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POPSSandro Botticelli in Frankfurt Das Städel Museum präsentiert mit ca. 80 Werken Botticellis, seiner Werkstatt und Zeitgenossen die erste Ausstellung zu dem großen Meister der italienischen Renaissance im deutschsprachigen Raum, die sich mit einer Auswahl von Bildnissen, mythologischen Allegorien und Marienbildern seinem Schaffen widmet.
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POPSVatican Condemns Hallowe'en Last year a newspaper controlled by the Italian bishops, Avvenire, called for a boycott of Hallowe'en, calling it a "dangerous celebration of horror and the macabre" which could encourage "pitiless sects without scruples". Earlier this week the Catholic Church in Spain also condemned the growing popularity of Halloween, saying it threatened to overshadow the Christian festival of All Saints' Day. The Bishop of Siguenza-Guadalajara, Jose Sanchez, said there was a risk that Halloween could "replace Christian customs like devotion to saints and praying for the dead."
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POPSJoop Advises Merkel to Don More Revealing Clothes German Chancellor Angela Merkel is used to unsolicited remarks about her dowdy taste in clothes. Now, fashion designer Wolfgang Joop has come up with an unusual tip for the world's most powerful woman: Wear more low-cut tops.
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POPSWeblog Disclaimer Heretofore and unto now, a blogger hosted weblog has had to rely exclusively on the blanket disclaimer provided for the corporate body of blog*spot addresses. While this kind of disclaimer is usually sufficient to protect a blogger from liability, it falls short when dealing with inherently offensive content, websites with a mind of their own and authors who are excessively paranoid about being dragged into court. With the above firmly borne in mind, we propose this weblog disclaimer.
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POPSNiqab Debate in Egypt: Divided Scholars Hijab, chador, burqa or niqab? " The veiling of Muslim women continues to provoke controversy. This time it is the niqab, or face veil, at the center of the conflict-charged fundamental debate within the Islamic world.
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POPSHamideh Mohagheghi: Die Barmer Theologische Erklärung aus islamischer Sicht Im Dialog ist es unentbehrlich, offen und ehrlich über die Differenzen zu sprechen, das Selbstverständnis der Anderen wahrzunehmen und die Unterschiede mit Respekt und Anerkennung stehen zu lassen. Das Ziel des Dialoges kann nicht eine Vereinheitlichung der Religionen sein, jede Religion hat ihre Besonderheiten und Einzigartigkeiten, die zu pflegen und zu bewahren sind. Die Barmer Thesen (incl. English translation): siehe ↗ Clip .
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POPS480.000.000.000 € für das Spielcasino Deregulation = Enthemmung Wenn die enthemmten (Ab)Zocker mit ihrer Kiste feststecken, macht das nix: Mütterchen Staat holt sie da raus, und nun: ein neues Spiel, ein neues Glück!
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POPSEach Small Candle Halfdan Rasmussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark January 29, 1915. He was a resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in W.W.II and became a well known poet often writing about social issues and human rights. Halfdan Rasmussen was also loved for his nonsense verses written for children. Halfdan Rasmussen almost became a national-poet of Denmark. He died in 87 years old on 2nd March 2002. In 1979 Amnesty International (Denmark) published a small book with poems about Human Rights (ISBN: 87-980852-2-0). Among the best were a small poem from Halfdan Rasmussen titled "Ikke Bødlen". The English Translation of Ikke Bødlen: Not the torturer will scare me Nor the hate and the torture Nor the barrels of death's rifles nor the shadows on the wall Nor the nights When the last star of pain is falling to the ground But the blind indifference of the merciless world