Pope gives address after assault
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Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his traditional Christmas message at the Vatican, hours after a woman vaulted a barrier and knocked him to the ground. Read more
Asian markets rise as China affirms loose policy (AP)
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PARIS – European stock markets moved sideways Thursday as trading at some of the continent’s major bourses was subdued before the Christmas holiday. In Europe, the FTSE-100 index of leading British shares was up 11.27 points or 0.2 percent at 5,384, while France’s CAC-40 was up 3.16 points or 0.1 percent at 3,914.20. Germany’s DAX [...]
Taliban video claims to be of captured US soldier (AP)
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Play Video AP  – Raw Video: Purported Taliban footage of U.S. soldier Play Video Video:Bracing for the surge in Helmand Reuters Play Video Video:Afghan Police Officers Killed in Two Raids ABC News Play Video Afghanistan Video:Raw Video: Soldiers give presents in Afghanistan AP AFP/HO – This image grab from an undated video reportedly posted on the internet by [...]
Vatican tries to patch up wartime Pope row
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Vatican officials tried to patch up a dispute with Jewish leaders by saying the decision to move wartime Pope Pius XII closer to sainthood was based on his “piety” not his “politics”. Read more
Pictured: The ‘disturbed’ woman who attacked the Pope at Midnight Mass… a year after doing the same thing
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Vatican drama: Pope attacked at Midnight Mass by SAME ‘mentally unstable’ woman who jumped barrier last year Queen’s Speech: Our debt of gratitude to Afghanistan war heroes… but recession-hit 2009 was a year to forget Commanders serve up Christmas cheer for troops in Afghanistan Britain enjoys a rare white Christmas (in some places at least) [...]
Top 10 News Stories of '00s
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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And the endorsement for `lite guv’ goes to ….
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 I hereby offer my endorsement in the upcoming primary to the first candidate for lieutenant governor who pledges to do everything in his power, if elected, to abolish this silly office or at least change the way we choose lieutenant governors in Illinois.  Read more
Xiaobo: China Dissident Jailed For 11 Years
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2:44am UK, Friday December 25, 2009 Ian Collier, Sky News Online A prominent Chinese dissident has been jailed for 11 years on subversion charges after he called for sweeping political reforms and [...]
Jude Law proud of ‘edgy’ Watson
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Rex Features Jude Law has spoken about his reinvention of Dr Watson in the new Sherlock Holmes movie. The English actor, 36, stars as Holmes’s sidekick alongside Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie’s detective thriller. “When I was asked to get involved, Robert was already set as Sherlock and Guy was directing and I knew [...]
Taliban video claims to be of captured US soldier
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The Taliban released Friday a video purporting to show a U.S. soldier who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan. Read more
Assembly Dem versus Dept. of Public Health: round 2
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Something tells us we haven’t heard the last word on the state’s decision to cut breast cancer screenings for poor women — in fact, it seems like the matter is just heating up. Assemblywoman Noreen Evans… Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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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 [...]
World Digest: Shiites, Christians killed in bombings in Iraq
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IRAQ Shiites, Christians killed in bombings Bomb attacks targeted Iraqi Christians and Shiite Muslims on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 48 ahead of religious observances that will take place under heavy guard. Insurgents have routinely targeted Shiites and Christians in an attempt to undermine the country’s security gains and its Shiite-dominated government. [...]
World Digest: Suicide attack kills 5 in restive Pakistani city
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PAKISTAN Suicide attack kills 5 in northwestern city A suicide bombing killed five people Thursday near a security checkpoint in Peshawar, a restive city that has borne the brunt of Pakistan’s rising Islamist insurgency, officials said. It was the latest in a deadly string of attacks in the city, which is near the Afghan border [...]
Colombian state governor abducted by rebels is found dead
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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — The governor of a southern state was found dead Tuesday, his throat slit, less than 24 hours after being abducted by leftist rebels in the first kidnapping of a major Colombian politician since 2002. Read more
Iran warns that it will deal ‘fiercely’ with protesters
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TEHRAN — Iran’s national police commander said demonstrators will face a fierce crackdown if their “illegal” activities continue, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday, following several days of anti-government protests and officials calling for the arrest of the political leaders of the opposition. Read more
Pope knocked to floor but unharmed at mass incident
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A woman jumped over a barricade at the start of Pope Benedict’s Christmas Eve mass on Thursday and lunged at the pope, who was knocked to the floor in the confusion but then resumed the service apparently unharmed. Read more
Senate approves landmark healthcare overhaul
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate approved President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing sweeping changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans. Read more
Woman knocks Pope down at Mass
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The Pope has celebrated the traditional Christmas Mass, despite being knocked down by a woman at the start of the service in St Peter’s Basilica. Read more