The heirs of the Knights Templar have launched a legal battle in Spain to force the Pope to restore the reputation of the disgraced order which was accused of heresy and dissolved seven centuries ago.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Knights Templar heirs in legal battle with the Pope
The heirs of the Knights Templar have launched a legal battle in Spain to force the Pope to restore the reputation of the disgraced order which was accused of heresy and dissolved seven centuries ago.
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Polar Bear vs. Huskies
The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his huskies when the polar bear materialized out of the blue, as it were:
But something else happened.
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23 TV shows heading to the big screen
We've dug through the upcoming movie production logs and uncovered a variety of small screen fodder heading to the movies...
by Simon Brew
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Monday, August 4, 2008
A spectator’s guide to the Olympics
There will be 10,708 athletes competing in 302 events in Beijing. Presuming you’re not one of the few admirable souls trying to keep up with it all, here are 10 competitions you won’t want to miss.
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Can you guess where my accentis from?
How good are you at spotting accents from around the world? Put yourself to the test in the first Language Trainers Accent Game!
Simply listen to a couple of lines from the poem, take a guess at their country of origin, and see how high you can score.
Can you make it onto the high score table?
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Simply listen to a couple of lines from the poem, take a guess at their country of origin, and see how high you can score.
Can you make it onto the high score table?
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Friday, August 1, 2008
Guide: to the Shadowy Organizations That Rule the World
Every so often some aluminum-foil-hatted nut will pull you aside at a party and tell you the Freemasons are a powerful secret society bent on controlling the world. He’ll point to the all-seeing pyramid on the one-dollar bill, run down the list of Masonic presidents, and trace supposedly Masonic symbols on the streets around the Washington Mall. From these premises he will argue that the gentlemen you may have seen strolling into your local lodge on a weekday night are actually officers of a 291-year-old international conspiracy.
With that in mind, we present six organizations that have been accused of plotting world domination, along with an assessment of who they are, what they do, and just how powerful they actually are. From what we can tell, no group on this list is running the world from behind its locked doors. But those without keys can never be sure.
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