We are all familiar from childhood with the fabulous stories of The Arabian Nights, the One Thousand and One stories told by the courageous princess Scheherazade to stop the deadly mass murder of innocent princesses by the vengeful Sultan and indeed to change his heart to a course of humanity.
On the first Fourth of July, the members of the Continental Congress signed a declaration of their disloyalty to the third George to rule the empire, denouncing his abuses of power. They complained of harassment by his troops, of his elevating the military above civilian power, of his denying people a fair trial by jury and instead transporting them overseas to be tried on false accusations, and in general of rendering the colonies almost as unpleasant and fearful a place to dwell as occupied Iraq would one day become.
Will the Roman Catholic Church ever Recognize Women as Equal to Men?
As a woman, I'm loosing patience with the church of my birth.
I grew up in the Catholic Church. I went to daily Mass for years as an adult. I fasted and prayed consistently. I was a participant in the Charismatic Movement, still going on in the Church. But I left all that one day when I saw the hypocrisy in the rules the church makes as it is absorbed with sex and gender in the 21st century.
North Korea has demolished a 20m tall cooling tower at its main Yongbyon nuclear reactor, in a dramatic public show of its commitment to and a six nation aid-for-disarmament deal.
Salvage operations have been suspended at a sunken ferry in the Philippines, after it emerged the ship was carrying a cargo of highly toxic pesticides.
Spain's lower house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, two weeks after its rejection by voters in Ireland.
Members of the European parliament and the Amnesty International have in a joint call urged European Union governments to help in ending torture around the world.
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Salvage operations have been suspended at a sunken ferry in the Philippines, after it emerged the ship was carrying a cargo of highly toxic pesticides.
