Lorde’s rainbow protest against extremist church

Lorde has asked fans to wear “rainbow clothing” to her upcoming show in Kansas after extremist Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) published plans to protest the concert. The American church, known for its radical ideologies, especially against homosexuality, plans to picket the show at Midland Theatre on March 21

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Mikhail Gorbachev

In 1985, when the first rumblings of Gorbachev’s thunder disturbed the moldy Soviet silence, the holy fools on the street–the people who always gather at flea markets and around churches–predicted that the new Czar would rule seven years. They assured anyone interested in listening that Gorbachev was “foretold in the Bible,” that he was an apocalyptic figure: he had a mark on his forehead

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‘Bin Laden message’ to Europe appears on Internet

A purported message from Osama bin Laden to Europeans urges them to distance themselves from the United States, noting that Americans are losing the war in Afghanistan. The brief message in Arabic, which appeared Friday on radical Islamic Web sites, has subtitles in English and German

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Radical Muslim cleric among 21 killed in Gaza clashes

A radical Muslim sheikh called Friday for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza, sparking clashes with Hamas forces that left 21 people dead and injured at least 121 others. Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the radical group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of God, Hamas sources said

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