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1914: The Irish Home Rule Bill received Royal Assent. 1951: The Al Read Show started on BBC radio, with Jimmy Edwards and Pat Kirkwood, introducing the catchphrases “Right monkey” and “You’ll be lucky!” 1959: Forty-seven miners at Auchengeich Colliery, Chryston, Lanarkshire, were trapped and died.... |
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By Eric Reeves. The Obama administration has, by all measures, done a very poor job of responding to the complex challenges in Sudan and South Sudan, and to the vast humanitarian crises exacerbated by short-sighted policy decisions. Even so, a remarkable opportunity has presented itself, one that.... |
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SINGAPORE (Public Radio of Armenia)—Singapore’s oldest church, the 180-year-old Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory The Illuminator, will soon have an Armenian heritage museum, Straits Times reports. Venture capitalist Pierre Hennes, 43, one of church’s four trustees, says the tiny, close-knit.... |
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Wednesday night’s primetime CNN Republican debate roped in a whopping 22.9 million viewers, making it the most watched broadcast in the network’s history, according to CNN Money. Featuring the top 11 candidates in the 16-deep Republican field, the debate between candidates and hosts, CNN’s Jake.... |
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John Paul was no longer quite the rock star he had been several years before. A few months before his U.S. tour, he had met with Austrian leader Kurt Waldheim, already rumored to be complicit in Nazi war crimes. Priestly sex scandals had not yet scuffed up the Catholic Church's brand in 1987;.... |
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In 1965, when World Series television ratings were three times higher than they are today, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax was scheduled to start Game 1 vs. the Minnesota Twins. But the day of the game (Oct. 6) also was Yom Kippur, a high holiday of Judaism, and Koufax, like Hank Greenberg 31 years earlier, chose not to play. |
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HAVANA Libertad Infante has been hosting Roman Catholic services in the patio of her middle class home for 20 years. At first they stirred interest from state security agents who showed up with inquiries, she said, especially after a crowd of pilgrims once carried a large cross through her neighborhood in eastern Havana. |
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Expect Wednesday night's second GOP presidential debate to be open season on front-runner Donald Trump. The 11 top Republican contenders will take the stage at 8 p.m. ET at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., and their unified goal appears to be to get something to stick to the billionaire real-estate mogul. |
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Pope Francis waves to the boy scouts gathered in St. Peter's Square on June 13, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican. Image by Getty Images.
It has happened to all of us. At some point, we realize that someone that we thought we were close to is actually a fake friend. |
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I’m good at...........speaking my mind. I am a very forthright person. I’m very bad at...........pretending. The last book I enjoyed is................Becoming a Person of Influence by John C Maxwell. The most surprising thing that happened to me is.........the day I realised I can become exactly what I want to be. |
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LAWMAKERS RETURN FOR DASH TO SEPT. 30 DEADLINE: Senators returned to town Tuesday for an evening vote, but both chambers are really just getting their workweeks started today after a weekend elongated by observance of Rosh Hashanah. And while there may be 15 days left in September, we’re down to.... |
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