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Jordan under pressure to cancel arts festival over boycotts
Amman - The Jordanian government appeared Monday under mounting pressure to cancel the Jordan Festival after at least three local and Arab singers announced they will not be performing at the event, citing suspicion of normalizing ties with Israel. ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Gay Catholics to protest against pope on Sydney's World Youth Day
Sydney - Gay and lesbian Catholics will demonstrate against Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Sydney next month for the World Youth Day celebrations, an advocacy group said Monday. The NoToPope Coalition said it hoped to organize 15,000 people to prot...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Taiwan awaits Chinese tourists with mixed feelings - Feature
Taipei - Taiwan residents, with excitement, curiosity and a little contempt, are awaiting Chinese tourists who will arrive on July 4 after Taiwan lifts its five-decade ban on entry by Chinese citizens. Although many Taiwanese have visited China in re...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Preparation for the first day of school: plenty of physical activity
Munich - Parents ask themselves a lot of questions before their child's first day of school: How will my child handle this new chapter in life? Is my child fit enough for the school routine? How robust should he or she be?In Germany, preliminary answ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Travel sites that help you save money - Feature
Washington - With travel season kicking into high gear in many parts of the world, the challenge is finding travel deals. Especially these days, when energy prices have driven up the cost of everything from airline tickets to accommodations, bargains...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Australians expect Pope to apologize to sex victims
Sydney - Australia's leading Catholic prelate on Sunday stoked speculation that Pope Benedict XVI will apologize during his Sydney visit to victims abused by priests. The pope, who will be in Australia next month to preside over Sydney's World Youth ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-29 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

Indian tourists boost Singapore's visitor arrivals
Singapore - A boost in the number of Indian tourists pushed visitor arrivals to a new record in May, according to tourism data released Saturday. A total of 828,000 tourists visited Singapore last month, the 63rd consecutive month of record numbers a...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-28 ] Category : [ Travel (General) ]

Indian Catholic missionaries bound for Germany
Hildesheim, Germany - A German Catholic diocese unveiled plans Friday to borrow about 12 priests from India's Kerala state because it cannot recruit enough German men to lead prayers and run parishes. The diocese of Hildesheim in northern Germany w...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ Religion (General) ]

German court orders importer to destroy Chinese copy of BMW SUV
Berlin - The importers of the Chinese Shuanghuan CEO sports utility vehicle (SUV) that has a similar appearance to a model made by Germany's BMW must halt all sales and destroy all its vehicles in Germany, a court in Munich ruled Friday. The court or...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ Cars (General) ]

US, Belarus trade charges over jailed American lawyer
Minsk - Belarus and the United States on Friday traded accusations over an American lawyer jailed for more than three months in a KGB prison. Emmanuel Zeltser, a US national and head of a human rights NGO, was arrested by Belarusian police in mid-Mar...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]