Scandal threatens Britain's conservatives
With elections approaching, Labour signals it will take advantage of questions about Lord Ashcroft’s tax status.... Read more»
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With elections approaching, Labour signals it will take advantage of questions about Lord Ashcroft’s tax status.... Read more»0
The devil lives in the Vatican and is to blame for the problems in the Catholic Church, says the Vatican’s chief exorcist.... Read more»0
When James Bond escapes via jetpack in 1965’s “Thunderball,” we all wondered how soon we could have our own jetpack. Well, the time has come.... Read more»0
To understand radical Islam, American writer Theo Padnos pretended he was a Muslim and settled himself into Yemen’s radical mosque scene. Years later, his cover has finally been blown.... Read more»0
As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ point man on abortion, Richard Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome.... Read more»0
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told an audience of insurance industry professionals Wednesday “that opposing President Obama’s health-care agenda and letting premium hikes continue would eventually hurt the health-care industry.’... Read more»0
The “Morality and Knowledge Association” recently established in Herat wants to ban women’s voices from the airwaves, remove the “corruption” of foreign movies and soap operas from Afghans’ nightly viewing, and generally bring the media back into line with what they consider “Islamic principles and Afghan culture.”... Read more»0
Theo Padnos now admits that he was indeed a “fake” Muslim who converted to Islam at a mosque in Yemen, in front of witnesses.... Read more»0
Capping a nine-year trade dispute over U.S. farm export credit guarantees, Brazil announced it would impost a broad range of sanctions on U.S. imports.... Read more»0
Inmates in a South Texas detention facility began a series of hunger strikes in January, hoping for better conditions and fewer transfers, as advocates pleaded for the government to come through on promises to reform the immigrant-detention system.... Read more»0
The nation’s unemployment insurance system, including Arizona’s, is in crisis due to a combination skyrocketing unemployment and – in some cases – poor planning.... Read more»0
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who is leading a coalition of anti-abortion Democrats standing in the way of party leadership efforts to pass a health bill, signaled Monday that the impasse may be close to resolution.... Read more»1
A Caribbean pirate named Moses is giving Jamaica an unexpected source of tourism dollars - Jews.... Read more»0
Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. Including in North Korea.... Read more»0
President Obama will travel to Philadelphia on Monday to “try to persuade the public to back his plan to remake the nation’s health care system, while also urging uneasy lawmakers to cast a ‘final vote’ for a massive reform bill in an election year.”... Read more»0
After 30 years of detective work and eye-strain, two Dubliners have produced a corrected version of “Finnegans Wake.” Their new edition of James Joyce’s most difficult work is being launched in Dublin on March 11. It is naturally the literary event of the year in Ireland.... Read more»2
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