NFL trots out its global ‘product’
British fans oohed when Miami Dolphins running back Jesse Chatman got creamed by what seemed like the entire left side of the New York Giants' defense. They aahed when Giants...
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Judge frees man wanted by Poland
Polish authorities on Friday vowed to continue to seek the extradition of Glenview businessman Edward Mazur after a federal judge in Chicago refused to order his return to Poland to...
British, Canadian press offer avalanche of Black coverage
Within an hour or so after the Conrad Black verdict came down Friday, the Los Angeles Times played the news high up on its Web site -- right below a...
Blair set to tackle Mideast peace
The Bush administration and its partners in the foundering Middle East peace process will take a chance that the earnestness, eloquence, energy and international prestige of British Prime Minister Tony...
Blair’s heir apparent formally launches bid
Gordon Brown, all but certain of becoming Britain's prime minister at the end of next month, launched his formal campaign for the job Friday by acknowledging that mistakes had been...
On cusp of deadline, factions seek deal in Northern Ireland
With a midnight deadline looming, the British government and Ian Paisley's hard-line Protestant party seemed to be inching toward a face-saving compromise to rescue Northern Ireland's peace process. Midnight Monday...
A force from the pulpit
Few outside the Anglican hierarchy would have recognized John Sentamu's name before June 2005, when he was tapped as the Church of England's first black archbishop. But five months later,...
Pope brings Istanbul acts of unity, accord
In a day loaded with ecumenical symbolism, Pope Benedict XVI attended a prayer service celebrated by his Greek Orthodox counterpart and took off his shoes to enter one of Islam's...
The education of a matador
Carlos Rodriguez Mendoza is 17, barely shaving, yet he already carries himself with the elegant hauteur of a matador. It is a hot Saturday morning. The dusty little bullring on...
How Catholicism fell from grace in Ireland
For the 8:30 a.m. daily mass at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, an imposing old church just off O'Connell Street in the heart of Dublin, you might expect to see Father O'Sullivan...