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BBC News Monsignor Antonio Franco attends the Yad Vashem event The Vatican's envoy to Israel has attended the annual Holocaust remembrance event in Jerusalem after earlier threatening not to be present. Archbishop Antonio Franco was angered by a caption in the Yad Vashem...

Jill May's saga: After growing up in a family broken by drugs and homelessness, three young adults who built solid lives honor a woman they hardly knew -- their mother Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer Lakesha Houston and her two brothers...

By Stephen Thorne OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent a good part of his Easter break rejecting speculation that his minority government was preparing to engineer its own defeat in order to bring about a spring election. But parliamentarians return to work Monday following a...

By Jonathan Montpetit LONGUEUIL, Que. (CP) - A taekwondo team of Muslim girls withdrew from a tournament on Sunday after they were barred from taking part with their hijabs, threatening to re-ignite Quebec's contentious debate about accommodating religious minorities. "I feel very sad...

Dr. Patrick Johnston Why do Americans think democracy is divine? You cannot even hear a speech by the President, his Supreme Court nominees, or hardly any one in his cabinet without them going on and on about spreading democracy throughout the world, particularly in the nations we have...

A Malaysian teacher was dealt a rude shock when she was caned on her backside by the school's principal, who mistook her for a student, according to state media. The secondary school teacher said she was dressed in Malay martial arts attire and ushering some students back to their classrooms...

By Mica Rosenberg in Guatemala City THREE Central American governments have banned a man claiming to be the Antichrist from entering their countries, outraged by his inflammatory preaching against the Catholic church and organised religion. El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have banned...

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By Mark Duff BBC News, Milan One of Italy's most senior churchmen has been placed under armed guard after threatening graffiti appeared in the northern port city of Genoa. The threats follow a strongly-worded attack Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco made on government plans to...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration asked Congress on Friday to expand the number of people it can subject to electronic surveillance in the United States. The request was contained in a proposed bill authored by intelligence and Justice Department officials that...

By Johnny Caldwell BBC News Friday is one of two occasions this year - the other being in July - when a Friday happens to be the 13th day of the month. Black cats are often associated with superstitions Interestingly, any month starting on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th and...

By CHRISTOPHER BOBBY Tribune Chronicle WARREN — A Hubbard man who has been accused of raping a 6-year-old girl on a live Internet broadcast complained Wednesday about his treatment in jail. Timothy Michael Gaut, who has a foot injury, is not allowed to use crutches, which could be used as...

The Vancouver Art Gallery is retooling part of a controversial exhibit that puts together living insects and reptiles as a representation of society. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) had objected to part of an exhibit by Chinese-born artist Huang Yong Ping. In the...

Archbishop J. Francis Stafford The Archbishop of Denver delivered this address in August, 1994 to the International Congress on the Family in Lima, Peru. Before I begin, I want to thank my brother bishops here in Peru, and all of you brothers and sisters in the faith, for the warmth of your...

By Camille Bains VANCOUVER (CP) - The federal government's medical wait-times guarantee agreement with the provinces and territories is a "meaningless" watered-down version of what the Tories promised before they were elected, health critics said Thursday. "It's a cynical gimmick," said Mike...

LONDON (AFP) - Music label EMI has settled a royalties dispute with Apple Corps, the publishing group founded by The Beatles, in a move that could finally enable fans to buy legal downloads of the Fab Four's hits. "I can confirm that we have reached a mutually acceptable settlement and that we...

By CRISTIAN SALAZAR (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press NEW YORK - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was...

by Pope Benedict XVI Dear Brothers and Sisters! From ancient times the liturgy of Easter day has begun with the words: Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum – I arose, and am still with you; you have set your hand upon me. The liturgy sees these as the first words spoken by the Son to the Father after...

A Johnstown man accused of abducting and raping a woman is scheduled for an extradition hearing in Ohio on Wednesday. Jimmy Tayse is expected to be extradited first to Pittsburgh, where police say he kidnapped a woman at a Giant Eagle by holding a knife to her toddler's throat. Police said...

Fragrant and fertile, elephant dung gets new life as compost By MARK DAVIS This ain't shinola, folks. No one knows that better than the people who greet each morning, shovel in hand, as they scoop up ... . Call them the poop patrol, those bold souls who trail behind the three elephants at...