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Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, for a...

Enormous Statue of Powerful Pharaoh Unearthed in Egypt

CAIRO -- Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country's antiquities authority announced Tuesday. The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern...

Big Bomb Found Near Indonesia Church; 19 Arrested

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Senior security minister Djoko Suyanto said he believed Islamic militants had been plotting an attack outside of the capital during Good Friday celebrations. "The army and police are under high alert," he told reporters after attending a meeting chaired by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "We want...

Libya Rebels Raise Concern About Islamic Extremism

AJDABIYA, Libya - Abdel-Moneim Mokhtar was ambushed and killed by Moammar Gadhafi's troops last week on a dusty road in eastern Libya - the end of a journey that saw him fight as a jihadi in Afghanistan and then return home where he died alongside NATO-backed rebels trying to oust the longtime authoritarian leader. In...

Irish Soon to Publish New Report on Catholic Abuse

DUBLIN -- A judge cleared the way Friday for Ireland to publish a new report into decades of Catholic Church cover-ups of child abuse - and how a Cork bishop kept crimes in his diocese secret long after the Irish church issued orders to start telling police. Dublin High Court Justice Nicholas Kearns ruled that only one...

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MLB Players Who Hunt

The Babe, the Bambino, the Sultan of Swat and all the other names used to identify No. 3 were all attributed to the way he killed the baseball.

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Ari Melber: Reporter: Romney Campaign Has Jewish Test for Mormon Coverage

Jason Horowitz, the enterprising Washington Post reporter who broke the story about Mitt Romney's high school "pranks," just cracked another window into camp Romney.

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Mormon Allies Walk In Utah Gay Pride

More than 300 Mormon church members who are not gay drew shouts of approval and tears from spectators while taking part in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in downtown Salt Lake City.

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Divide and Rule Was the Unwritten Rule of the Indian Agents

The old saying goes, "If you think you can trust the government, ask an Indian."

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Ayman al-Zawahri Videos, 'Days With The Imam', Recall Bin Laden's 'Generosity'

Al-Qaida's new leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in the second of his "Days with the Imam" series of videos, said that bin Laden would however pay readily for hospitality for his guests â although he lived mostly on bread and vegetables, he once invested in an entire herd of sheep to slaughter in case visitors came by.

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06/04/12 Venus to cross the Sun: open house at A&M-C Planetarium Source: North Texas eNews - Bonham TX Commerce, Texas ï¿½The Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium invites the public to an open house on Tuesday, June 5 at 5 p.m. to observe an extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus in transit while it crosses the face of the Sun.
06/04/12 Rev. Alcombright celebrates first Mass Source: North Adams Transcipt - North Adams MA Twenty-four hours after being ordained into the priesthood, the Rev. Matthew Alcombright presided over his first Mass at Blessed Pope John Paul the Great Parish on Sunday afternoon.
06/04/12 Nothing wrong with Ramdev, Anna agitations: Ex-army... Source: The Economic Times - India Ex-army chief General V.K. Singh has thrown his lot behind the anti-graft agitations led by social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev , terming them "timely and valid".
06/04/12 Bin Laden spent wealth on jihad - Qaeda Source: ArabianBusiness.com Osama bin Laden led a frugal life, spending all his personal wealth on attacks against the West and serving his guests good food, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video posted online on Sunday.
06/04/12 Ramdev stir on black money from Aug. 9 Source: The Asian Age A year after the mid-night police crackdown at Ramlila Ground, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday declared massive agitation from August 9 onwards to put pressure on the government on the issue of black money.