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About 200 people protested against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday by jeering and staging a gay "kiss-in."
The protest by gays and lesbians took place as Benedict was being driven in his bullet-proof popemobile to celebrate mass at the city's iconic basilica, La Sagrada Familia (Holy Family).
The Pope did not react to the gay-kiss demonstration near the church, and the protesters were outnumbered by thousands of flag-waving supporters of the pontiff.
During the mass, Benedict attacked Spain's laws legalizing abortion and gay marriage.
"The generous, indissoluble love of a man and a woman is the effective context and the foundation of human life in its gestation in the birth and growth and its natural end," said the Pope, on his second visit to Spain since he was elected,...
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Lily Allen thanks fans for 'kind' words on Twitter following miscarriage
The devastated singer confirmed she’d lost her baby on Monday and within minutes celebrities – and fans alike – were tweeting messages of support to her and partner Sam Cooper.
Today the 25-year-old, previously famed for her prolific tweeting bouts, wrote: ‘Thank you for all your kind messages’ on her social-networking page.
Lily was six months pregnant but lost her baby last weekend following complications and asked fans for privacy at the ‘deeply distressing time’.
This was her second miscarriage after suffering her first loss in 2008 when she was pregnant with her and Chemical Brother star Ed Simons'
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/846312-lily-allen-thanks-fans-for-kind-words-on-twitter-following-miscarriage#ixzz14bpyn...
Rapper DJ Ironik stabbed by muggers who 'tracked his movements on Twitter'
Rapper DJ Ironik stabbed by muggers who 'tracked his movements on Twitter'
Rapper DJ Ironik was stabbed by muggers after they tracked his movements on Twitter.
The musician, 22, was wounded in the upper leg outside his London home in the early hours of Saturday morning after returning from a gig in Essex.
It is believed the two hooded men had targeted DJ Ironik after he boasted about the price of his diamond-encrusted neck chain during a recent TV interview.
After being discharged from hospital this afternoon after spending most of the weekend in hospital, Ironik thanked fans for their support.
He wrote on his Twitter page today: 'Wow. Thank you everyone for all the love & supportive messages.. I have just been discharged from the hospital.
'Its been a crazy last couple of days...
Jenson Button escapes 'terrifying' armed attack on car in São Paulo
Driver and crew attacked by gunmen on leaving Interlagos
• Sauber mechanics suffer similarly and relieved of their valuables
Guiding a 750-horsepower projectile around a grand prix circuit at 200mph is one thing. Being confronted on your way home from work by half a dozen men with automatic weapons and bad intentions is another. Formula One drivers tend not to frighten easily, but Jenson Button's experience while trying to leave the Interlagos circuit on Saturday night, after qualifying for today's penultimate round of the 2010 world championship series, was great deal scarier than heading into the circuit's first turn in the middle of a howling pack of racing cars.
The attempted hold-up, or kidnapping, or whatever it may have been, took place at dusk, a few...
Archbishop of Canterbury warns of forced jobs 'despair'
Archbishop of Canterbury warns of forced jobs 'despair'
Government plans to force the long-term unemployed to do unpaid manual labour could drive vulnerable people into a ''downward spiral of uncertainty, even despair'', the Archbishop of Canterbury warned.
Archbishop of Canterbury warns of forced jobs 'despair'
Government plans to force the long-term unemployed to do unpaid manual labour could drive vulnerable people into a ''downward spiral of uncertainty, even despair'', the Archbishop of Canterbury warned.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will lead the closing session at Davos. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith will this week unveil plans for four-week programmes of compulsory community work doing jobs like litter-picking or gardening for jobless...
