Rabs at TVC shocker..
Ok, so I'm not quite sure how I've done it but I think this is the first time I have made an early apperance at Television Centre for a good few weeks. Although after this little confession, I reckon I may get a few more shifts over on this side of town. Let's see if I can remember how to do this..
The looks at the campaign strategy used by House Speaker and . Both women have played up their roles as mothers and/or grandmother alongside their political expertise, the NYT asks if it's right to use it as an asset or is it a step backwards.
It's an important few days in the Shi'ite Islamic calender, from the tenth day of the first Islamic month, millions of Shi'ites mark . The focus of the date is the Shi'ite city of Kerbala south of Baghdad, where an estimated have gathered to mourn the death in battle of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson there 1,300 years ago.
But as I write this, police in the Iraqi province of Diyala have confirmed to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ that eight people taking part in an Ashura procession in the town of Khanaqin near the Iranian border have been killed by a roadside bomb. They say 23 people were injured.
Security measures have also been increased in countries with large Shia communities, including Lebanon and Pakistan. If you are Shi'ite, under the current pressures how do you go about celebrating important religious events like this?
The president of the Italian Football Federation, Luca Pancalli, has threatened to halt the country's championships after a weekend of violence left one man dead. The man, an amateur league official, died on Saturday in the southern town of after being punched while trying to separate brawling players and fans after a match. There was more football-related violence around Italy on Sunday.
If you're in Italy, get in touch. Is this the answer to deal with the problem?
Trouble brewing in Moscow, as the Mayor says he will in the Russian capital. Yuri Luzhkov described such events as "satanic". Moscow banned a gay march in 2006, citing the threat of violence. People who ignored the ban were beaten up by counter-demonstrators and arrested.
And organisers of this years parade's organisers say they plan to hold the event in May and will appeal against the ban to the European Court of Human Rights. Are you one of them?
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