Sep 7, 2013

Prayers, protests against military action in Syria

Michael Gold 2 Comments World France, Lebanon, Philippines, Pope Francis, protests, Syria, United States, Vatican City

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Pope Francis led Catholics worldwide in a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, urging world leaders to remove their nations from a “spiral of sorrow and death.” In a five-hour prayer vigil in Vatican City, Francis reminded worshippers that “violence and war lead only to death.”

Meanwhile, demonstrations in Lebanon against a possible U.S. military intervention in Syria intensified. As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with European leaders to look for international support of U.S. action, protests in D.C., New York and Paris sprung up on Saturday.

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Jul 29, 2013

July 29 Photo Brief: Aerial view of destruction in Syria, Alpine cattle herding, Red Bull Flugtag

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Gibraltar, heat, India, Indonesia, North Dakota, Pakistan, Pope Francis, Red bull, Russia, Serbia, Syria

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An aerial view of destruction in Syria, Alpine cattle herding in Austria, Red Bull Flugtag Russia 2013 competition and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Visual coverage may depict injury and/or death.

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Jul 28, 2013

July 28 Photo Brief: Lumberjack World Championships, The Sumo Run, election in Cambodia

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Brazil, Cambodia, China, Christianity, elections, France, India, International Para Challenge, Lumberjack World Championships, Mali, North Korea, Palestine, Peru, Pope Francis, Russia, The Sumo Run, US, World Records

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Over 100 competitors compete in the Lumberjack World Championships, racers set out to achieve a Guinness World Record with The Sumo Run, election sees rise of a two-party system in Cambodia and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Visual coverage may depict injury and/or death.

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Jul 26, 2013

Pope Francis visits Brazil in first overseas trip since election

Michael Gold 0 Comment World Brazil, Catholic Church, Pope Francis, religion, Rio de Janeiro

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Pope Francis made the first overseas trip of his papacy this week, heading to Brazil mainly to preside over the five-day celebration of World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. While visiting a country rocked by protests that began last month, the first Latin American pontiff chastised the Brazilian government for not doing enough to help poor residents.

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Jul 23, 2013

July 23 Photo Brief: England celebrated the royal birth, beating the heat in Berlin and a polar bear with a strawberry ice cube

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief Austria, Berlin, birth, Britian, France, Polar bear, Pope Francis, syncronized swimming, Syria, Yemen

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Britain celebrates the birth of the royal baby, people try to beat the heat in Berlin, a polar bear enjoys a giant strawberry ice cube and more in today’s daily brief.

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Jul 16, 2013

July 16 Photo Brief: Badwater Ultramarathon, washing your hair in space, Pope Francis sand sculpture

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Badwater Ultramarathon, Brazil, Bruce Lee, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, giraffe, India, Jerusalem, London, NASA, North Korea, Pope Francis, Rev. Al Sharpton, Syria, Trayvon Martin, U.S. politics, United Kingdom, violence

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The Badwater Ultramarathon at Death Valley National Park, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg washes her hair in space, a Pope Francis sand sculpture in Brazil and more in today’s daily brief. | Warning: Photos included may depict violence and/or injury.

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Jun 19, 2013

June 19 Photo Brief: A tea party at the Capitol, baby kissing at the Vatician and war exercises in Jordan

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief Amman, fashion, FBI, France, Jordan, Pope Francis, President Obama, Robert Mueller, Tea Party

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Tea Party members hold a rally at the U.S. Capitol against the IRS, Pope Francis kisses a baby during his weekly audience in Vatican Square, large scale military exercises take place in Jordan involving 19 countries and more in today’s daily brief.
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Mar 31, 2013

March 31 Photo Brief: Easter Sunday, Nelson Mandela, Zombie Walk in Tokyo

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, China, Easter, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis, South Africa, Usain Bolt, Yemen, zombies

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Easter Sunday, Nelson Mandela’s condition improving, Zombie Walk in Tokyo and more in today’s daily brief.

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Mar 29, 2013

March 29 Photo Brief: Pope Francis prays for Good friday, German beaches get snow for Easter, North Korea takes aim for America

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief art, Brazil, cowboy, Easter, fashion, gaucho, Germany, Good Friday, India, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Palestine, Passover, Philippines, Pope Francis, Russia, snow, toucan, Vatican, wildfire

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Pope Francis presides over the first Holy Week of his papacy, beach-goers enjoy snow during the opening day of Strandbad Wannsee beach in Berlin, North Korea releases a picture of Kim Jong-un during an urgent operations meeting to put the country’s rockets on standby to attack U.S. military bases and more in today’s daily brief.

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Mar 19, 2013

Pope Francis’ inauguration mass draws thousands to Vatican

Michael Gold 0 Comment World Catholic, Catholic Church, Italy, Pope, Pope Francis, St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Vatican City

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Six days after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the new head of the Catholic Church, the newly dubbed Pope Francis was formally installed as the church’s next pontiff. Addressing thousands of people at his inauguration mass at the Vatican, the first Latin American pope delivered a homily on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica.

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