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Pope displays affection after expressing sorrow: Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby during his weekly general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican on Wednesday. During his weekly general audience, the Pope expressed his sorrow
over clashes between protesters and security forces that left 25 people dead, mainly Coptic Christians. The pontiff called for national unity a day after Egypt’s deputy prime minister resigned after the clashes sparked a wave of anger at the ruling military and calls for the premier to quit. AFP


Heavily pregnant French First Lady on Paris day out

‘ I can’t drink or smoke any more; I’m in a hurry to get it over with’:

The French first lady who is almost two weeks overdue – cut an uncomfortable looking figure as she wandered out in Paris yesterday with a mobile phone clamped to her ear.

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Ai Weiwei named as world’s most important art figure

‘For reminding the art world of its wider political role’:

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who hit the headlines during his 81-day detention by Chinese authorities, was on Thursday named as the world’s most powerful art figure by influential magazine Art Review. Ai, who was released in June after being imprisoned for “economic crimes”, tops the London-based publication’s annual “power 100 list” ahead of Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Julia Peyton-Jones, curators of London’s Serpentine Gallery.

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Environmentalists call for portable toilets on Everest

‘Somewhere civilized to go when nature calls’:

An environmental group is asking the Nepal government to consider installing portable toilets on Mount Everest for climbers caught short at the roof of the world. Eco Himal says the thousands of trekkers who set off from the South Base Camp in Nepal each year would do a better job of keeping the place clean if they and their porters had somewhere civilised to go when nature called.

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