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2012-04-06T17:31:44-07:00

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Tailgating Quandary As Brewers Open On Good Friday

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 5:31 pm By

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Catholics partying before the Brewers’ home opener might want to think twice before grilling the bratwurst and sausage that are near requirements at a Milwaukee tailgate. Opening Day falls on Good Friday this year. Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki says traditions aside, Catholics still must abstain from eating meat. Listecki says Good Friday is one of the holiest days of the year and a day when Catholics mustn’t eat meat and poultry. He says fans will have plenty... Read more

2012-04-06T17:15:38-07:00

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Tunisia Chief Backs Conviction For Islam Insult

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 5:15 pm By

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s presidency is backing a court’s conviction of two men for insulting Islam by posting images of the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. Jaber Majeri and Ghazi Jribi were convicted March 28 for “insulting the sacred” by posting images that purportedly showed Muhammad being intimate with one of his wives, Aisha. They were sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and a fine of $800. Some in Tunisia say the case is an attack on... Read more

2012-04-06T16:10:45-07:00

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Man In Recruiting Center Bomb Plot Gets 25 Years

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 4:10 pm By

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man who once said he wanted to wage jihad against the United States renounced terrorism Friday as he was sentenced to 25 years for plotting to bomb a military recruiting center near Baltimore. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Manuelian told U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz that Antonio Martinez maintains the mindset that led him to place what he believed was a bomb in front of the recruiting center. However, Martinez said in a lengthy apology... Read more

2012-04-06T15:38:53-07:00

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Pope Takes Cross At End Of Colosseum Procession

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 3:38 pm By

ROME (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI encouraged those threatened by unemployment and other economic woes to draw courage and strength from the suffering of the crucified Jesus Christ as the pontiff presided over a Good Friday candlelit Way of the Cross procession at the ancient Colosseum. Benedict, who turns 85 on April 16, didn’t carry the cross during the hour-long procession itself. Instead, he listened intently to mediations on suffering that he asked an elderly Italian couple to compose for... Read more

2012-04-06T15:38:53-07:00

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Pope Prays At Colosseum Cross Procession

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 3:38 pm By

ROME (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI, tourists and Romans are praying together at the traditional Good Friday candlelit procession at the Colosseum in Rome. Crowds of faithful clutched candles and prayer books outside the ancient arena in the heart of the Italian capital. The pope, who turns 85 on April 16, wasn’t carrying the cross, but prepared a speech to read at the end of the long ceremony. Benedict chose an Italian couple, who have been married for some 60... Read more

2012-04-06T15:38:53-07:00

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Pope Begins Good Friday Service With Prayer

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 3:38 pm By

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has begun a Good Friday service at the Vatican by kneeling in silent prayer. Benedict rested his folded hands on a red cushion near the central altar of St. Peter’s Basilica as he prayed during the solemn commemoration of Jesus’ death by crucifixion. Hours later, Benedict will go to Rome’s Colosseum to preside over the traditional Way of the Cross procession. The pope, who turns 75 on April 16, is not expected to... Read more

2012-04-06T15:13:01-07:00

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Mubarak Deputy Decides To Run For Egypt President

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm By

CAIRO (AP) — A former strongman of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s regime announced Friday that he will enter Egypt’s presidential race after supporters marched and pleaded for him to run. Omar Suleiman’s entry reversed an earlier decision and was likely to shake up an already heated race that pits former regime officials against Islamists for the country’s top post. It also was a blow to the hopes of the youth activists who spearheaded the popular uprising that toppled Mubarak last... Read more

2012-04-06T15:13:01-07:00

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Egyptian Protesters Rally To Keep Islamist In Race

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm By

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands rallied in Cairo on Friday in support of an ultraconservative Islamist presidential hopeful who may be disqualified from the race after it was announced that his mother was an American citizen. The protesters carried photos and campaign posters of Hazem Abu Ismail, a 50-year-old lawyer-turned-preacher who in recent months vaulted to become one of the strongest contenders for president, with widespread backing from ultraconservative Muslims known as Salafis. The showdown between Abu Ismail’s supporters and the... Read more

2012-04-06T14:09:49-07:00

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch’s Watch Causes Buzz

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 2:09 pm By

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is abuzz with talk of the value of the Orthodox Church patriarch’s watch after it mysteriously disappeared from his wrist in a website picture. Speculation about Patriarch Kirill’s timepiece reached a climax this week when bloggers spotted a photo of him wearing the watch, which allegedly costs some $30,000. By Thursday, the site’s editors had doctored the photo, erasing the watch but failing to get rid of its reflection. Reacting to bloggers’ indignation, the patriarch’s office... Read more

2012-04-06T11:48:35-07:00

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Christians Mark Good Friday In The Holy Land

Last updated on: April 6, 2012 at 11:48 am By

JERUSALEM (AP) — Roman Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Land are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Good Friday prayers and processions through Jerusalem’s Old City. In the West Bank town of Beit Jala, adjacent to Bethlehem, Palestinian Catholics re-enacted Jesus’ 14 stations of the cross in their olive groves and vineyards to protest Israel’s construction of settlements and separation barrier. The Easter holiday and Jewish Passover coincide this year. According to the Gospels, Jesus ate his last... Read more