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CHINA and India have held their ninth round of military commander-level talks in a bid to ease border tensions between the two nations. Tens of thousands of troops on both sides are currently stationed in freezing temperatures around the region of Ladakh in a bitter standoff that has lasted for months. Tensions in the area flared last year after a clash between groups of Indian and Chinese troops left at least 20 soldiers dead in June. While both sides have placed air and land defences along the boundary that separates them, they have also engaged in peace talks. Now, Indian...

  Email This ArticleResurrection Means a Glorious Existence Resurrection Means a Glorious Existence   FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS In the Apostles Creed we say, "I believe in the resurrection of the body." I have never really understood what this means. Will we have the same body? Please explain. This question prompts me to think back when I was at Washington Irving Junior High School and a friend of mine showed me a religious magazine from her church which showed the end of the world and resurrection of the dead. In "comic book" form, the magazine depicted people coming out of graves and...