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You simply are not being a Christian today. Jesus Christ never went around grumbling and complaining.…the character of Miss Merriweather in “To Kill A Mockingbird, relating to her friends what she said to a black woman who worked for her who was upset about Tom Robinson’s wrongful conviction. Read more
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8:08pm UK, Monday December 07, 2009 Adam Arnold, Sky News Online America’s Environmental Protection Agency has announced that greenhouse gases are a danger to human health. [...]
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ITV ITV has issued an apology after a rat was killed and eaten by several contestants on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!. The channel said that it was an “oversight” that the production team failed to check whether killing the rat is lawful and will review such procedures in future. The apology [...]
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The murder conviction of U.S. student Amanda Knox in an Italian court has angered many Americans, amid suggestions that the verdict was tainted by anti-American sentiments and negligence by investigators. Read more
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will break with tradition this year and celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at 10 p.m. instead of midnight. Papal spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi told The Associated Press on Monday the decision to change the schedule was made two months ago [...]
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Has hell officially frozen over? Has that “peace on earth, good will toward men” seasonal thing actually kicked in? Because it’s looking like Big Love has come to California GOP’s famously fractious Big Tent. Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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World leaders are gathering in Denmark over the coming days hoping to reach a deal on halting climate change. In some quarters the summit is seen as make or break for the health of the planet but critics say any agreement reached in Copenhagen will have little impact. Read more
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BRUSSELS — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Brussels early Friday ahead of meetings with NATO ministers where she will seek to persuade European allies to pledge troops to strengthen the U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan. Read more
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AMSTERDAM — With the Copenhagen summit starting Monday, chances remain uncertain for a historic breakthrough in the fight to prevent climate change, but the Netherlands is leading a fight of a different kind: How to live with global warming. Read more
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TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Just weeks ago, wealthy businessman Adolfo Facussé was shocked to be turned away at Miami’s airport. His visa, he discovered, had been canceled under a U.S. crackdown on supporters of a coup-installed Honduran government Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
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MEXICO CITY — Two shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico have killed 13 people, including a drug trafficker linked to the slaying of a retired army officer, officials said Saturday. Read more
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AFGHANISTAN 7 insurgents killed in new offensive U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have killed at least seven Taliban fighters during the first U.S.-led offensive since President Obama announced a revamped American war plan this week, Afghan officials said Saturday. U.S. and Afghan troops have met little resistance since Operation Cobra’s Anger was launched Friday to [...]
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BAGHDAD — Even as the U.S. military scrambles to support a troop surge in Afghanistan, it is donating passenger vehicles, generators and other equipment worth tens of millions of dollars to the Iraqi government. Read more
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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan women are among the worst off in the world, violence against them is “endemic” and Afghanistan’s government fails to protect them from crimes such as rape and murder, a rights group said on Monday. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai raised doubts on Sunday that his country could take over responsibility for its security by July 2011, while U.S. leaders said the date was not a “drop-dead” deadline for Kabul. Read more
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Delegates from 192 countries are gathering in the Danish capital Copenhagen for the opening of the long-awaited UN summit on climate change. Read more
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LONDON (AFP) – The government is considering slapping a “supertax” on bankers’ bonuses amid fears of a lavish season for senior staff despite the global financial crisis, reports said Monday. Read more
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CONAKRY, Guinea – A regional African bloc on Sunday called for Guinea to return to civilian rule as the junta’s No. 2 assumed control of the country following an assassination attempt on its leader. Gen. Sekouba Konate, the vice president of the military junta, rushed back to Guinea’s capital from overseas to take charge following [...]