the Red Cross said.
World
Barack Obama is about to get his own mountain. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister W. Baldwin Spencer wrote a letter to Obama on Wednesday congratulating him on his victory in the presidential election. Read More
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