 A controversial planned exhibit of a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ, dubbed "My Sweet Lord" by its creator, has been cancelled, FOX News has learned.The exhibit, set for Easter week, elicited outrage Thursday from a Catholic group infuriated by the anatomically correct confection."This is one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever," said Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League. "It's not just the ugliness of the portrayal, but the timing — to choose Holy Week is astounding."The 6-foot sculpture by artist Cosimo Cavallaro was to debut Monday evening, the day after Palm Sunday and just four days before Roman Catholics mark the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. The final day of the exhibit at the Lab Gallery inside midtown Manhattan's Roger Smith Hotel was planned for Easter Sunday....
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 EU adds to pressure on Iran |
The EU today called for the unconditional and immediate release of the 15 British sailors by Iran as tensions grew following as tensions escalated following the emergence of a third propaganda video from the detainees. Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief, warned Tehran of "appropriate measures" if it did not release the marines and Royal Navy personnel. Mr Solana said British citizens were the concern of the 27-nation bloc. Earlier today, Iranian TV screened footage of sailor Nathan Thomas Summers apologising for "trespassing" in Iranian waters. A letter was also released - the third purportedly written by Leading Seaman Faye Turney - which criticised US and UK foreign policy.The letter said she had been "sacrificed due to the intervening policies of the Bush and Blair governments", adding that she and her 14 colleagues were receiving better treatment than Iraqis held in Abu Ghraib, the scene of an abuse scandal in 2004...
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Editor - 09:40:00 03-30-07
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| The Most Hated Family in America |
They call themselves the most hated family in the US and they picket funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. So what did Louis Theroux make of the Phelpses after three weeks? In any country, let alone one as patriotic as the US, few actions are as provocative as protesting at a soldier's funeral. The Phelps family pickets mourners across the country, to mark what it describes as God's revenge on the US for tolerating homosexuality. Their actions are in the name of the Westboro Baptist Church, which numbers 71 and is headed by "Gramps", preacher Fred Phelps. The church, which is based in Topeka, Kansas, mostly comprises his extended family. Louis Theroux, himself no stranger to people with unconventional views, says the Phelpses are the most extreme people he has ever met. But in the following interview, he reveals how three weeks with them left him perplexed by their motivation. ...
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Editor - 09:37:00 03-30-07
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| Iran airs second sailor 'apology' |
A second member of the Royal Navy crew captured in the Gulf has apologised for "trespassing" in Iranian waters, in a broadcast on Iranian television. The crewman, who introduces himself as Nathan Thomas Summers, says: "I would like to apologise for entering your waters without permission." Tony Blair said "parading" crew in this way would only "enhance people's sense of disgust with Iran". The UK denies Iranian claims the crew had been in its waters last Friday. At a meeting in Germany on Friday, European Union foreign ministers called for "the immediate and unconditional release" of the sailors and expressed "unconditional support" for Britain's position. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6509813.stm
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| Suspected Mastermind of USS Cole Bombing Says Confession Was Result of Torture |
A suspected Saudi terrorist told a military hearing that he was tortured into confessing that he was involved in the bombing of the warship USS Cole, according to a Defense Department transcript released Friday.Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national of Yemeni descent, said he made up stories that tied him to the 2000 Cole attack, which killed 17 U.S. sailors and nearly succeeded in sinking the $1 billion destroyer in Aden harbor, Yemen."From the time I was arrested five years ago, they have been torturing me. It happened during interviews. One time they tortured me one way, and another time they tortured me in a different way," al-Nashiri said, according to the transcript. "I just said those things to make the people happy. They were very happy when I told them those things."...
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| Great Pyramid was built inside out, Frenchman says |
A French architect said on Friday he had cracked a 4,500-year-old mystery surrounding Egypt's Great Pyramid, saying it was built from the inside out. Previous theories have suggested Pharaoh Khufu's tomb, the last surviving example of the seven great wonders of antiquity, was built using either a vast frontal ramp or a ramp in a corkscrew shape around the exterior to haul up the stonework.But flouting previous wisdom, Jean-Pierre Houdin said advanced 3D technology had shown the main ramp which was used to haul the massive stones to the apex was contained 10-15 meters beneath the outer skin, tracing a pyramid within a pyramid."This is better than the other theories, because it is the only theory that works," Houdin told Reuters after unveiling his hypothesis in a lavish ceremony using 3D computer simulation....
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