Pope Benedict's brother admits slapping pupils at German choir school DNA India | London: Pope Benedict XVI’s brother has admitted that he slapped choirboys at the German choir school that he headed for 30 years. | Georg Ratzinger, 86, now regrets using corporal punishment against his charges and asked their forgiveness. |...
Pope's brother "didn't know of school's brutality" The Star | BERLIN (Reuters) - The priest brother of Pope Benedict acknowledged on Tuesday that he had meted out corporal punishment when he taught at a German school, but said he had not known about a regime of more extreme violence now being alleged. Pope Be...
Pope's brother says slapped pupils at choir school The Star | BERLIN (Reuters) - The brother of Pope Benedict said in an interview on Tuesday he slapped pupils in the face at a German school where he led the choir, but had been unaware of the brutality of discipline there. Pope Benedict XVI strolls in a garde...
Vatican secrecy 'let German school abusers go unpunished' Newsvine | Germany has blamed a "wall of silence" created by the Vatican for hampering investigations into decades of abuse of schoolchildren by Catholic clergy. | Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the Justice Minister, said that Vatican secrecy rules, incl...
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Berlin's Airport: Shining Beacon or Waste of Money The New York Times | BERLIN — To get Berliners arguing, bring up the new $3.4 billion airport rising just beyond the limits of this hip but economically strapped metropolis. Christoph Bangert f...
Karzai receives a mixed reception in Marjah The Hindu | Sangar Rahimi and Richard A. Oppel Jr. | Once a Taliban refuge, Marjah has come a long way since the Marines invaded four weeks ago, so much so that Afghan Ppresident Hamid Karza...
Integrate Germany's Muslims,but also defend liberal democracy Daily Star Lebanon | Commentary by | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | The relationship between the popular majority in Germany and the country’s Muslim residents is one of the foremost ...
Vatican secrecy 'let German school abusers go unpunished' The Times | Germany has blamed a "wall of silence" created by the Vatican for hampering investigations into decades of abuse of schoolchildren by Catholic clergy. | Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the Justice Minister, said that Vatican secrecy rules, incl...
Introduction to Politics: government schools The Examiner | | On Saturday San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR SFBA), and the Youth Committee for the Muslim Community Association (MCA) in Santa Clara held an Introduction to Politics program for some of the...
Cooperation success for STA and German college Nation | The Seychelles Tourism Academy’s cooperation with Cuxhaven College in Germany has been described as healthy and achieving results. | A delegation from the hotel school – part of the vocational Berufsbildende Schulen Cuxhaven (BBS Cuxhaven) – are no...
Marjah fears return of warlords Asia Times | By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, at the center of a recent large-scale military effort against the Taliban in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province. | His dedication to a community under the most trying of circum...
'16 and Pregnant' Chelsea from Vermillion High School: Facing baby-daddy Adam (VIDEO) The Examiner | MTV's second season run of 16 and Pregnant features a new set of young moms. This year, Chelsea Houska from Vermillion High School in Vermillion, South Dakota, takes a stand against her party-loving, baby-daddy Adam. | In last night's episode, Chelsea gave birth to the couple's premature baby, Aubree. Soon after, Adam spent more time partying and...
