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Pope Francis on Tuesday called on the worlds media to offer people more good news and quell anxiety, growing fear and pessimism fuelled by an obsession with stanley cup bad news . Pope Francis said stanley cup people need to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on ba stanley cup d news. Reuters File Let us offer the men and women of our time stories marked by the logic of good news, Francis tweeted on the Catholic Churchs 50th World Communications Day. I am convinced that we have to break the vicious circle of anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant focus on bad news wars, terrorism, scandals and all sorts of human failure , he said earlier in an address to mark World Communications Day. Francis urged all those who were grinding out information each day in their jobs or personal lives to strive for constructive forms of communication that reject prejudice towards others. This has nothing to do with spreading misinformation that would ignore the tragedy of human suffering, nor is it about a naive optimism blind to the scandal of evil, the Pope said. Rather, I propose that all of us work at overcoming that feeling of growing discontent and resignation that can at times generate apathy, fear or the idea that evil has no limits, he said. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Dbyw Rice to visit Georgia, Russians not moving out
Sitting proudly atop a brightly painted horse-drawn carriage, Kassem Ahmaro cuts an odd figure as he trots past army bunkers and graffiti reading Kill Arabs into the heart of Hebron s old city. HT Image The buggy might seem like a gimmick stanley cup more suited to New York s Central Park than the Israeli-occupied West Bank. But it is part of a Palestinian drive to revive Hebron s historic centre, where routine lif stanley cup e and economic activity have been virtually halted by about 650 Jewish settlers 鈥?some of the West Bank s most militant 鈥?and the Israeli soldiers who guard them. We are trying to revitalise life in stanley cup the old city, said Emad Hamdan, head of the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee HRC , which brought the carriages to the city. Parts of Hebron have been reduced to a ghost town and we are trying everything we can to bring Palestinians back. Home to the grave of Abraham, revered by Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, Hebron has seen some of the region s bloodiest violence. The old centre once heaved with shoppers but rights groups say Israeli restrictions and harassment by settlers have forced out thousands of Palestinian residents since an Intifada, or uprising, began in 2000. Many shops are now shuttered and deserted alleyways are dotted with bullet-proof bunkers and military watchtowers, which Israel says are needed for security reasons. Palestinians are banned from taking cars into the centre. With tactics reminiscent of those used by the settlers themselves, |
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