One hundred years ago today the Russian capital moved from Saint Petersburg to Moscow.
For the previous 215 years Saint Petersburg had been the Russian capital.
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Sixty-one year-old ex-drug addict runs in Sunday's marathon
This is a lovely story, which appeared in The Irish Times on Thursday; well done Paul and good luck tomorrow. Paul Killeen, who has overco...
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An interesting quote from Napoleon Bonaparte: “The honest man never doubts the existence of God’.
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This is a worrying story. It’s written by Conor Pope and appeared in The Irish Times on Monday. It becomes ever more worrying how large org...
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On this day, Thursday, October 11, 1962 The Second Vatican Council began. It was the first ecumenical council of the Catholic Church in c do...
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