Edge of reason: The lonely reign of Benedict XVI (Independent)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:02:31 GMT
Of all the countries Pope Benedict XVI is visiting this year – including Malta, Portugal, Cyprus and Spain – Britain, which he visits in September, is the one in the greatest moral difficulty from his perspective: a citadel of wild-eyed relativism, beset by all the ills which the Sixties incubated and which the Catholic Church here, in the Vatican's view, has done little to combat.
Talking movies: Discussing Visconti's Senso (Columbia Daily Spectator)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:10:16 GMT
When the introduction of a half-dozen complimentary six-foot subs from Milano Market into the Schapiro Hall lounge created a natural setting for a symposium, Spectator film critics Ben Letzler and Franklin Laviola lost track of time and soon realized it would be impossible to catch our screening of L'Anglaise et le duc, the new costume drama (digitally superimposed on painted sets) from Eric ...
Ex-Army officer expected to plead guilty to bribery (San Antonio Express-News)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:12:57 GMT
The Justice Department filed charges Feb. 26 against retired Lt. Col. Kevin A. Davis, who is cooperating, as part of a deal he struck to avoid having his case go before a grand jury, records obtained by the San Antonio Express-News show.
World News (Times of Malta)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:21:41 GMT
Aftershock rattles Chile - Today, 16:01 7.2 magnitude quake rocks Chile on inauguration day 03/11/2010 16:55:02 GMT+01:00 #424923 DVBP 3466 A powerful 7.2 magnitude aftershock and...
Today in History, Today is Saturday, March 6, 2010 (Red Bluff Daily News)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:00:39 GMT
Today is Saturday, March 6, the 65th day of 2010. There are 300 days left in the year. On March 6, 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
Good Morning! (KWTX-TV Waco)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:32:43 GMT
Good morning, it’s Saturday March 6 and it’s shaping up as a warm and partly sunny day in Central Texas. It’s the 105th anniversary of the birth on a Central Texas farm of a baby boy who would grow up to be king.
Today in History (Sify News)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:18:21 GMT
6, the 65th day of 2010. There are 300 days left in the year.
Today in History (News Chief)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:46:59 GMT
Today is Saturday, March 6, the 65th day of 2010. There are 300 days left in the year.
Michelangelo and the mastery of drawing (Guardian Unlimited)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:10 GMT
Michelangelo's astonishing 'presentation drawings', lessons in art technique for a young aristocrat he adored, tell pagan stories about men and love. The exhibition at the Courtauld is the most important ever devoted to them, writes James Hall
Big rise in Afghan child migrants (BBC News)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:51:17 GMT
UN aid agencies are increasingly concerned about the numbers of Afghan children migrating alone across Europe.
