Tussle Over St. Elizabeths
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When Rob Nieweg of the National Trust for Historic Preservation toured the abandoned west campus of old St. Elizabeths Hospital a few years ago, he was eager to explore Hitchcock Hall, the theater for the nation's first federal mental institution. As Nieweg waited to get his bearings in the dingy...
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For years, Continental Europeans have chastised the British for what they regard as a lack of European credentials. The British, other Europeans complain, stand outside the
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A remark by the Vatican's No. 2 about the possibility of a papal resignation has touched a raw nerve, setting off an emotional debate among some of Pope John Paul II's closest advisers.
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There are massive concerns about security at the Queen&#39;s central London house - Buckingham Palace - after a protester climbed up the building.
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A proposal for a religious theme park in a fast-growing corner of the South has ignited fierce opposition.
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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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Episcopal bishops were tight-lipped on Thursday about meetings with the Archbishop of Canterbury aimed at healing a rift in their church over the ordaining of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions.
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EVEN Margaret Thatcher&#39;s closest friends and admirers have long despaired at her unwillingness to concede that her wayward son and heir can be trouble.
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England&#39;s friendly with Spain tomorrow night has been overshadowed by a row between Madrid and London Olympic officials. They have clashed over the use of the match to promote the Spanish city&#39;s bid for the 2012 Games.
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By Steve Johnson HUNDREDS of families were joining forces today to fight plans for a phone mast on top of a church in Wednesbury. Residents of Friar Park said they were furious over proposals to use the tower of St Francis of Assisi church as a site for telecommunications equipment.
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Islamic hardliners in Pakistan burned an effigy of Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth as senators joined mounting calls for London to withdraw Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood.
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Controversy over a knighthood for author Salman Rushdie escalated into a full-blown diplomatic row as Iran and Pakistan summoned Britain&#39;s ambassadors to protest, drawing a retort from London.
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Rows over diplomatic and business issues are roiling a longstanding alliance at an uncertain juncture.
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The actress wore a skirt that managed to infuriate religious heads.
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Islamic hardliners in Pakistan burned an effigy of Queen Elizabeth as senators Tuesday joined mounting calls for London to withdraw Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood.
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Colin Riley has gone obediently to Mass since boyhood, but he was mumbling apologies for raw words the other day to a statue of Jesus in the quiet sanctuary of St. Albert the Great. He was seething over efforts to close his church and others around Boston.
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David Cameron's alleged off-the-cuff remarks about 'one-legged Lithuanian lesbians' at a recent arts funding lunch have caused outrage in Lithuania, and a complaint from the country's ambassador to the UK asking the Conservative leader to explain himself.