Articles For News

A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care. Dutch language - Nurse - Organization - Prostitution - Health

The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex. Vending machine - Catholic Church - Italy - High school - Business

Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest.

Protesters clash with police as more than 20,000 people march through central Athens during a nationwide general strike against the government's new austerity measures. Greece - General strike - Working Class - History - General Strike 1926

The top U.N. human rights official has slammed Italy for its policy of returning migrants at sea and for its treatment of Gypsies and other minorities at home. Human rights - Italy - Human Rights and Liberties - Ethnicity - Romani

Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory's security. Hamas - Gaza Strip - Middle East - Palestinian territories - Israel

A man convicted in the 2007 slaying of a British student has written a letter implicating his co-defendants and denying he had ever said they had nothing to do with the murder. Murder - British people - Crime and Justice - Injustice - United States

A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.

Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday.

By one new metric, Michelangelo has been bumped from his perch atop the Italian art charts by Caravaggio. Caravaggio - Art - Art of Italy - Art history - Italy