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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Wednesday mourned the death of Shimon Peres, a former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state, as the government began preparations for a funeral that is expected to bring together an array of world leaders and international dignitaries....
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(Vatican Radio) Former Israeli President Shimon Peres - whose life of public service spans the life of the Israeli nation itself - has died at age 93.Mr. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and was a member of 12 cabinets. He was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and served continuously until 2007, when he became President for a seven-year term.He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabinand and Yasser Arafat for the peace talks in which he participated as Israeli Foreign Minister, producing the Oslo Accords.His family confirmed Mr. Peres’ passing Wednesday morning.His son, Chemi, made the announcement to reporters gathered at the hospital where Peres had been treated for the past two weeks after suffering a stroke.“Today with deep sorrow we bid farewell to our beloved father, the 9th president of Israel,” he said.“Our father's legacy has always been to look to tomorrow. We were privil...
Rome, Italy, Sep 28, 2016 / 12:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Hundreds of years before Martin Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope in the western world, the Great Eastern Schism created a division between Rome and Constantinople.The split of Christianity in the Orthodox churches of the east and the Roman Catholic Church in the west was formally completed in the year 1054. On December 7, 1965, Pope Paul VI in Rome and the ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras in Istanbul terminated the mutual excommunications “from memory and from the midst of the Church” and committed them “to oblivion.”But efforts toward healing have taken place. Upon the invitation of Archbishop Bruno Forte from Chieti-Vasto, Italy, 70 Orthodox bishops together with two cardinals and numerous other high clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated the Orthodox “divine liturgy” of St. John Chrysostom on September 18, 2016 in the Basilica of the Holy Face before ...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's capital is still a pretty quiet place compared to most urban centers around the world, but it gets its start early - and orderly....
Star tennis player Serena Williams says she "won't be silent" about the killing of black men by police officers....
DETROIT (AP) -- Former Indy Racing League driver Sam Schmidt has done a lot in the 16 years since an accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. He runs a racing team and a foundation. He's raced a sailboat using his chin. But the man who raced in the Indianapolis 500 hasn't been able to drive around his neighborhood - until now....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a national referendum on the drug....
DENVER (AP) -- Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons that have nothing to do with daily police work, an Associated Press investigation has found....
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- A black man reportedly acting erratically at a strip mall in suburban San Diego was shot and killed by police after pulling an object from his pocket, pointing it at officers and assuming a "shooting stance," authorities said....
