One year after 1,000 people staged a reenactment in Port Talbot of Jesus’s journey to the cross, negative attitutes to the town have changed, says the town’s canon.

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Passion anniversary held in town

The Red Cross starts evacuating women and children from part of the besieged Syrian city of Homs after talks with authorities, officials say.

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Back when Comcast was doing the Washington Stations of the Cross — while on its journey to a majority stake in NBCUniversal 2.0 — the cable behemoth made “voluntary public interest commitments” to launch 10 minority-owned independent networks over eight years. Read full article > >

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Back when Comcast was doing the Washington Stations of the Cross — while on its journey to a majority stake in NBCUniversal 2.0 — the cable behemoth made “voluntary public interest commitments” to launch 10 minority-owned independent networks over eight years. Read full article > >

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As Red Cross pleads for ceasefire.

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100 Killed in Syria Violence

The US backs calls by the Red Cross for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to allow aid into the worst affected areas.

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The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is trying to negotiate a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to bring in aid.

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World War I was drawing to a close in 1918 when American Red Cross volunteers in Russia’s Far East heard rumors about abandoned children, dressed in rags and foraging for food in Siberian forests. They set off on a rescue that would turn into an extraordinary around-the-world journey little known today. Read full article > >

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A Red Cross rescue of Russian children

A British man killed on holiday in Sri Lanka is described as a “committed” Red Cross worker by his colleagues.

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The trip from Philadelphia to Pullman, Wash., requires two plane changes and more than 12 hours of travel time. John Wooten, the former vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles, made the cross-country trip in 1997 to see Ryan Leaf take part in a scheduled workout at Washington State University. Back then, scouts were debating whether Leaf or another top-rated college quarterback, Peyton Manning , should be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Read full article > >

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A bust in Canton or just a bust? NFL teams really never know

The trip from Philadelphia to Pullman, Wash., requires two plane changes and more than 12 hours of travel time. John Wooten, the former vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles, made the cross-country trip in 1997 to see Ryan Leaf take part in a scheduled workout at Washington State University. Back then, scouts were debating whether Leaf or another top-rated college quarterback, Peyton Manning , should be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Read full article > >

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A bust in Canton or just a bust? NFL teams really never know

A series of bomb attacks on churches and the police in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Damaturu kill at least 63 people, the Red Cross says.

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‘Dozens die’ in Nigeria attacks

The International Red Cross begins a huge distribution of aid to a million people in Somalia famine zones controlled by the Islamist militants.

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Somali aid push in famine zones

A Red Cross team visits the Libyan city of Sirte, still held by Gaddafi loyalists, and reports a desperate need for medicines as fighting continues.

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Sirte medical needs ‘desperate’

The colonial square in Tuti was empty, and the church I’d hoped to visit was locked. It was the four-day Festival of the Cross in May — not, apparently, the most pious of holidays — and everyone was drinking at an arena on the edge of town. I went along. A spray of colors lit up the sleepy brown countryside. The women wore long floral skirts, handwoven shawls and patterned hats studded with mirrors. The children were wrapped in striped wool blankets. Musicians with horns and drums were scattered through the crowd, playing catchy folk tunes, and people danced in circles, repeatedly pulling me in. The chicha, or corn beer, flowed generously. An old man insisted that I try a shot of herb-infused spirits, which he poured from a plastic soda bottle. Read full article > >

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The magnificent churches of Peru’s Colca Valley