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Mayan Doomsday Theory False: Top 10 Defunct Apocalypse Prophecies

With "experts" now poo pooing the Mayan December, 2012 doomsday prophecy the IBTimes has chosen to celebrate the fact the world will keep-turning yet another year, offering you the lucky reader a breakdown of the top 10 most entertaining defunct doomsday prophecies.
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Will the Muslim Brotherhood Win Egypt's Elections?

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest and best organised opposition party, until recently seemed poised to take power in the Arab world's most populous country. Where have the uprisings of the last week left the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party?
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'UAE 5' Handed Jail Term for 'Insulting State'

A United Arab Emirates court, on Sunday, convicted and sentenced five political activists, after they were found guilty for "publicly insulting" the Gulf state's leaders by calling for protests. The five, arrested in April, have been on trial since June.
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Holy Stonehenge 'More Sacred' Than Realised: Study

significant discoveries were simultaneously realized – the Sun’s position over Stonehenge, at its highest point in the year, was important for prehistoric people, the Stonehenge site was probably more sacred before the construction of Cursus and the sun worshippers had a stronger link to the site than previously thought.
India's Eunuchs

Spotlight: India's Eunuchs

The recent death of 15 eunuchs, or "hijras", in a fire in New Delhi has cast a spotlight on this little-known and often marginalised community.
U.S. Cardinal Bernard Law prays during a mass in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica April 11, 2005. U.S. victims of child abuse by priests said on Monday the Catholic Church was "rubbing salt in an open wound" by allowing the cardinal

Disgraced Archbishop Resigns From Vatican Role

A disgraced former archbishop of Boston who resigned in 2002 following a scandal involving the sexual abuse of children by priests has retired from his job as head of a major Roman basilica.