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Pope warns Church against closing in on itself
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by more than 200,000 people, urging the faithful to be open and present in a new and changing ...
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Hundreds of students athletes get free sports physicals
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Local physicians helped hundreds of South Mississippi high school students wanting to throw, kick or dribble a ball get the medical all clear to play. Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists and Encore Rehabilitation gave free sports physicals to 1,400 students on Saturday for the 2014 - 2015 school year. The students attend 14 high schools in Harrison and Jackson counties. ...
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Sports Ferdinand to sign new Man Utd deal
The deal - approved by incoming manager David Moyes - ends any doubts over the future of the 34-year-old, who would have been out of contract next ...
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Sport picture of the day David Beckham bows out in Paris
At the point where David Beckham sees his number is up during the second half of PSG's Ligue 1 match against Brest, the former England midfielder becomes emotional, applauding the crowd as he is ...
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Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg – review
Melvyn Bragg 's latest novel, the 71-year-old John coaxes his 92-year-old mother into a chorus of the Hokey Cokey. "Their voices rose and the nurse who had stopped outside beckoned a fellow nurse and her patient in a wheelchair to listen." Slowly the song builds momentum: "The audience and the chorus swelled along the corridors of the nursing home as they all sang." ...
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Top beers for outdoor adventures this summer
Being outdoors beer in hand – it's the definition of what long weekends ought to be about. As much fun as it can be to let it all hang out for a few days, it’s important to remember that there are some activities that don’t mesh well with drinking beer. Any activity that involves an outboard motor is the kind that you should not mix alcohol with. Same goes for fireworks. ...
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Mutko Lauds Rebirth of Sports Units in Russian Army
MOSCOW, May 19 (R-Sport) - Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has hailed the arrival of the first all-athlete military units since Soviet times. Thirty-six athletes who could represent Russia at the Sochi Olympics took their military oath Sunday at Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. "Sports units are the right decision from the point of view of the economy and the strategy for ...
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I dont want children but worry my husband is getting broody
A young woman loves her lifestyle too much to want children, but worries that her husband feels differently. Mariella Frostrup says suffragettes did not fight for such shallow ...
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Lifestyle Why better sound is big business
Tinie Tempah's Pass Out , some Jessie J and One Direction. I downloaded the tracks I didn't have and at the party, after an hour's football, followed by snacks and one of those mass pile-ons that small boys love (why?), I put my phone into the dock and pressed ...
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European Union finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
Brussels: Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.From January 1, 2014, eateries will be banned from serving oil to diners in small glass jugs or dipping bowls, and forced instead to use pre-sealed, non-refillable bottles that must be disposed of when ...
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Sports David Beckhams emotional farewell
As he left the pitch, an emotional Beckham clapped his supporters. He later lifted the Ligue 1 trophy. Speaking after the match, Beckham said, "The emotion started kicking in, it was hard to run, let alone kick a ball." "I still feel good, but I know it's the right time [to ...
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South Africa IFP Wants R65 Million Sports Awards Budget Readjusted
"Our nation's sportsmen and women must be celebrated for their achievements and rewarded accordingly. However, spending R65 million on an event is beyond excessive and the department needs to cut down the amount of money used for the Sports Awards", said the IFP spokesperson on Sports and Recreation, Mr. Mkhuleko Hlengwa MP. The IFP's main concern revolves around the fact ...
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Saudi woman scales Everest summit as country warms to women in sports
Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on ...
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Sports Briefing | Track and Field Jamaicans Capture Sprint Races at Diamond League Meet
Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the ...
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Sports Briefing | Basketball Mike Krzyzewski Could Coach United States Team
Mike Krzyzewski is no longer ruling out a return as coach of the United States Olympic ...
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
An elderly couple feed their great-grandson with a piece of cake as they sit under the sun in winter in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, January 9, ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday May 19
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Lifestyle block-living still the Kiwi dream
Figures released by the Real Estate Institute show lifestyle block-living is still the New Zealand dream. 16 per cent more lifestyle blocks were sold during the year ended in March, compared with the previous year. Auckland had the largest increase, with about 150 more sales recorded during this time. A spokesman from the institute Brian Peacocke says the lifestyle market ...
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Sports Briefing | Soccer Paris St.-Germain Victory in Last Home Game for David Beckham
Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham, scoring two goals to lead the French champion Paris St.-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest. Beckham, who announced Thursday that he would retire at the end of the season, was given a standing ovation as he left the field in the 81st ...
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Inside Llewyn Davis Cannes review
Cannes 2013: The Coen brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' is a close-to-the-bone tale of the early-'60s New York folk scene, but it is also (what else?) a perverse Coen ...
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Sports Briefing | Golf Keegan Bradley Holds Lead at Byron Nelson
Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys and maintained his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Tex., with a two-under-par 68 in the third round. Bradley has a one-stroke lead over Sang-Moon Bae. ¶ Chella Choi shot her second straight six-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist after the third round of the Mobile Bay L. ...
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Sports Briefing | Hockey Sweden Tops Finland and Advances to World Hockey Championship Final
Sweden reached the final of the world championships by beating its fellow co-host and rival Finland, 3-0. Dallas Stars forward Loui Eriksson scored ...
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SNL Ben Affleck on deck
‘s 38th season finale that I hardly know where to begin! Maybe it’ll help to organize them as a list: 1. Tonight marks Ben Affleck’s fifth time ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Mauro Santambrogio Wins 14th Stage of Giro dItalia
Mauro Santambrogio of Italy won the 14th stage of the Giro ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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