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...both churches have noted that Benedict's first trip outside of Rome as Pope was to the southeastern Italian city of Bari, which is considered sacred by the Orthodox Church because it holds the relics of the revered Saint Nicolas. Benedict had been hoping to meet his Russian counterpart before Alexy's death, in what would have been an unprecedented act of public reconciliation between the churches. (See pictures of Pope Benedict in America...
...Last year's shooting incident prompted greater U.S oversight of its outsourced warriors in the first operational theater to see the Pentagon rely so extensively on hired guns. The U.S government, its Iraqi counterpart and other groups have paid between $6 billion and $10 billion to private security contractors in Iraq from the start of the war in 2003 through to 2007, according to a Congressional Budget Office report published in August. And, as U.S troops draw down ahead of the planned complete withdrawal in 2010, the role of security contractors here may even expand...
...Adelphi Communications and Worldcom were also convicted of fraud, and saddled with imprisonments from 15 to 25 years. These sentences are certainly not insignificant. Yet, when you factor in the possibility for parole, the fates of these criminals seems less bleak—especially in light of their Chinese counterpart...
...oppose or fear them haven't changed. Gay and faggot are widespread terms of abuse. Famous actors and singers won't declare their sexual orientation out of concern that their careers would be kaput. There are camps with regimens to "cure" kids of gayness. John Briggs and his national counterpart, Anita Bryant, aren't spearheading the outspoken antagonism to gay civil rights, but the Mormon Church is. It poured $20 million into promoting Proposition 8, this year's California initiative to outlaw gay marriage. Fear lost...
...field on Sunday. Gordon outperformed a potent Yale offense, outgaining the entire Bulldog squad by better than two to one. Yale tailback Mike McLeod, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, was supposed to be the best back on the field, but Gordon proved otherwise, besting his counterpart by over 100 yards and almost 1.5 more yards per carry...