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52 photos: North Texas vs. Iowa football The Iowa Hawkeyes Riley McCarron catches a pass for a first down in the second quarter of their game against North Texas at home on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: http://dmreg. |
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Popes have been associated with fine living for many centuries; one pontiff reportedly died after overindulging in too much melon , while another sold sin-forgiving indulgences to help pay for treats like his pet white elephant . Today, Vatican City even has its own tax-free, three story luxury goods store, known discreetly simply as the . |
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On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States - a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House. For most Americans, it was a sideshow: the main news networks were deep into their fourth.... |
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pour into Europe to escape the horrors of war, with many dying along the way, a different sort of tragedy has played out in many of the European Union's newest member states. The states known collectively as “Eastern Europe,” including my native Poland, have revealed themselves to be intolerant,.... |
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Just for a moment, imagine yourself as a senior Chinese diplomat stationed in Washington, DC, trying to piece together a comprehensive reporting telegram on the events of the past week – and looking forward to global reactions to President Xi Jinping’s United Nations (UN) speech on Monday 28 September. |
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BEIJING/WASHINGTON, Sept 27 David Brunnstrom (Reuters) - On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States - a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House. |
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Most of Pacific failed to achieve Millennium Development Goals. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Sept. 28, 2015) – With great fanfare at an event in New York, the United Nations has adopted an ambitious agenda to guide the world's development over the next 15 years. |
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EVENTS, birthdays, anniversaries. 490BC: The original marathon was run by a messenger who hot-footed it to Athens from the Battle of Marathon, in which the Greeks defeated the Persians. “Rejoice, we conquer, ” he gasped then dropped dead. 935: Saint Wenceslas was murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia. |
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JEREMY Corbyn did a good job on The Andrew Marr Show, apart from one thing, writes Lesley Riddoch. Did Jeremy Corbyn do enough on yesterday’s Andrew Marr Show to woo sceptical voters and see off internal opposition – in the short term at least? Against all odds and across most of the UK, he probably did. |
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Pope Francis challenged Americans last week to accept “the stranger in our midst” and reject a “mindset of hostility” toward newcomers. But his invocation of the millions of Syrian and other Middle East refugees, a relatively small number of whom have been resettled in the United States, has been.... |
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Sept. 26 --Of all the Old Rocker columns we have written, among the ones that generate the most interest are those with Doo-Wop quizzes. Lucy, of Orlando, Fla. , one of my faithful readers, forwarded many of the questions for this Doo-Wop quiz. If you have a favorite Doo-Wop trivia question, please.... |
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