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Charlie Hebdo: High stakes when satire meets globalisation

Monday, 12 January 2015, 18:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

These are dark days for those who want to believe that the pen is mightier than the sword. The attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has caused grief and soul-searching around the...

Fox News guest derided for saying Birmingham 'totally Muslim'

Monday, 12 January 2015, 17:44 Last update: about 11 years ago

A news commentator who told Fox News that the British city of Birmingham is "totally Muslim" has apologized for the comments, which drew widespread online ridicule. Steven Emerson, an American...

Pope Francis: Fundamentalist terrorism result of 'deviant religion'

Monday, 12 January 2015, 13:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis on Monday denounced the religious fundamentalism that inspired the Paris massacres and ongoing Mideast conflicts, saying the attackers were enslaved by "deviant forms of religion" that...

Pakistani school reopens after Taliban massacre of students

Monday, 12 January 2015, 12:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Pakistani children returned on Monday to the school where Taliban gunmen killed 150 of their classmates and teachers last month, clutching their parents' hands tightly in a poignant symbol of...

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