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Serbia's new patriarch urges Christian dialogue

AP News 12 days ago

New head of Serbia Orthodox Church urges dialogue to bridge divisions with Roman Catholics The new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Thursday urged dialogue to overcome long-standing divisions with Roman Catholics. Patriarch Irinej said that a 2013 anniversary important to ...

Israeli PM honours Holocaust victims

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honoured Holocaust victims at a war memorial in the Polish capital, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's liberation. The Israeli leader bowed his head in front of the imposing grey marble ...

Michelle Obama Waxwork

AP Features 14 days ago

A wax figure of First Lady Michelle Obama is unveiled at Madame Tussauds in New York to kick off Black History month Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Copyright 2010 AP Features

Children of Auschwitz recall liberation 65 years on

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Kazimiera Wasiak is a 76-year-old Polish pensioner who will forever remain a child of Auschwitz. When she was only 11, Wasiak spent six months in Nazi Germany?s largest and most infamous World War II death camp, barely surviving on "a slop of ...

Centuries-old Holy City cellar at heart of Byzantine battle

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

An Arab-Israeli shopkeeper is locked in a Byzantine battle with the Coptic Church over an ancient Jerusalem cellar, in a saga involving Christianity's holiest site and a 12th century Muslim general. Lawyers on both sides expect authorities to decide soon whether the ...

Israel PM opens Auschwitz blueprint exhibit

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday opened an exhibition of the Auschwitz death camp blueprints, saying Jews are again facing calls for their extermination, an apparent reference to Iran. "There is evil in the world. If it is unstopped it expands, ...

Butler lifts Richmond past George Washington 62-57

AP News 17 days ago

Butler hits late 3-pointer to lift Richmond past George Washington 62-57 Ryan Butler made a 3-pointer with 26 seconds left to lift Richmond to a 62-57 win over George Washington on Saturday. Kevin Anderson, who scored 21 points and made four 3-pointers, ...

Art Album Belonging To Adolf Hitler Displayed At State Department

Getty Images 18 days ago

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 22: The "Augsburger Geschlechterbuch," a book taken from Germany by a U.S. Army Captain at the end of World War II, is on display before its return to the people of Germany during a ceremony at the State Department ...

Exhibit in Philly explores legacy of women in Pop

AP News 19 days ago

Exhibit in Philadelphia examines the lost legacy of women in Pop Art during the 1960s As radical social changes rocked 1960s America, the contemporary art world remained largely a boys' club that largely ignored female Pop artists as their male counterparts grew ...

Filipino WWII veterans still waiting for payments

AP News 23 days ago

Thousands of Filipino World War II veterans still waiting to receive payments promised by US Gaudencio Sotio injured his left leg fighting to expel the Japanese military from the Philippines during World War II. Though Filipino, he was fighting under the command ...

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