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Op-Ed: Guantanamo gets multi-million dollar upgrade instead of closing
Four years ago President Obama promised to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The detention is still open with detainees who may be kept there indefinitely without trial or charges being brought against them.
The White House insists...
World Muslim leader congratulates Pope Francis and the Catholic Church
I would like to offer congratulations to Pope Francis I and to Catholics across the world. May the appointment of the new Pope prove to be blessed not just for Christians but for all people across the globe.
May the new Pope lead the Church...
Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected the Catholic Church’s Pope, taking the name Francis.
Appearing on a balcony over St Peter’s Square in Rome, he asked the faithful to pray for him, with cheers erupting as...
Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled...
Forbes rich list: Carlos Slim holds top spot as billionaire numbers swell
Mexican telecoms magnate remains world’s richest, while Spanish fashion entrepreneur Amancio Ortega knocks Warren Buffett out of top three
The world now plays host to a record 1,426 dollar billionaires, after 210 multimillionaires were...
Pope Benedict in shock resignation
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85.
He became Pope in 2005 following John Paul II’s death.
Resignations from the papacy are not...
An asteroid is coming, and scientists are excited. Fear not, Earth is safe
(CNN) — Look out for Asteroid 2012 DA14. It is heading toward Earth at 17,450 miles per hour, according to NASA, and the tug of our planet’s gravitational field will cause it to accelerate when it gets here.
But it’s not...
Timbuktu Gives France’s President an Ecstatic Welcome
TIMBUKTU, Mali — France’s president, François Hollande, paid a triumphant visit to this ancient city on Saturday, receiving a rapturous welcome from thousands of people who gathered in a dusty square next to a 14th century mosque to dance,...
Michele Cardoso, Brazilian Nightclub Fire Victim, Pleaded For Help On Facebook Before She Died
A young woman trapped inside the deadly Brazilian nightclub blaze this weekend posted one final message to Facebook, pleading for help as the building burned.
As Gawker notes, Michele Cardoso, a 20-year-old medical student, was at Boate Kiss...
Lady Gaga pictured ‘praying’ for those involved in the Brazil nightclub fire
Pop star Lady Gaga expressed her sadness and sent her condolences to those who lost loved ones in the Brazilian nightclub fire which claimed 232 lives on Saturday.
The singer shared a picture of herself praying, writing:‘I’m thinking of...
