Puerto Rican Day Parade 2010

Special trains for Ajmer Sharif pilgrims

NEW DELHI - The Indian Railways will run special trains to Ajmer from various parts of the country for devotees travelling to the the Rajasthan city for the 798th Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

Pope applauds priests for being a “gift’ to the church and world, despite the abuse scandals

Pope praises priests despite abuse scandals

Vatican beatifies Slovenian student killed by communists during WWII

Slovenian student slain in WWII beatified

CELJE, Slovenia — A Slovenian student who was captured, tortured and killed by communists during World War II was beatified on Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI’s state secretary at a Mass attended by thousands.

Mass wedding for 53 former Tamil Tiger couples interned at a Sri Lankan camp

Mass wedding for former Tamil fighters

VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka — Fifty-three couples of former Tamil Tiger rebels were married Sunday in a colorful mass ceremony at a government camp in northern Sri Lanka with a Bollywood star as witness.

"One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year." - Albert Einstein