Reuters | Oddly EnoughROME (Reuters) – A nativity scene featuring a dark-skinned Jesus, Mary and Joseph that has gone on display in a Verona courthouse has created heated debate in a city with strong links to Italy’s anti-immigration...
Topics: Odd, Reuters Oddly Enough

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Reuters | Oddly EnoughBEIJING (Reuters Life!) – Chinese police have detained some 3,470 people so far this year during a crackdown on online pornography and closed thousands of pornographic websites, state media said on Saturday. [more...]
Topics: Odd, Reuters Oddly Enough

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Yahoo! | PoliticsAP – The end game at hand, Senate Democrats appeared ready to jettison a proposed Medicare expansion from sweeping health care legislation Monday in a bid to remove the largest remaining obstacle in the way of Christmas-week...
Topics: politics, Yahoo Politics

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Yahoo! | MusicAP – Alicia Keys says her first visit to Africa was so emotional and inspiring that she is ready to take others there to experience something similar. [more...]
Topics: music, Yahoo Music

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Yahoo! | MusicAP – Barry Manilow says plenty of people still like to hear great love songs, so he’s keeping things romantic as he moves to the Las Vegas Strip for a new show opening March 5. [more...]
Topics: music, Yahoo Music

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