Feb 27, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI’s final weekly public audience at Vatican City

Robert Hamilton 1 Comment World Cardinals, Catholic, Catholic Church, Italy, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Rome, Vatican, Vatican City, Vatican Square

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Masses of pilgrims queued to enter St. Peter’s Square to hear Pope Benedict XVI’s final weekly public audience in Vatican City, Vatican on Wednesday. The Pontiff attended his last weekly public audience before stepping down tomorrow. The weekly event, which would normally be held in a vast auditorium in winter, was moved outdoors to St. Peter’s Square so more people can attend. Pope Benedict XVI had been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He cites ailing health as his reason for retirement and will spend the rest of his life in solitude away from public engagements.

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Feb 24, 2013

Feb. 24 Photo Brief: Pope’s last public blessings, Daytona International Speedway crash, topless feminists protest against Berlusconi

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, ballet, Brazil, Daytona, India, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Mali, NASCAR, Syria, Vatican, winter

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Pope Benedict’s last public blessings before he resigns, race carries on after Daytona International Speedway crash, topless feminists protest against former Prime Minister Berlusconi and more in today’s daily brief. | Attention: Several photos might depict injury or death.

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Feb 20, 2013

Feb. 20 Photo Brief: Fashion Week in Milan, London and Madrid, Taylor Swift at the Brit awards, Arizona snow, mass funeral in Quetta, continued violence in Syria

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Daily Brief Britain, England, fashion, India, Italy, London, Pakistan, protest, Spain, Syria

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Fashion Week in Milan, London and Madrid, Taylor Swift performs at the Brit awards, Arizona snow suspends golf tournament, mass funeral in Quetta, continued violence in Syria and more in today’s daily brief.

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Feb 19, 2013

Feb. 19 Photo Brief: The royal baby bump debuts, Oscar Pistorius in court, Nice carnival, blindfolded styling, Sydney Doll Hospital

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Daily Brief Britain, China, France, India, Italy, London, Russia, Spain, Syria

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Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge debuts the royal baby bump, Oscar Pistorius appears in court, a Ukrainian stylist cuts hair blindfolded, the Sydney Doll Hospital celebrates 100 years in business and more in today’s daily brief.

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Feb 12, 2013

Carnival season around the world

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Entertainment, World Brazil, carnival, Germany, Italy, Mardi Gras

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Before Lent begins, the festive season of Carnival is celebrated around the world. During January and early February parades and parties take to the streets of Germany, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Bolivia and Brazil, to name a few. It’s Carnival time.

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Feb 10, 2013

Feb. 10 Photo Brief: Carnival parades, Lunar New Year, Kumbh Mela festival, satellite image of snow

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Brazil, Burkina Faso, carnival, European Sauna Marathon, garden gnomes, Hungary, India, Italy, Kumbh Mela festival, snow, Spain, Yemen

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Carnival parades, Lunar New Year, Kumbh Mela festival, satellite image of snow and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Photos may depict injury or death.

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Jan 15, 2013

Jan. 15 Photo Brief: Lance talks to Oprah, assault rifles on the runway, Kumbh Mela draws hundreds of millions

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief assault weapons, Brazil, cats, circus, clowns, England, farmers, India, Italy, Kumbh Mela, lance armstrong, Milan fashion, models, Newtown, Oprah, Syria, tractors

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Oprah talks about her upcoming interview with Lance Armstrong, the largest religious gathering on earth, the Kumbh Mela, begins attracting Hindu devotees, the runway at Milan Fashion Week Menswear Autumn/Winter turns militant and more in today’s daily brief.

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Jan 14, 2013

Survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster mark first anniversary of capsized cruise ship

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment World Costa Concordia, cruise ship, Giglio, Italy

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Survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster marked the first anniversary of the capsized cruise ship that left 32 dead. “After a year we are still traumatized,” said Violet Morreau, a survivor from France told Reuters.

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Dec 14, 2012

Dec. 14 Photo Brief: North Koreans celebrate launch, topless Italians protest fur, Belarusian ecologist tames wolves, Chinese swimmers brave the ice

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief anti-fur, Australia, bear, Belarus, China, Christmas, Egypt, fraternity, Italy, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-Un, Mohamed Morsi, naked run, Netherlands, North Korea, Palestine, pets, Philippines, Santa Claus, tortoise, veterinarian, whale, wolves, zoo

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North Korea sends out images from their satellite launch celebration and the memorial exhibition entitled “The great leader Kim Jong-il comrade is with us forever,” Italian animal rights activists paint “Fur death” on their chests and carry a skinned fox prop to protest fur in the fashion market, ecologist Dmitry Shamovich plays with tamed wolves in a remote village in Belarus and much more in today’s daily brief.

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Nov 14, 2012

Nov. 14 Photo Brief: Anti-austerity strikes across Europe, Afghan rag pickers, Diwali is celebrated, the Prince and the Hobbit, a homemade submarine

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Art, Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun Afghanistan, art, China, England, France, India, Italy, London, New York, protest, Spain

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Anti-austerity protests and strikes across Europe, yellow fever in Darfur, the latest Twilight film premiers in London, Diwali is celebrated, Prince Charles meets a Hobbit, a dangerous school crossing and more in today’s daily brief.

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