The head of the bishop’s conference youth commission has said that the distracting influence of the internet, sites like Facebook and too much television are to blame for declining church attendances in the Philippines. Father Kunegundo Garganta said that the internet has become a “virtual world” where the youth cannot find Mass or the Church. [...]
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Mercedes-Benz is highlighting at “Auto China 2013″ in Shanghai the world premiere of its long version of the new E-Class model. Developed for the growth market in China, the long version E-Class offers 14 centimetres more legroom in the rear. It also sports a finely honed design exuding an overall character of poised refinement and [...]
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The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) hopes to raise at least $17 million in an auction this week of the premier league’s television broadcast rights for clubs financially strapped by two years of political strife that has seen soccer suspended for much of that period and fans banned from attending matches. Egypt’s Satellite Broadcasting Commission headed [...]
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By Michael Bowman The surviving suspect in last week’s Boston marathon bombing remains hospitalized and unable to speak. A law enforcement official says other attacks might have been carried out had Dzhokhar Tsarnaev not been apprehended and his brother Tamerlan not been killed. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says the suspects had weapons and explosive [...]
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By Cheryl Pellerin Israel is Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first stop during his inaugural trip to the Middle East this week, a visit he said will let the people of Israel know the United States is committed to their security. The 6-day trip will take Hagel to Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United [...]
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Never in its 57 years of independence, has the United States put in bail Morocco — US traditional ally, until last week when the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, introduced a draft resolution on the Sahara. This plans to extend the mandate of MINURSO, the contingent of peacekeepers deployed there, to be responsible [...]
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With an Australian dollar 10% overvalued according to an IMF officiali, and interest rates being among the highest in the world, maybe it’s time to ask the question; Whose interests are the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) looking after? The RBA has so much influence over the Australian economy. It is solely responsible for Australia’s [...]
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The Tsarnaev brothers suspected in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings were carrying homemade bombs and grenades, which they lobbed at police when cornered, the city’s police commissioner said. He added that the suspects had planned further attacks. “We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene – the explosions, [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Afghan officials say three civilians have been killed and seven others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in eastern Afghanistan. Paktika’s provincial governor’s office said in a statement that the blast occurred in the Janikhel district of southeast Paktika Province, on the border with Pakistan. The statement said that Ehsanullah Sadat, [...]
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At least 45,000 people marched in the French capital on Sunday in opposition to a controversial gay marriage bill sponsored by President Francois Hollande, local police said. Organizers of the Sunday rally put the number of protesters at some 270,000 people. The demonstration comes just two days ahead of a final vote in the lower [...]
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As the Obama administration sets out once again in pursuit of peace between Israel and the Palestinians − a prize that has eluded the grasp of generations of statesmen and politicians, including US President Obama himself in his first term − it is sobering to consider how close the parties have come in the past [...]
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Russia and the United States have pledged to work together more closely on counterterrorism efforts following the Boston Marathon bombings. The White House and the Kremlin have issued statements saying the two leaders spoke by telephone Saturday, following the capture of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, ethnic Chechen Dzhokhar Tsarnaev late Friday. The Kremlin [...]
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By Zin Linn Although peace talks are taking place, there seems to be no end in sight in the war against the ethnic rebels, especially in Kachin State and the Shan State. For instance, the President Thein Sein Government has reached a truce with the Shan State Army (SSA), but the Burma Army is reluctant [...]
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In late 1990, Albania began to tear down the wall of its communist regime that had plunged a nation into poverty for more than forty-five years and begun to replace its weak dictatorial leadership with a new generation of politicians. Even though Albania was the last country to crush the iron curtain and experience the [...]
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By Col R Hariharan Myanmar’s fledgling democracy faced yet another obstacle to its progress when anti-Muslim violence flared up in Central Myanmar town of Meiktila in March 2013. It quickly spread to six other smaller townships in Thayawady district in Bago Region in Lower Myanmar. According to Human Rights Watch, it also spread to 11 [...]
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My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as background checks supported by 90 percent of Americans, was to be furious at the spinelessness of the four Senate Democrats who [...]
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Afghanistan’s geography is dominated by a collection of craggy peaks, the highest—a mountain known as Noshaq—has been measured to 7,492 meters. Consequently, the soldiers on duty in this mountainous terrain must often ascend to great heights as part of their duty. However, quick climbs without adapting to altitude can lead to a condition called acute [...]
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The internet is bracing itself for a blackout in protest against CISPA on Monday, as the controversial law makes its way to the US Senate. Hacktivist group Anonymous has urged for the blackout and is now storming Twitter with calls for action. Anonymous has been calling on all websites to blackout their pages ever since [...]
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Paraguayans have elected Horacio Cartes as president, returning the Colorado Party to the top office that it held for 61 years before former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won the office in 2008. The 58-year-old Cartes is part of the tiny elite that controls just about everything in Paraguay. His father sold Cessna airplanes and [...]
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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in South Korea today for meetings with senior U.S. and South Korean commanders. Hours later the chairman was airborne again, heading for a weeklong series of engagements in China and Japan. En route to Beijing, Dempsey spoke to reporters traveling with him [...]
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