The US has condemned a Taliban video of an American soldier captured by the militants in Afghanistan last June as an affront to his family at Christmas... Private Bowe Robert Bergdahl, criticises the US over the Afghan war and relations with Muslims.

The Vatican intends to hold exclusive rights for the use of the title of the Pope. Therefore, anyone willing to use the title for the promotion of their products, campaigns, etc, will have to coordinate all issues with the Holy See. Cashing in on God?

How important to you is it that the people who are responsible for the destruction of Iraq and the slaughtering of over 1 million Iraqis be brought to justice?

BRIGHAM CITY -- Dozens of drivers passing through Brigham City this week received a surprise Christmas gift: a free tank of gas. They have a Utah family to thank for it.

Paul W. Golden had power at the state women's prison in Wilsonville. As a civilian grounds crew supervisor at the physical plant, he hired prisoners and assigned jobs that took them outside the institution's razor wire fences

WASHINGTON - A member of the Brothertown Indian Nation has written to the head of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs supporting his efforts to fix the federal recognition process and condemning the "structural violence" of federal Indian policies

DENVER - Colorado's Indian community is changing rapidly - more urban, more aware, more visible - and federal and local agencies should be supportive.

For weeks now, Christmas music has been playing everywhere -- carols in the grocery store, holiday hits at Starbucks, and live music on the streets. But one artist has taken the holiday spirit in a different direction. Grammy-nominated singer

On the day of the fast, which commemorates the Babylonian siege on Jerusalem, few Israelis are thinking about Gaza, under Israeli blockade for twice the time ancient Jerusalem was besieged.

Argentina 2001 - Economic collapse. An amazing story of how workers refused to be thrown out, on how they took over the factories and turned them into success stories. This might give some inspiration...