BEIJING (AP) — A bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China, killing at least 18 people and injuring 37, state media reported Thursday….
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan. The teenage bride’s eyes were swollen nearly shut as she was wheeled into the hospital seven months after her arrange…
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SYDNEY (AP) — Australian health officials said they have found no evidence that potentially faulty French-made breast implants are at an increased risk of rupture in Australian women….
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HAVANA (AP) — State media on Wednesday accused the social networking site Twitter of helping spread a rumor that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had died, and criticized anti-Castro expatriates it dubbed “necrophiliac counterrevolutionaries” for …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A lush region along Puerto Rico’s north coast will be off-limits to developers until a lawsuit filed by conservationists is resolved, an appeals court ruled Wednesday….
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The incoming U.N. Security Council president called Wednesday for an investigation into human rights abuses committed during NATO’s bombing campaign to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi….
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Doctors say former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has undergone his first session of radiation for throat cancer….
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JERUSALEM (AP) — After this week’s attempt to restart Mideast peace talks, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is now caught between undesirable choices. Despite Abbas’ deep misgivings, a Jordanian offer to salvage the peace process may be his bes…
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Contact: Jeff Field, Director of Communications, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
212-371-3191, cl@catholicleague.org
NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Catholic League president Bill Donohue (photo) comments on the direc…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Catholic League president Bill Donohue (photo) comments on the direc…
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LONDON (AP) — Investigators trying to identify the body of a young woman found on Queen Elizabeth II’s Sandringham estate are focusing on cases of women who have gone missing in recent months, police said Wednesday….
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LONDON (AP) — A young black man lay dying in a south London bus stop. His friend called frantically for help while a gang of white teenagers who had stabbed him ran off. Two members of that gang were sentenced Wednesday for the 1993 murder of Step…
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TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop who admitted he was addicted to looking at child pornography has been sentenced to 15 months in jail, but he should be released Wednesday with credit for time served….
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Contact: Matt Smith, Catholic Advocate, 202-521-9828
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Catholic Advocate’s Deal W. Hudson and Matt Smith issued the following statement about the 2012 Iowa Caucus results:
“Senator Santorum’s achie…
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NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Catholic Advocate’s Deal W. Hudson and Matt Smith issued the following statement about the 2012 Iowa Caucus results:
“Senator Santorum’s achie…
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s woes deepened Wednesday as the government’s controversial economic policies and uncertainty over whether it can agree on a deal with the IMF drove its currency to a new low against the euro….
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The suspect in a string of arsons in the Los Angeles area is also under investigation in his home country of Germany for a house fire days before he traveled to the United States in October, a prosecutor said Wednesday….
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LONDON (AP) — It’s counting day at the London Zoo, and no one is exempt – not even tarantulas….
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn’t want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters in his own hands, covertly hanging one of his paintings in a major Polish gallery….
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The pope has accepted the early resignation of a Los Angeles bishop who recently acknowledged being the father of two teenagers….
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North Korea No. 1 Persecutor of Christians for 10th Straight Year
Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — The Open Doors 2012 World Watch List has a familiar loo…
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North Korea No. 1 Persecutor of Christians for 10th Straight Year
Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — The Open Doors 2012 World Watch List has a familiar loo…
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MOSCOW (AP) — Fragments of a failed Russian space probe are now expected to fall to Earth on Jan. 15, officials said Wednesday….
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BERLIN (AP) — A leading reinsurer says devastating earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand made 2011 the insurance industry’s costliest yet in natural disaster losses….
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced the wife of the top suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings to 27 months in jail for immigration violations….
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A single, reunified Korea has long been a cherished dream of people on both sides of the world’s most heavily fortified border. South Korea even has a Cabinet-level ministry preparing for the day….
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MANASSAS, Va., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, issued the following …
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MANASSAS, Va., Jan. 4, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, issued the following …
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