"THE WAR ON ERROR"
"We read in this Sunday's Gospel (Mark 10:46-52) that, while the Lord passes through the streets of Jericho, a blind man named Bartimaeus addresses him, crying out loudly: 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!'"
Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered Saturday to the bishops of Ireland on the occasion of their five-yearly visit to Rome.
Pope Benedict XVI can almost certainly expect a chilly welcome when he visits Turkey next month, but a Turkish novelist claims worse is in store for the head of the Catholic church – an assassination attempt.
Not going to happen...
With the start of his first official visit to Germany on Monday, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski of Poland is calling on Germans to renounce all property claims stretching back to World War II.
Berlin will begin gradually withdrawing its troops deployed with the international peacekeeping force in Bosnia as early as December, German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung announced.
Senior politicians on Sunday said Germany should rethink its role in foreign peacekeeping missions as the scandal over soldiers playing with skulls in Afghanistan battered the army's image.
Chancellor Merkel spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to clear up "misunderstandings" regarding three incidents between the Israeli air force and German ships patrolling the Lebanese coast.
Germany's defense ministry confirmed on Sunday there had been another incident between Israeli jets and the German navy patrolling Lebanon's coast. Defense Minister Jung plans to visit the Middle East this week.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed concern over Israel's ongoing military provocations against German naval vessels patrolling off the Lebanese coast.
Chancellor Merkel has said that her country's EU presidency in the first half of next year will "not solve the problem" of the shelved EU constitution. Merkel, on a visit to The Hague, made some of her most downbeat statements so far on Berlin's chances of reviving the EU constitution.
Voters in Serbia backed a new constitution reinforcing sovereignty over Kosovo last night before a UN assessment of the province’s suitability for independence.
Tbilisi, supported by the US, is, in fact, stoking up tensions with Moscow. The very logic of integrating these regions, and the whole territory of the former Soviet Union, within the structures of the world capitalist market leads to explosive and bloody consequences, flowing from the great power competition for access to natural resources and expansion of political influence.
The cabinet approved by a large majority Monday the appointment of Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman as deputy prime minister and strategic threats minister.
[WAR: With yesterday's comments about the descendents of Shelah in mind, the first part of his name now jumps out at me: LIE-berman.]
At least 5,000 Egyptian troops have been deployed at the border between Egypt and the Gaza strip after reports of possible Israeli "smart bomb" attack on suspected smuggling tunnels emerged recently.
The United States and five other countries will intercept a British vessel in the Persian Gulf today in a mock interception of dangerous weapons technology, an exercise the U.S. expects nearby Iran to notice. France, Italy, Britain and Australia will also participate.
Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said that Iran was not bothered about the planned military maneuvers. "The Islamic Republic of Iran will not accept threats. Iran is a strong and powerful state and will not take maneuvers as a threat."
Six major powers are set next week to resume what is expected to be tough and drawn-out bargaining on proposed sanctions against Iran which pressed ahead with uranium enrichment work in defiance of UN resolutions.
In new web ruling, Iran's supreme leader warns of 'vile consequences' of looking at non-Muslim women.
It is a basic tenet of libertarian conservatism that one's highest allegiance is to one's self and one's family. This principle is enshrined in the founding document of the United States of America.
The theme of this forum, "Beyond Ideology," is very appropriate to our present situation, because it is absolutely necessary that we put aside ideology – for just a moment – and confront the emergency that we all face. The basic division, into "Left" and "Right," is particularly acute this time around.
If America ever goes to war with China, say, over Taiwan, then America should be prepared for the following "acupuncture points" in its anatomy to be "punctured". Each of the vital points can bring America to its knees with a minimum of effort.
The founder the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee says the U.S. government's so-called "Plunge Protection Team" is helping prop up the U.S. economy, dollar and stock market – until Election Day. Then "all hell could break loose" as the government's "strong-dollar policy" completely breaks down and is exposed as nothing more than a "keep-gold-weak policy."
SEC seems to enforce its laws selectively... George W. Bush goes from stay the course to fuzzy... option backdating scandal... G.I. Bill doesnt really support our troops...
Health-conscious Americans were the first to assert that the therapeutic effects of colors on human psyche should not be exclusively linked to the color of our clothes or the color of wallpapers or household items in our homes. The color of food plays an important part too.
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