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Latin Academy beats O’Bryant for Division 4A North title

Edit Boston Herald 13 Nov 2016
Latin Academy was more than happy to make the O’Bryant pay for a pair of turnovers at the worst possible times ... Latin Academy (9-1) will take on South champion Millis in a state semifinal Friday night at Marciano Stadium in Brockton. “I’ll take those turnovers any day of the week,” said Latin Academy coach Rocco Zizza ... The game didn’t start the way Latin Academy had hoped....

New landmarks honor civil rights, LGBT history

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 13 Nov 2016
HARTFORD, Conn. - Two Connecticut properties are among 10 nationwide being designated as historic landmarks ... They were announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service ... award for poetry ... in Jacksonville, Fla.; St ... St. Bartholomew's Church, federal officials said, is a pivotal example of the work of architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and an outstanding example of early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture. ....

Colombia's government, rebels sign modified peace agreement

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 13 Nov 2016
Uribe and his supporters had demanded stiffer penalties for rebels who committed war crimes and criticized the promise of a political role for the FARC, a 7,000-strong peasant army that is Latin America's last remaining major insurgency Opponents of the initial agreement questioned, among other things, that guerrilla leaders involved in crimes against humanity would be spared jail time and allowed to enter political life ... ....

Pallotti football runs all over Boys' Latin for B Conference championship

Edit Baltimore Sun 13 Nov 2016
St. Vincent Pallotti won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference football title Saturday evening by quickly establishing its relentless running game against Boys’ Latin. The Panthers came out and pounded the Lakers with running backs Blake Corum and Jaret Patterson to set... ....

Colombia's Government, FARC Sign New Peace Deal

Edit NBC News 13 Nov 2016
The FARC, a 7,000-strong peasant army, is Latin America's last remaining major insurgency ... ....

Humanitarian relief concert for Syria planned in Boston

Edit Boston Herald 13 Nov 2016
The event on Sunday will feature music by the Layaali Arabic Music Ensemble and Klezperanto, a Boston-based band that blends Latin, Brazilian and Klezmer music ... ....

Pinarayi invites Church to contribute to State initiatives

Edit The Hindu 13 Nov 2016
of the Latin rite, Archbishop Mathew Moolekkatt, head of the Knanaya Catholic archdiocese, and others spoke on the occasion. ....

Colombia tries again for peace with sides signing new accord

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 13 Nov 2016
Uribe and his supporters had demanded stiffer penalties for rebels who committed war crimes and criticized the promise of a political role for the FARC, a 7,000-strong peasant army that is Latin America's last remaining major insurgency. > ....

Colombia, FARC Rebels Announce A New Peace Deal

Edit National Public Radio 13 Nov 2016
That deal was rejected by voters; both sides hope the new, amended version will find success ... toggle caption ... For the second time in just six weeks, it appears that Latin America's longest-running war may finally end in peace ... Parallels ... ....

Caracas, opposition reach initial agreements

Edit Press TV 13 Nov 2016
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and its opposition rivals say they have reached preliminary agreements following a fresh round of talks on resolving the Latin American country’s political and economic crisis. The announcement of the tentative deals was made after the two sides met in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Saturday ... (Photo by AFP) ....

At Mass for homeless, Pope warns of 'anaesthetized consciences'

Edit Yahoo Daily News 13 Nov 2016
By Philip Pullella. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, at a Mass for poor and homeless people, warned on Sunday against the "anaesthetized consciences" of those who see the needy as bothersome instead of as brothers and sisters to be helped ... Francis, the first Latin American pope - who has made defense of the poor a hallmark of his pontificate - told the well-off in society ... This is the origin of the tragic contradiction of our age....

Colombia, FARC announce peace deal

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Nov 2016
Colombia's government and its largest rebel group signed a new, modified peace accord on Saturday following the surprise rejection of an earlier deal by voters in a referendum ... Uribe and his supporters had demanded stiffer penalties for rebels who committed war crimes and criticized the promise of a political role for the FARC, a 7,000-strong peasant army that is Latin America's last remaining major insurgency ... ....

Scot who was ‘father’ of science fiction is honoured

Edit Scotsman 13 Nov 2016
He was the Fife-born son of a Kirk minister who left Oxford University without a degree, moved to California to try to carve out careers as an inventor and then a writer ... Mr Sullivan, also from Cupar, said ... He attended Almondbank College, in Perth, where he won prizes for Latin verse and went on to study classics at Oxford, after which he quit Britain at some point in the 1860s ... Dr Williams said ... ....
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