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Pope Calls For End To Syria Bloodshed In Easter Message
CNNVATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called for an end to violence in Syria, as well as a renewed peace effort in the Middle East, in his annual Easter Mass message from the Vatican as Christians worldwide marked the holiday. "May the risen Christ...Tags: Religion and Belief, Africa, Human Rights, Travel, Politics
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Man Has 107 Wives, 185 Children, Blames God
Los Angeles TimesBIDA, Nigeria -- He fell in love with his first wife because she was sincere and eager to please. His second wife, a cousin, was irresistible because she did everything he wished and nothing he didn't. "That alone made me love her." His third wife...Tags: Niger, Lawyers, Homes, Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice
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KTLA's Hometown Runs the World
Mary Akor and Veronica's Kitchen KTLA Nigeria Day Mary Akor joined us live to tell us her story. Mary is an elite marathoner who lives in Hawthorne, and twice represented the U.S. in the World Championships in 2005 and 2007. However, her story is...Tags: John Muir
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Watch Lists Grow, Obama to Meet with Security Team
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The government has added dozens of people to the ominous lists of suspected terrorists and those barred from U.S.-bound flights, a crackdown that comes as President Barack Obama is poised to announce changes to the nation's watchlists. At...Tags: Labor Legislation, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Saudi Arabia, Travel, Defense
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Man Skirts Security At NJ Airport; Flights Stopped
Associated PressNEWARK, N.J. -- A man walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal at one of the nation's busiest airports on Sunday night, and flights were grounded for hours and passengers had to be re-screened while air safety...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Transportation Security Administration, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Saudi Arabia, Explosions
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Dutch Implementing Full Body Scans For US Flights
Associated PressTHE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Netherlands announced Wednesday it will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States, issuing a report that called the failed Christmas Day airline bombing a "professional" al-Qaida...Tags: Interior Policy, Entertainment, Politics, San Francisco, Unions
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Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally
As the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week, one item on the agenda will be polio, or more specifically, how to finally deliver on an epic promise made a quarter-century ago: to liberate humankind from one of the world's most deadly and...
Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Polio, India, Epidemics and Plagues, United Nations
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China now more popular than the U.S., poll says
World NowChina has grown more popular than the United States, according to a recently released poll that quizzed more than 24,000 people about whether countries and the European Union affected the world for good or for ill.... -
China becomes more popular than the U.S.
Los Angeles TimesChina has grown more popular than the United States, according to a recently released poll that quizzed more than 24,000 people around the world about whether countries and the European Unionaffected the world for good or for ill. China has long been...Tags: Elections, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, Politics
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Nigerian man seeking political asylum faces deportation
Tribune reporterAn attorney for a 28-year-old Nigerian man facing deportation will try to persuade immigration officials on Monday to release his client from a Wisconsin detention center following his arrest last week. The lawyer and the man’s American wife...Tags: Prisons, Medical Specialization, Extradition, International Law, Interior Policy
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Nigerian immigrant faces deportation after seeking political asylum
An attorney for a 28-year-old Nigerian man facing deportation will try to persuade immigration officials Monday to release his client from a Wisconsin detention center after his arrest last week. The lawyer and the man's American wife contend the arrest...
Tags: Prisons, Medical Specialization, Interior Policy, International Law, Extradition
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Diocese of Palm Beach ordains first African priest
Catholics rejoiced on Friday at news of a historic first: Leonard Dim, a native of Nigeria, became the first African-born priest ordained by the Diocese of Palm Beach. He was ordained in a ceremony Friday night at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Seminaries, Roman Catholicism, Vincent de Paul
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