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Nailed to the Cross as an Easter Ritual

Ut World April 19, 2014 0

Nearly 20 Filipinos and a Danish filmmaker were nailed to crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday, a practice the Roman Catholic Church frowns upon as a distortion of the Easter message. The annual Philippine ritual draws thousands of spectators to San Fernando, 80 km (50 Continue Reading

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Bodies Found Trapped in Sunken Ferry

Ut World April 19, 2014 0

Angry relatives of more than 200 people, mostly children, missing inside a sunken South Korea ferry demanded authorities act now to raise the vessel and hit out at officials, including the country’s president, as hopes of finding survivors faded. Divers saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were […]Continue Reading

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Lawsuit Filed on X-Men Director

Ut World April 18, 2014 0

A man who has sued filmmaker Bryan Singer, the director of the upcoming blockbuster action film “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” for allegedly raping him as a teenager said on Thursday that his claims of sexual abuse went unheeded by authorities. Michael Egan, 31, who was an aspiring teen actor, said he and his mother […]Continue Reading

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K-9 Called in For Jury Duty

Ut World April 18, 2014 0

A computer glitch is likely to blame for a summons that called a German Shepherd to report for jury duty, court officials in New Jersey’s Cumberland County said on Wednesday. Barrett Griner IV, of Bridgeton, said he opened a jury summons on Friday addressed to “IV Griner,” the name of his 5-year-old dog. “It was […]Continue Reading

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North Korean Leader’s Hair Mocked by UK Salon

Ut World April 17, 2014 0

North Korea failed to see the joke when a London hair salon used a picture of its leader Kim Jong Un to try to attract more customers and has written to Britain’s Foreign Office asking it to stop what it calls a “provocation”. A hair salon in west London put up a giant poster of […]Continue Reading

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Tom of Finland’s Works to be Printed on Stamps

Ut World April 17, 2014 0

Finland’s postal service will honour “Tom of Finland” with stamps taken from his work – homoerotic drawings of muscular men wearing tight, black leather uniforms, when they wear anything at all. The stamps, which will be issued in September, are based on the drawings of Touko Laaksonen, better known by the pseudonym “Tom of Finland,” Continue Reading

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Ferry Carrying 448 Sinks in South Korea Leaving 100 Missing

Ut World April 16, 2014 0

South Korea said Wednesday that two people were killed and more than 100 missing after a ferry capsized at sea with 477 people on board, mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. “So far, 368 have been rescued,” Lee Gyeong-Og, the vice minister of security and public administration, told a press briefing in […]Continue Reading

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Fire in Chile Causes Destruction

Ut World April 14, 2014 0

At least 12 people were killed and 2,000 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze. Pushed by strong Pacific coast winds, the fire started on Saturday and rampaged over 700 hectares of […]Continue Reading

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Islamist Leader Sentenced to Jail by Egyptian Court

Ut World April 13, 2014 0

An Egyptian court sentenced a hardline Islamist former presidential hopeful to one year in prison on Saturday for insulting the court, state news agency MENA reported. Salafist preacher Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is on trial for fraud in a case related to presidential elections in 2012 which brought the now ousted President Mohamed Mursi of […]Continue Reading

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India Faces Cancer Crisis

Ut World April 12, 2014 0

China and India are facing a cancer crisis, with smoking, belated diagnosis and unequal access to treatment all causing large-scale problems, experts said on Friday. Residents wear masks in Beijing as environmental authorities issued a “yellow” smog alert for the capital on March 26, 2014 In a major report, published in The Lancet Oncology, more […]Continue Reading