Pope Francis' comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist hesitant to support a church project. |
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says an Australian journalist arrested by the Egyptian government is being provided with consular assistance. |
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Russia will do all it can to ensure the safety of athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics. |
THE MOST ANCIENT AND MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE THISTLE. The Rt Hon David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, the Earl of Home CVO, CBE. The Rt Hon Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin. Chancellor of the Order KNIGHTS BACHELOR. The Rt Hon Kevin Barron, MP. Member of Parliament for Rother Valley. For political and public service. |
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. MBE. Michael John Hippisley. For services to the Samaritans in Dundee. (Forfar, Angus) Miss Anne Henrietta Drake Hoblyn. Higher Executive Officer, Work Services Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Unemployed and the community in Epsom, Surrey. |
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. MBE. Michael John Hippisley. For services to the Samaritans in Dundee. (Forfar, Angus) Miss Anne Henrietta Drake Hoblyn. Higher Executive Officer, Work Services Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Unemployed and the community in Epsom, Surrey. |
More than 70 rebels and three soldiers have been killed in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has said. |
Confusing reports continue arriving from Kinshasa, where the international media reports foreign airlines have suspended national and international flights from the Ndjili Airport, following the clashes that this morning left at least twenty dead. The state TV instead reports that after a brief suspension, flights resumed regularly. |
The new knights, dames and members of the British Empire, in the UK and overseas, plus military and police honours |
Lambert Mende, Congo’s government spokesman, confirmed the attacks in Kinshasa, saying around 40 people were killed in an exchange of gunfire Monday morning, including 16 at the military base, 16 at the airport and eight at the TV station. He also confirmed that shooting had occurred in Lubumbashi,.... |
Armed assailants who identified themselves as disciples of a self-styled prophet attacked the state television station, the airport and the main military base in Congo's capital in what many feared was a coup attempt early Monday, before being repelled by the country's military, officials and witnesses said. |
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