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Courier Newsroom - January 24, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man who was Born to Run has come all the way to South Africa for a first-ever performance in the...

Poverty TV: Hit UK show stirs welfare debate

Courier Newsroom - January 23, 2014

LONDON (AP) — It's reality TV for austerity times. A shoplifter, a recovering drug addict and a young couple barely able to feed their kids...

Soap opera suicide storyline draws praise, concern

Courier Newsroom - January 21, 2014

LONDON (AP) — It was one of the gentlest deaths in soap-opera history, but it has provoked a strong reaction in Britain. More than 10...

New cardinals from Africa and Haiti to help Pope serve the poor

Courier Newsroom - January 21, 2014

(GIN) – In a further step away from old traditions at the Vatican, Pope Francis named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men...

Anti-gay laws, attitudes hold sway in many regions

Courier Newsroom - January 20, 2014

While gay-rights activists celebrate gains in much of the world, their setbacks have been equally far-flung, and often sweeping in scope. In Russia, a new...

China rocker quits state TV show over song choice

Courier Newsroom - January 19, 2014

BEIJING (AP) — A legendary Chinese rocker has refused to perform at a state broadcaster's variety show after being denied permission to sing a...

Anti-immigrant paper under fire for Kyenge agenda

Courier Newsroom - January 14, 2014

ROME (AP) - The newspaper of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party has come under fire for a new feature listing the daily whereabouts of...

Dozens arrested for being gay in north Nigeria

Courier Newsroom - January 14, 2014

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police, working off a list of 168 suspects purportedly obtained through torture, are arresting dozens of gay men in Nigeria's...

Iran, 6 world powers agree to nuclear deal terms

Courier Newsroom - January 12, 2014

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment and to open its nuclear program to daily inspection by international experts starting...

Africa sees violent, deadly start to 2014

Courier Newsroom - January 12, 2014

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome. One estimate says nearly 10,000 people have been killed in...

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