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...Pope's centerpiece speech in France is expected to come at the College des Bernardins in front of academics, cultural leaders, representatives of Islam, and European Union and United Nations officials. Some in the Vatican press corps have billed it Regensburg II, though few expect it will trigger any anger among Muslims...
...ideas, there is also the work to be done on the ground. Georges Kouakou, 50, remembers the Western missionaries when he was growing up poor in his native Ivory Coast. Having emigrated to France, Kouakou, a computer engineer and father of three, regularly attends mass at Notre Dame des Victoires church in central Paris. The pastor to the mostly native French parishioners there happens to be from the Congo. "There's been an evolution," Kouakou says. "Europeans went to evangelize Africans; today it's the reverse, and Africans are now evangelizing. These are the seeds that God planted...
...Hello Kitty from London and not somewhere in Japan? Courtney Bower, Des Moines, Iowa When Hello Kitty was created, many girls in Japan had read Alice in Wonderland and adored Britain. Also, there were other characters [created by my company Sanrio] who were supposed to have been born and raised in the U.S., so Kitty was born in London as a way of differentiating...
...Liukin, from Parker, Tex., and Johnson, who grew up in West Des Moines Iowa, claim they have truly become firm friends in the run-up to Beijing and feel no nasty urge to sabotage the other's toothpaste. They finished first and second in every competition they entered together in 2008, usually with Johnson coming out on top. When Johnson's gym was damaged in the floods through the Midwest just weeks before the Olympic trials, Liukin text messaged Johnson offering to help. "She is one of my best friends, and we just want the best for each other," said...
...President's support for interrogation techniques that McCain, who is something of an expert on the subject, considered torture. But through all that, says a McCain associate, "it never got to DEFCON 1." In April 2007, at an early gathering of G.O.P. candidates before the party faithful in Des Moines, Iowa, McCain ladled praise on Bush. "I support him," he gushed, "and I believe...