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Hundreds of Cubans and foreign visitors began streaming into the sprawling square overnight, camping out for hours to see the first Latin American pope on his most high-profile trip to date, which will also take him to the United States. By sunrise there were already several thousand people in the plaza, and free space was hard to find. |
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When Pope Francis celebrates the first open-air mass of his visit to Cuba today, the ghost of Che Guevara will be looming over him. A massive likeness of the revolutionary leader - and fellow Argentine - stares down from a government building overlooking Revolution Square in Havana, where the Pope begins his tour of the island. |
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The Argentine pontiff leaned out from his white open-air vehicle to grasp the hands of festive onlookers and wave to the crowds gathered under the cloudy sky. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected on the sprawling square, where excited Cubans and foreign visitors camped out overnight to see.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' Republican leaders face stark tests as they fight to keep the government open past month's end, amid fears a shutdown could imperil their party's White House ambitions. For House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, any wrong move could throw his very future into question,.... |
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Pope Francis greeted massive crowds of fans and Catholic faithful Sunday as he arrived in his popemobile to give mass on Havana's iconic Revolution Square, the highlight of his trip to Cuba. The Argentine pontiff leaned out from his white open-air vehicle to grasp the hands of festive onlookers and wave to the crowds gathered under the cloudy sky. |
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For House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, any wrong move could throw his very future into question, opening him to a threatened showdown vote on the floor of the House over whether he can remain in his job. If that happens, there is no certain outcome. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. |
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Not too long ago, unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — were seen primarily as a tool the military used to spy on bad guys in combat zones and, in some cases, to bomb them, preferably without civilian casualties. But now, anyone can walk into a Fry's Electronics or Samy's Camera store.... |
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Pope Francis speaks with Cuba's President Raul Castro during his arrival ceremony at the airport in Havana, Cuba on Sept. 19. Photo: AP.
Pope Francis raised a bit of holy hell in Havana Saturday, jabbing at the Castro regime for repressing religion while praising the growing detente between Cuba and the United States. |
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Anne C. Richard (L), assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, and Nancy Lindborg (front, 2nd R), USAID assistant administrator for democracy, conflict, and humanitarian assistance, visit the Al Zaatri Syrian refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria January 28, 2013. |
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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel denied Lewis Hamilton a record-equalling eighth straight pole position as he dominated qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday. The four-time world champion clocked 1min 43.885sec on the demanding street circuit to front the grid for the first time in nearly two years, with Mercedes' Hamilton down in fifth. |
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NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Catholic is marking its 40th anniversary and making a push to boost enrollment. Under its recently launched campaign, ȁ#x201c;Welcome to the Family,ȁ#x201d; Niagara County’s only Catholic junior-senior high school announced it is looking to engage alumni and prospective students in churning up more interest in the school. |
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