New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is incremented. In many cultures, the event i...

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International activists have been accompanying Palestinian farmers to their lands near the separation barrier between the territories occupi...

Pope Francis reportedly was "shocked" by a bill that would allow gay couples to adopt children in Malta. Maltese Bishop Charles S...

Turing is generally believed to have been committed suicide following his conviction and chemical castration. However, the original inquest ...

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Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") is a Pagan religious festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples , later being absorbed...

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in th...

The third member of the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot has been released from custody following an amnesty law passed by parliament. Nadezhd...

Abby Martin interviews television legend Roseanne Barr , discussing everything from Saudi Arabia's connection to 9/11, to her VIVID po...

Ugandan lawmakers Friday passed an anti-gay bill that calls for life imprisonment for certain homosexual acts, drawing criticism from rights...

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president who passed away earlier this month, received sabotage and weapons training by Mossad oper...

This whole " affluenza " thing has thrown us all for a loop. For those who don't know, 16-year-old Ethan Couch was sentenced t...

Pope Francis has been forced to defend his economic and social ideologies after prominent conservatives accused him of coming forward with “...

The final decision to execute Jang Song Thaek, last seen publicly being frog-marched by armed guards from a special party session last week...

In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime f...

Atheists living in 13 countries risk being condemned to death, just for the beliefs (or non-belief) according to a new, comprehensive report...

Google engineering director Scott Huffman says that within five years people will have microphones attached to their ceilings and microchips...

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David Cameron and Ed Miliband will face embarrassment this week when it is announced that MPs will be paid an annual salary of £74,000 from ...

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 18 July 1918) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, t...