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Thursday, 23 October 2014

Vatican library digitizes 4,400 ancient manuscripts and gives them away for free

© Vatican Apostolic Library The Vatican Apostolic Library is now digitizing its valuable ancient religious manuscripts and putting them online via its website. All of the content is available for free.The Library was originally founded in 1451 AD and holds over 80,000 manuscripts, prints, drawings, plates and books printed prior to 1500 AD. The titles are all written throughout history by people who had different faiths or religions, from all over...

Grandfather opens fire at home invaders attempting to rape granddaughter, killing one

© FacebookJamie Lee Faison A grandfather shot back and is believed to have killed a suspect in a home-invasion and attempted rape of his teen granddaughter on Monday night, Robeson County Sheriff's officials said.The grandfather was also shot - but he also managed to shoot the 2 other suspects in the home-invasion and attempted rape, said Maj. Anthony Thompson with the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.The incident started around 10 pm at a house...

Signs of the Times

http://www.sott.net Signs of the Times: The World for People who Think. Featuring independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events. en-us Original content Copyright 2014 by Signs of the Times/Sott.net. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net. Fri, 24 Oct 2014 05:04:41 +0200 http://ift.tt/1znbqC3 SOTT.net http://www.sott.net http://ift.tt/ZKAdQ1 A grandfather shot back and is believed to have killed a suspect in a home-invasion and attempted rape of his teen granddaughter on Monday night, Robeson County Sheriff's...

Putin's power play: Why Russia's patience will pay off in the Ukraine crisis

© The Kremlin As winter approaches, Putin's hand is even stronger, as the crisis begins to transform from a military confrontation into a confrontation between Ukraine and Europe over the supply of Russian natural gasReports out of Milan regarding last Friday's much anticipated meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko indicate that little progress has been made toward resolving the nearly yearlong...

More unrest: Protesters torch city hall, demand justice for missing Mexican students

© Encarnacion Pindado for FusionParents of the 43 missing students held a candlelight vigil in Mexico City on Wednesday night. Tens of thousands march in Mexico for missing students as Iguala mayor is accused of being 'mastermind' behind disappearancesTens of thousands marched in Mexico City and Iguala, Mexico on Wednesday to protest the disappearance of 43 student-teachers who went missing on September 26.Reflecting growing outrage over the failure...

Attack on First Amendement Rights: 'Mumia Bill' in Pennsylvania lets prisoners be sued over speech

Prisoners serving time in the state of Pennsylvania can now be sued for speaking up from behind bars after Governor Tom Corbett signed into law this week the Revictimization Relief Act that legislatures rushed to approve only days earlier.The bill, signed on Tuesday by Corbett, a Republican, allows victims of "" to sue the perpetrator if that offender "."State Rep. Mike Vereb, a Republican and a co-author of the act, announced earlier this month...

Police in NYC attacked by hatchet-wielding man

© Twitter/@MicahGrimes A hatchet-wielding man attacked a group of patrol officers in a busy commercial district in Queens on Thursday, injuring two before the other officers shot and killed him, New York City police said. A bystander was wounded in the gunfire.At a news conference at a hospital where one officer was being treated for a serious head wound, Police Commissioner William Bratton said that investigators were still trying to confirm the...

Doctor in NYC tests positive for Ebola

© REUTERS/BRENDAN MCDERMIDMembers of the New York City Department of Health exit the building of a Health Care worker who is suspected to have Ebola in in the Harlem section of New York, October 23, 2014 A physician with Doctors Without Borders who returned to New York City from West Africa has tested positive for Ebola, the New York Times said on Thursday.Dr. Craig Spencer was working for the humanitarian organization in Guinea, one of three West...

Coping with voices in the schizophrenic brain

"I don't believe in anything. That's my cardinal rule. I do it for my mental health. If I believe in God, then I start talking to God and God starts talking to me. As soon as I start believing in something, then it talks to me. So, I don't believe in anything."Sara, whose name we changed to protect her identity, was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 19 during her senior year at New York University. She had not experienced any trauma as a child...

Mission Creeps: Homeland Security Agents Confiscate Women's Panties For 'Copyright Infringement'

Homeland security's mission has transformed from fighting terrorists to stealing women's underwear for supposed intellectual property violations.From the Kansas City Star: Peregrine Honig says she just wanted to help celebrate the hometown team when she designed Lucky Royals boyshorts.The panties, with “Take the Crown” and “KC” across the rear, were set to be sold in Honig’s Birdies Panties shop Monday. But Homeland Security agents visited the Crossroads...

Europe's economic panic inches ever closer

© Reuters / StringerTraders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange October 22, 2014 European economic denial has reached the point where we are straddling the abyss, facing a code red moment of meltdown.Whether by bloody-minded obstinacy or a clear incapacity to understand the mess it has overseen, the EU now reaches another of those critical junctures where simply papering over the cracks and maintaining...
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