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Bangladesh's State System: Cracks Need Healing and Mending

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Politics
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Muhammad Abdul Bari

Bangladesh's garments industry, the life-line of millions of people and one of its major national export industries, is now in tatters. The government recently announced the shutdown of 18 garment factories due to safety concerns. Critics fear that the government does not have the ability or intention to bring back confidence to factory workers by robustly implementing health and safety measures in the industry.

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LOOK: Pope Canonises Over 800 New Saints

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK
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Pope Francis held his first canonisation ceremony on Sunday creating over 800 new saints. Many of those honoured were victims of a 15th-century ma...

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New Pope Washes Feet Of Young Muslim Female Prisoner

Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.03.2013 | UK
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Pope Francis has washed and kissed the feet of a two young female prisoners, one of them a Muslim, in a break with tradition. Pope Francis washes...

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Mother Teresa on Trial

Daniel Scott Lintott | Posted 19.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
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Daniel Scott Lintott

Mother Teresa is a name synonymous with goodness, kindness and humility. Under scrutiny this image crumbles in the wake of someone who was surely a fraud who propagated the Catholic Church more than she did the relief of poverty.

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New Boss: Not Quite the Same as the Old Boss

William Davie | Posted 18.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
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William Davie

On the surface, Pope Francis bears many similarities to his predecessor. The Cardinals it seems stuck to the traditional model, an elderly white man. But that only accounts for physical similarity. Beneath the surface however, the newly elected Pope Francis couldn't be more different from the Pope Emeritus.

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WATCH: Pope Francis In 47 Seconds

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Comedy
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They've brought us 47-second guides to Mitt Romney and Christmas - and now those clever people at Finite Funnies have turned their attention to the ne...

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Pictures Of The Day: 19th March 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK
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The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

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The People's Pope

Adrian Millar | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
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Adrian Millar

"Daddy, why are we waiting a whole hour to see a new pope?" my 13 year-old daughter asks as I rush back and forth from the kitchen, where I am cooking dinner, to the sitting-room, anxious not to miss the first glimpse of the newly elected pope on SKY television.

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Felicity A Morse

What Would Jesus Tweet?

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 16.03.2013 | UK
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As the number of people identifying themselves as Christian goes into steep decline, there is one place where religious debate is booming: online. ...

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South African Cardinal Claims Some Paedophiles 'Not Criminals'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
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A South African cardinal who helped elect Pope Francis has said some paedophiles were not criminally responsible for their actions as the condition is...

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Pope Francis Brings Much-Needed Hope for Change in the Catholic Church

Calum Miller | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
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Calum Miller

I, for one, am quite excited about the new Pope. It is easy to raise questions about his age - he is only 10 years younger than Ratzinger - but there are signs that there is something to like for everyone. For one, he marks the end of a long period of European dominance: it is sometimes hard to remember that half of the early Popes were from the Middle East and Africa.

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How Influential, Really, Is the Pope?

Robin Lustig | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK
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Robin Lustig

How many of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics actually follow their church's teaching on matters such as contraception and abortion? How many actually believe its teaching on transubstantiation, that during Holy Communion the bread and wine offered to the congregation are miraculously changed into the body and blood of Christ?

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BEAT THE WEEK News Quiz: Prisoners, Popes And Press Reform

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK
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MPs have been getting into trouble this week, with Chris Huhne sentenced to eight months in prison and Eric Joyce MP arrested again after a brawl in p...

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Pope Stumbles On First Day!

Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
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Call it first day nerves, but the Pope stumbled into his new roll in near dramatic fashion. As he got off his elaborate seat after the beginning of...

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Pope Stumbles On First Day!

Posted 15.05.2013 | UK
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Call it first day nerves, but the Pope stumbled into his new roll in near dramatic fashion. As he got off his elaborate seat at the beginning of th...

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Pope 'Became A Priest When I Spurned His Advances' Says 77-Year-Old

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK
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A woman claiming to be the former heart throb of the new pope says he became a priest when she spurned his advances. Amalia Damote said Jorge Bergo...

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LOOK: The Pope's First Week Checklist

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK Comedy
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He's just got his feet (which are wearing normal shoes, not red Prada ones) under the desk - but already, Pope Francis has got his work cut out. Check...

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10 Fun Facts About The New Pope

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK Comedy
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio has come out of literally nowhere (Argentina) to become the first new Pope since the last one. But what do we really know abo...

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We Already Know He's Not Exactly Pro-Gay..

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
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The Pope, unsurprisingly, is a Catholic. And that means his views on gay marriage, contraception, abortion and women in the Church are all that you mi...

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WATCH: How NOT To Announce The New Pope News

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK Comedy
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To be fair to American reporter Mike Francesca, we weren't sure how to pronounce Jorge Mario Bergoglio's name at first, either. But then to be fai...

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'Go Kiss This Land Which Is Ours'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK
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The first Argentinian-born Pope is a stauch defender of his country's rights to the Falkland Islands, once telling followers at a Mass for veterans of...

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Pictures Of The Day: 14th March 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
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The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

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Pope Francis' 'Frosty' Relationship With Argentina President De Kirchner

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK
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Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's election as the new pope was received with shock in his native Argentina - where the media highlighted his "frosty" relatio...

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Pope's Election ' Momentous Day'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK
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The election of Pope Francis I has been welcomed as "a momentous day". Minutes after the new pope addressed the crowd gathered in St Peter's Square...

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Bus-Catching Cardinal A Surprise Choice For Pope

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
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Of all the contenders to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was little mentioned. The 76-year-old reportedly...

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