New Caledonia marks anniversary of French colonization with tight security and simmering tensions
NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — New Caledonia marked the anniversary on Tuesday of France's takeover of the Pacific archipelago ...
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The Dangers of White Totalitarianism
Why is the US ultra-right turning to Rhodesia as their model for a white supremacist state?
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these North Jersey events
A celebration of Latin music and the raising of the Mexican national flag are among some the events in North Jersey marking ...
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September's Latino Independence Days: A Month of Freedom
Ever noticed how September in Latin America is just one big celebration? As we wave goodbye to summer and avoid winter as ...
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Pope Francis’ mass in East Timor draws 600,000, nearly half the population
The Tasitolu park was a sea of yellow and white umbrellas — the colors of the Holy See flag — as Timorese ... some 97% are Catholic ever since Portuguese explorers first arrived in the early ...
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Chinese athletes eye new sports at next Olympics, including American-dominant flag football
This includes the American-dominated sport of flag football, which will make its Olympic debut on home soil in the City of Angels. Aside from flag football, squash will also be a new addition to ...
Nearly half East Timor population attend Pope Francis’s seaside Mass
An estimated 600,000 people – a figure nearing half of East Timor’s population – packed a seaside park on Tuesday for Pope ...
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700,000 Timorese Catholics join papal Mass in Dili
Catholic Church is credited for supporting Timorese independence from Indonesian occupation after the end of the Portuguese colonial rule. Once the Mass ended, he went off-script, citing the country's ...
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East Timorese flock to seaside park for Pope Francis' Mass at site of John Paul II's historic visit
DILI, East Timor (AP) — Tens of thousands of East Timorese streamed Tuesday toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass , held on the same field where St. John Paul II celebrated an historic ...
Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 people, nearly half the population
DILI, East Timor -- Tens of thousands of East Timorese streamed Tuesday toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass, ...
Pope Francis arrives in the world’s most Catholic nation outside of Vatican City
Pope Francis arrived in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor on Monday for the penultimate stop of the 87-year-old ...
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Violent British criminal escapes from Portuguese prison in mass break-out - after a previous attempt that saw him smear himself in oil to squeeze through the bars of his cell
A violent British criminal has escaped from a Portuguese jail - five years after a foiled prison break when he smothered his body in oil to squeeze through the bars. Mark Roscaleer, 39 ...