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Rome, Apr. 20 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance on the streets of Rome on Wednesday afternoon, April 20, as he visited his old apartment near Vatican City to transfer some belongings to his new home in the apostolic palace. The newly elected Pope, clothed completely in the distinctive white vestments of the papacy, caught onlookers by surprise when he chose to travel on foot, walking the few hundred yards to the apartment in the Citta Leonina where he had lived for years. When the news spread that the Pontiff was walking through the city, hundreds...

Michael Moore takes a walk after his car is stopped for violation in Tallahassee!

Edwards took time to honor a recently-deceased actor while outlining one health care goal. "We will do stem cell research," he vowed. "We will stop juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other debilitating diseases. America just lost a great champion for this cause in Christopher Reeve. People like Chris Reeve will get out of their wheelchairs and walk again with stem cell research."

Walk or Party for the President GET YARD SIGNS BUY PARTY PACKS DOWNLOAD BROCHURE CREATE A POSTER On Oct. 16 & 17 thousands will organize a walk of their neighborhood to help encourage their neighbors to vote for President Bush. Get started now by inviting your friends to your home to go knock on doors asking people to vote!   On Oct. 16 & 17 thousands will organize a walk of their neighborhood to help encourage their neighbors to vote for President Bush. Get started now by inviting your friends to your home to go knock on doors asking people...

Jeff Freilich Yoav Rosen has received a patent for an apparatus that lets him walk on water. The first such device patented in America was in 1858. WHEN Yoav Rosen was growing up in Jerusalem in the 1970's, he was obsessed with an act that was said to have been performed only by the likes of Jesus, Buddha and Hindu mystics - walking on water. Last month, Mr. Rosen received a United States patent (No. 6,764,363) for a device that he says will allow ordinary people to do just that.Mr. Rosen moved to the United States from Israel three and...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Talon News) -- Media giant Rupert Murdoch told an Australian radio program today that he backs President George W. Bush in his bid for reelection in November. Murdoch, the Australian-born immigrant to the United States who also announced his decision to move his News Corporation to New York, applauded the president for making great strides in the war on terrorism and in removing ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power. However, he warned against pulling out too early in Iraq. "We have no alternative -- we must see the job through," Murdoch remarked to 2GB radio. Answering critics...

MARINA DEL REY, CA (PREWEB) March 18, 2004 -- Jody Eldred Productions, a television and film production company in Marina Del Rey, CA is in the final stages of preparing a nationwide television special to air this Easter called, "CHANGED LIVES: MIRACLES OF THE PASSION." The documentary is telling the stories of people forever changed as a result of seeing the film. These visual testimonies will give powerful witness to the life-altering power of Jesus Christ as presented through this incredible motion picture. SEEKING VIDEOTAPED STORY SUBMISSIONS As part of this documentary, the Jody Eldred Productions is asking people to...

An Iraqi policeman arrests a looter in central Baghdad on September 20,2003. Akila al-Hashemi. one of three women on Iraq (news - web sites)'s 25-member U.S.-appointed governing council, was shot and wounded in an attack and three of her bodyguards were also injured said hospital officials. REUTERS/Khaled Mohammed

PHILADELPHIA - About one in every eight graduates walked out of Sunday's commencement at Saint Joseph's University before the keynote address by Sen. Rick Santorum, who recently infuriated gay groups and others with derogatory remarks about homosexual behavior. Santorum, the Senate's third-ranking Republican, didn't mention the walkout or the controversy directly. "We are all called to love one another, even people we disagree with, even people who hate us for what we believe," he said. Students were offered an opportunity to leave before Santorum was introduced to receive an honorary degree and make his speech, and about 100 graduates walked...

Brea CA: 12 April, 2003 Cititizens walk to show their Thanks To The Troops. But Are Storm Clouds Threatening?

Short: I'll be vilified for this - but I just can't walk out now By Marie Woolf, Chief Political Correspondent 19 March 2003 Clare Short's version of events goes like this: she was writing her resignation statement when suddenly she decided to stay in her job. Having nearly completed the draft valediction, she thought: "We've got to look after the people in Iraq; we've got to drive forward the peace process to get the Palestinian state; we've got to make sure there's not a humanitarian disaster." Resignation, the Secretary of State for International Development decided, would be "cheap" and "cowardly"....

<p>WASHINGTON -- Libel lawsuits can become double-edged swords, as Ceres Rep. Gary Condit and his wife, Carolyn, might discover.</p> <p>By filing three lawsuits seeking a total of $36 million, the Condits initiated a high-stakes counterattack against the media that they believe defamed them. But that means the politician's family, which has placed a premium on privacy, becomes vulnerable to intrusive questioning.</p>

Man in court for taking beer keg for a walk A Canadian man has appeared in court after being spotted taking a beer keg for a walk. Chynne Harley Kahnapace, 26, pleaded guilty to breaking the conditions of his parole after being caught pushing a baby stroller with a small keg of beer in it down the street. There was no suggestion that the alcohol was stolen and according to the Regina Leader Post , Kahnapace said it belonged to a friend. "Were you just taking it out for a walk?" asked provincial court Judge Dennis Fenwick. The judge reminded...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) --   President Bush is taking on hundreds of White House staff members in a foot race that he hopes will give out-of-shape Americans a new reason to make exercise part of their daily lives.</p> <p>Bush put other participants in Saturday's "President's Fitness Challenge Run and Walk" on notice that he expected all of them to do their best.</p>

The San Francisco "BAY TO BREAKERS" race/walk/party (@ 7.5 miles) will be Sunday, May 19th. It's a great place to get a message out, since there will be 70,000+ people participating, and, worldwide media coverage. Are there any Bay Area FReepers interested in walking/strolling/FRalking/FRolling the route? : ) Here's the website for those who want more info about the race BAYTOBREAKERS.COM (I think people can also walk it without signing up "officially.")