Religious scholars in Rome are arguing over a tiny scrap of papyrus that may indicate some early Christians thought Jesus Christ had a wife. Speaking this week at a religious studies conference, U.S. professor Karen King of Harvard Divinity School announced that scholars are studying a piece of papyrus that quotes Jesus as saying the […]
Papyrus Scrap Ignites Marriage Debate
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Prisoner Abuse Video Sparks Protests in Georgia
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili has vowed to punish those responsible for the torture and rape of inmates at a Georgian prison. Videotape of the abuses was aired on opposition-backed television Tuesday. Mr. Saakashvili spoke Wednesday, ordering police into Georgia’s prisons and vowing “zero tolerance” of human rights abuses. The video sparked protests in the streets […]
Papyrus Scrap Ignites Marriage Debate
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Religious scholars in Rome are arguing over a tiny scrap of papyrus that may indicate some early Christians thought their spiritual leader, Jesus Christ, had a wife. Speaking this week at a religious studies conference, U.S. professor Karen King of Harvard Divinity School announced scholars are studying a piece of papyrus that quotes Jesus as […]
Swedish Doctors Announce Mother-to-Daughter Uterus Transplants
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Swedish doctors say they have performed the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants, but won’t consider themselves successful until one of the two transplant recipients produces a healthy baby. The leader of a medical team at the University of Gothenburg said this week that more than 10 surgeons worked on the operations Saturday and Sunday, transferring […]
Russia Accuses US Aid Agency of Attempting to Influence Politics
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Russia is accusing the United States of using its aid agency in Moscow to influence Russian politics. The accusation comes a day after Washington announced it will comply with Moscow’s request that the U.S. Agency for International Development shut down its operations in the country. Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday cited concerns about what it […]
Russia Accuses US Aid Agency of Attempting to Influence Politics
Posted September 19th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Russia is accusing the United States of using its aid agency in Moscow to influence Russian politics. The accusations come a day after Washington announced plans to end the U.S. Agency for International Development’s operations in the country at Moscow’s request. Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday cited concerns about what it said were the USAID’s […]
Ukraine’s Ex-FM Gives Negative Assessment Election Campaign
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
Ukrainian lawmaker and former foreign minister Borys Tarasyuk says the political environment in his country today is not conducive to free and fair parliamentary elections next month. Tarasyuk told VOA in an interview that the United States, international observers and local non-governmental groups have all given Ukraine’s election campaign negative assessments. He asserted that the […]
French Magazine Ordered to Hand Over Topless Pictures
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
A French court has banned the French magazine Closer from publishing any further topless photographs of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge and ordered it to hand over all digital copies of the images. The court says the magazine faces a fine of $13,000 for every day it delays handing over the images. Last week, the magazine […]
Russia Writes Off 90 Percent of North Korea’s Debt
Posted September 18th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Russia has agreed to write off 90 percent of North Korea’s $11 billion in debt that it has owed to Moscow since the Soviet era. Russian officials and North Korea’s state news agency say the two nations signed the agreement during a meeting Monday in Moscow. Few details on the deal have been released. Russian […]
Ousted Russian Lawmaker Appears at Anti-Putin Rally
Posted September 15th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Ousted Russian lawmaker Gennady Gudkov appeared before thousands of opposition supporters in the Russian capital Saturday, vowing to continue pressure on the government to hold new elections. Gudkov, thrown out of the state Duma on Friday on what he said were false accusations, criticized the government of President Vladimir Putin as demonstrators in Moscow chanted […]
