Topic: Good Friday
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 04/22
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Maundy Thursday: Queen Elizabeth gives out money, Czech children go skinny dipping
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Global News Blog 15 years after Good Friday Agreement, an imperfect peace in Northern Ireland
On this date in 1998, republicans and unionists put an end to the 'Troubles' that had ravaged the region for decades. But a permanent peace remains a more remote prize.
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Margaret Thatcher leaves mixed legacy in Ireland
The late British prime minister's blunt style and politics were not well received in either the Republic or Northern Ireland, which she once famously declared 'as British as Finchley.'
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Stocks slide with slowdown in manufacturing growth
Stocks opened April on a weak note, ending slightly lower after an industry group reported that US manufacturing growth cooled in March. Industrial stocks fell the most in the S&P 500.
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Shroud of Turin authenticity up for debate again after new report (+video)
Scientists at the University of Padua in Italy have used infrared light and spectroscopy (the study of a physical object's interaction with electromagnetic radiation) to examine the shroud and found that it's actually much older than a previous study found.
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Editor's Blog After Newtown: a time for solace
Dec. 14, 2012, will long be remembered in Newtown, Conn., and well beyond. Tears will long be shed. Prayers and comfort will long be needed.
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Look for the open door
A Christian Science perspective.
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'War on women' comes to Wisconsin recall – and could be decisive
Several bills signed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker have angered women's rights activists and have motivated women to get behind the effort to recall him.
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Oil prices drop ahead of Iran talks
Oil prices fall below $102 a barrel. Iran set to negotiate its nuclear program with six major powers Friday, pushing oil prices even lower after last week's fall on weaker US demand.
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Virginia Beach Navy jet crash: No loss of life in ‘Good Friday miracle’(+video)
The crash of a Navy jet fighter in a residential neighborhood in Virginia Beach, Va. apparently resulted in no fatalities and few injured. Gov. Bob McDonnell calls it 'an act of divine providence.'
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Economy adds 120,000 jobs. Why the dip from bigger gains in early 2012? (+video)
The unemployment rate fell from 8.3 percent to 8.2 percent in March. Economists had been expecting higher numbers of new jobs.
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Stocks fall to their worst week in 2012
The Dow fell 14 points to close at 13060 on fears that Spain may have trouble paying back its debt. The stock market suffered its worst week since December of last year.
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Latin America Monitor Pope in Cuba: Trip shows how church playing balancing act (+video)
The pope did not meet with dissidents. But his trip was about building on gains the church has won in Cuba, says guest blogger Anya Landau French.
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Pope schedules last-minute meeting with Fidel Castro
Pope Benedict XVI's decision to meet with the former Cuban leader angered Castro critics because, they say, it gives the Cuban government legitimacy.
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Indonesia's youth groups try to counter militant recruitment
As reports of militant recruitment among young people rise, small groups are popping up across Indonesia in an effort to help keep youths safe.
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Tornado outbreak is possibly the deadliest in 37 years
The nation's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., reports that tornadoes this year have already claimed more lives than all of last year, possibly making this the deadliest tornado outbreak since the 1974.
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Wedding bells quiet Irish antipathy toward British royals – for now
The real test of Irish sentiment toward the monarchs comes in May during the first royal visit to the Republic of Ireland since its independence from Britain in 1920.
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St. Louis tornado strongest so far for this season
St. Louis tornado on Friday flattened houses and shredded the roof of a crowded airport terminal. It is rated the second-highest level on the Enhanced-Fujita tornado damage scale, EF-4, a first for this year's tornado season. No one reported to be killed.
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James Frey and Oprah to meet again
Will James Frey shock or annoy readers with his blasphemous retelling of Christianity’s greatest story?
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 04/22
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Easter recipes round-up
Hot cross buns, scalloped potatoes, ham, and roasted lamb are just a few recipes to get you started.
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Good Friday: a time of trust and blessing
A Christian Science perspective: Often Good Friday is seen as a day commemorating sorrow only. But there is a profound reason for remembering its spiritual message of ultimate hope and Easter promise.
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Maundy Thursday: Queen Elizabeth gives out money, Czech children go skinny dipping
Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, falling every year on the day before Good Friday. While the Roman Catholic Church calls it "Holy Thursday," the Anglican Church uses the name "Maundy Thursday" in accordance with the Old English phrasing of Jesus' commandment that humans should love one another. Here are ways that five European nations celebrate the Christian holiday, starting in Britain with Queen Elizabeth.
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Hot cross buns
A version of the traditional hot cross bun tasty enough to eat without butter.
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James Frey rewrites Jesus, irks the literary community
James Frey, once accused of fabricating a memoir, is back for more controversy with a revisionist history of Jesus.
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Japan tsunami a wake-up call for US west coast
Japan’s earthquake and tsunami is alerting the US west coast that the same kind of thing could happen there. Experts who study the earth’s shifting crust say the “big one” may be past due.
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