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...banner message at the top of the ad asks. Ryanair quickly asked the Advertising Standards Authority to ban the ads on the grounds they are misleading and denigrating. The advertising watchdog ruled in Ryanair's favor this month. (It's a tad ironic considering Ryanair has had a number of run-ins with the ASA over the years and once referred to the body as "Absolutely Stupid...
...only that, but in some communities, anger at government neglect and mistreatment ran so high that Bedouin said they didn't consider themselves Egyptians; they considered the state an abusive and discriminatory agent; and some said they would go so far as taking up arms against it. A number of TIME's sources said they yearned for the days of Israeli occupation - a sentiment that stunned Egyptians...
...says Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat and an assistant to the Speaker. As Pelosi, 69, nears the most important vote of her career, she'll need to draw upon all her experience as a leader (and parent) in doling out sticks and carrots to reach the magic number of 216 votes to pass health care reform. (See 10 players in health care reform...
...have been known to consult javanese mystics who mix islam, hinduism and animist beliefs. But the most occult obsessed nation in the region is easily Burma. Former dictator Ne Win was so consumed by numerology that in 1987 he demonetized all bank notes and reissued ones only with the number nine or divisible by the number nine. That was his lucky number, but it proved less auspicious for the millions who had their savings wiped out in the move. On the advice of astrologers, he also shot his reflection in a mirror to foil anyone plotting his assassination and rode...
...allowed to work with children, he should give up alcohol, (because he allegedly committed the acts of abuse when he was drunk), and that he needed a mentor, someone who could supervise him at all times. The doctor said he made these requirements clear to church officials during a number of conversations, including an auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese of Munich and Freising. "Father H. never fulfilled these conditions," says Huth who treated him in group therapy sessions from 1980 to 1992. Amid the group therapy, Father H. was convicted of sexually abusing minors in 1986. Afer receiving...