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Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

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For as low as 2.50 euros (about P144), you can have a piece of the Berlin Wall – or at least that’s the stated claim on the refrigerator magnets with rock fragments stuck to them, which are sold in souvenir shops all over the German capital.

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Acting students have taken over Checkpoint Charlie, the crossing along the Berlin Wall where US forces and their allies the Brits and French used to eyeball East German and Russian troops across one of the most notorious symbols of the Cold War.

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Pope Francis heads Monday to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa for his first pastoral visit outside Rome, going to the farthest reaches of Italy to pray with migrants who have recently arrived by boat and mourn those who have died trying.

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When you reach a certain age and life becomes precarious, some resort to making bucket lists.

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Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

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The corporation consists of five main business units. They are:

The telecommunication network business, which is the world’s third largest manufacturer of mobile phones and the leading producer of handsets.
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