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Palestinian Christians attend Sunday mass led by the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, ahead of Christmas in Gaza City on December 16, 2012. The Jordanian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Fouad Twal arrives in Gaza to attend a celebration with Palestinians, ahead of Christmas.Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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 BBC News 
How many Roman Catholics are there in the world?
Wed 27 Feb 2013
There are an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world, according to Vatican figures. More than 40% of the world's Catholics live in Latin America - but Africa has seen the biggest... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a joint news conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, not pictured, at the Foreign Secretary's official residence in London
Africa   Emirates   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Ban Ki-moon
 Khaleej Times 
UN secretary general to visit UAE
Fri 22 Feb 2013
United Nations spokesperson Martin Nesirky has announced that United Nations secretary... (photo: AP / Ki Price)
EU launches tests in wake of horsemeat scandal  Zeenews  Sat 16 Feb 2013
EU launches tests in wake of horsemeat scandal
Berlin: European Union has decided to launch testing for Horse DNA in processed beef foods to establish the dimension of horsemeat scandal that has rocked the region. The tests will also determine... (photo: EC / EC)
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From left, Pope's personal secretary Georg Ganswein, father Leonardo Sapienza and second secretary of the Pope Alfred Xuereb listen to Pope Benedict XVI talking during an audience with Roman clergy, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Thursday Feb. 14, 2013. Benedict XVI is continuing his farewell tour with an off-the-cuff meeting with Roman priests, an annual encounter that has taken on poignant new meaning with his impending resignation.The Vatican has said Benedict would reflect Thursday on his personal experiences as a young theological expert attending the Second Vatican Council, the 1962-65 meetings that brought the Catholic Church into the modern world.  The News & Observer  Thu 14 Feb 2013
Papal conclave still largely a European club
The face of the Roman Catholic Church has changed profoundly in Pope Benedict XVI's lifetime. Congregations in the West are smaller and older, while those in Africa, Latin America and pockets of Asia... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino)
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Colosseum museum, Rome Italy Business Insider Fri 8 Feb 2013
50 Awesome Culture Tours To Experience This Year
A chime every four minutes for the victims as South Africa radio stations join rape outcry Nemo: Top ten worst blizzards to hit the US Michael Bloomberg puts 250,000 tons... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Africa   Culture   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Culture
Mark Webber left Japan with a 14-point lead in the Drivers' Championship. Formula1 FanCast Thu 7 Feb 2013
Webber: Red Bull Have Improved
Red Bull’s Mark Webber believes that the new RB9 car will make the team stronger than ever. The Austrian squad have won the last three Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles,... (photo: Creative Commons / Morio)
Ferrari   Photos   Racing   Sport   Wikipedia: Mark Webber
Logo of the Champions League in the Grimaldi Forum, during the UEFA Champions League draw, in Monaco, Friday Aug. 28, 2009. The Times of India Mon 4 Feb 2013
Investigators expose global football fixing scam
THE HAGUE: Hundreds of football matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of the world's most... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
Europol   Hague   Match-Fixing   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Europol
Mark Webber driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2010 British Grand Prix The Times of India Sun 3 Feb 2013
Webber wants total support from Red Bull
MILTON KEYNES: Australian Mark Webber told his Red Bull Formula One team on Sunday that he needed them to be 100 percent behind him and was confident they would be... (photo: Creative Commons / First Stop)
Ferrari   Photos   Racing   Sport   Wikipedia: Mark Webber
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Huffington Post Fri 1 Feb 2013
Arnold Schwarzenegger Credits Green Activism To Simple Upbringing In Austria
Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former Governor of California, attends the Lloyd Cleantech Congress on February 1, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Thomas Lloyd... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)
Actors   Austria   Hollywood   Photos   Wikipedia: Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Blue Nile Falls fed by Lake Tana near the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. News24 Mon 7 Jan 2013
Whitewater tourist killed in Ethiopia
Vienna - A 27-year-old Austrian tourist was killed in Ethiopia when his group was attacked during a whitewater rafting trip on the Nile, the Austrian foreign ministry... (photo: Creative Commons / Jialiang Gao)
Ethiopia   Killing   Photos   Tourist   Vienna   Wikipedia: Tourism in Ethiopia
Samsung - LCD TV - Electronics Reuters Mon 24 Dec 2012
U.S. stock index futures signal lower open
PARIS Dec 24 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open for the shortened pre-holiday session on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P; 500... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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