By David Kerr-Rome, Italy, Jul 27, 2012 / 03:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “Until two years ago, I was a really committed atheist and I really hated the Catholic Church,” said poet Sally Read, as she explained how all that dramatically changed during nine

By BBC Posted Friday, July 27  2012 at  16:30-Eight years ago Ethiopia's Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu decided to sell cool colourful shoes made of recycled materials, including car tyres.

As fighting between the insurgents of the March 23 Movement (M23) and the military approaches Goma, the capital of the Congolese province of North Kivu, villagers are taking to the roads to avoid getting caught in the crossfire and prevent their children

27.07.2012-By Lawrence Sellin-John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States.

By Michelle Atagana, Special to CNN-July 24, 2012 -- Updated 1537 GMT (2337 HKT)-Editor's note: Michelle Atagana is the managing editor of memeburn.com, a social media and technology news site. She has a Masters Degree in New Media and Journalism

By Tracy Kyakyo  (email the author) - Posted  Thursday, July 26  2012 at  01:00-I have met people who cannot share their beds. I cannot relate. I have even heard of married couples who after carrying out their marital night time duties take to separate beds;

26 JULY 2012-Wajir — Parts of northeastern Kenya, which are experiencing an early drought after poor March-May long rains, have seen deadly clashes over water and pasture, say officials.

Scripture: Matthew 13:18-23-23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." Meditation: How good are you at listening

(Johannesburg) CNN – It is being dubbed by some as the “Second Scramble for Africa” - millions of acres of land being snapped up by (Photo FrMar- Maua Kenya)companies from Asia and the Middle East.

The opening ceremony of the London Olympics is due to take place later after seven years of preparations. The three-hour spectacle in the Olympic Stadium is expected to be viewed by a global TV audience of 1bn. The final day of the torch relay will see the Olympic