Jewish Students In 'Open Hillels' Challenge Organization's Guidelines On...
(RNS) Hillel, the largest Jewish college campus organization in the world, provides students with kosher meals, religious services, a rabbi’s counsel and fellowship with other Jews. And, as the Hillel...
View ArticleLong Ash Competition At Havana's Cigar Festival (PHOTOS)
HAVANA (AP) — Pungent smoke filled the room, obscuring the lights and leaving clothing and skin reeking. There were applause, shouts and laughter, and above all plenty of H. Upmann Sir Winstons —...
View ArticleThis 2012 Interview With Italy's New Leader Matteo Renzi Is Incredibly...
As the youngest prime minister in Italy's history, Matteo Renzi is already setting a precedent. But with his plans for a radical change in government, the new premier will certainly set many more. The...
View ArticleCardinal Joachim Meisner, Conservative German Archbishop Of Cologne, Resigns...
BERLIN (AP) — One of the most prominent conservatives in the German church is retiring as archbishop of Cologne — opening up a prestigious vacancy for Pope Francis to fill. The Vatican said Friday that...
View ArticleKnights Templar Hit Man Killed In Shooutout
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official says a leader of hit men working for the Knights Templar drug cartel in a region ravaged by drug violence has been killed in a shootout with federal police. The...
View ArticleEvictions Caused By World Cup And Olympics Receive Harsh Criticism
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With her family of six living in five different houses scattered across the city, Dalvaneide Pequeno do Nascimento longs for the days when her whole clan shared the same roof....
View ArticleReduce Our Nuclear Arsenal to Save Money and, Quite Possibly, Lives
On Tuesday, President Obama will introduce his budget for fiscal year 2015. His proposal aims to unwind some of the damage done by the indiscriminate sequester, but still shortchanges the types of...
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Uganda's Miniskirt Ban Prompts Protests After Vigilante Strippings
Around 200 women took to the streets of Uganda's capital on Wednesday defending their right to wear miniskirts. The demonstration came after the government approved a new law that bans "indecent"...
View ArticleReligious Party Holidays Are The Wildest, Holiest Celebrations Around
With Carnival here and Mardi Gras right around the corner you might be wondering how a religious holiday could be so fun. Turns out, Carnival isn't the only wild religious celebration out there. Unlike...
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Night Wolves, Putin's 'Biker Brothers,' To Ride To Ukraine To Support...
A group of Russian bikers called the Night Wolves that regularly rides with President Vladimir Putin is heading to Ukraine to back pro-Russian protests, its leader said Friday.Putin has ridden a...
View ArticleTensions Rise Between Ukraine And Russia Over Crimea
* Putin unleashes intervention to protect Russian citizens * Russian forces seize Crimea, no sign of them elsewhere * Pro-Russian demonstrators hoist Russian flag in south, east Ukraine KIEV/BALACLAVA,...
View ArticlePutin Gets Permission To Move Russian Troops Into Crimea
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's parliament granted President Vladimir Putin permission to use the country's military in Ukraine and also recommended Saturday that Moscow's ambassador be recalled from...
View ArticleNetanyahu's Games
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu never tires of inventing new hoops through which he insists Palestinians jump. As he acknowledged a few weeks back, it's all part of a cynical game that he...
View ArticleUkrainian Security Chiefs To Meet As Tension Mounts In Crimea
KIEV, March 1 (Reuters) - Ukraine's acting president called an emergency meeting of security chiefs on Saturday, his spokeswoman said. Oleksander Turchinov summoned his Security Council after Russian...
View ArticleWorld's Oldest Cheese Found On 3,800-Year-Old Mummies Buried In China
Yellow chunks of the world's oldest "cheese" may have been discovered on the bodies of mummies buried in China's Taklamakan Desert. The mummies, which are each about 3,800 years old, were buried with...
View Article'Gravity' Oscar Nominations For Alfonso Cuarón Spark Mixed Feelings In Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Oscars could be Mexico's big night, with three Mexicans nominated for directing, cinematography and acting. Except that some in Mexico aren't looking at it that way. Despite...
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Medieval Candelabra Found Near Ibiza May Hold Clues To Forgotten Sea Trade...
A 10th-century candelabra found off the coast of the Spanish island of Ibiza may be a clue to long-forgotten shipping routes in that era. But the candelabra's use and origin remain a stubborn mystery,...
View ArticlePistorius Family Issues Statement Before Trial: 'We Love Oscar, And Believe...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two days before Oscar Pistorius goes on trial for murder, his family said Saturday that they will not be distracted by what they called "extraneous issues" and their only focus is...
View ArticleStolen Art From A Cuban Museum Turns Up In The U.S.
HAVANA (AP) — Dozens of works of art were secretly taken from a storage facility at Cuba's flagship National Museum of Fine Arts and some have surfaced across the Florida Straits in Miami, museum and...
View ArticleHow One 'Wishing Tree' Brought An Entire Community Together
Back in November, before leaving town for a weekend, Nicole Helprin and her two kids wrote a few wishes on tags and hung them on a tree in front of their Portland, Ore., home, KGW reported. When...
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