MANILA, Philippines—A "block of four" commemorative stamps for the visit of Pope Francis in the country from January 15 to 19 will be issued by the Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLpost) on Thursday. The stamp, measuring 30 mm by 40 mm, will feature four designs picked from hundreds of entries received by PHLpost during an on-the-spot design competition. The art pieces featured in the …
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Jailed Iranian Baha'i leader appears on Dutch postage stampIranianHILVERSUM, Netherlands — A series of special postage stamps portraying victims of human rights abuses in Iran has been launched in the Netherlands. Current and forthcoming stamps in the series depict the acclaimed poet Simin Behbahani; trade unionist … More: continued here
Priority No. 1 for the Calgary Stampeders was strictly team-oriented: finish in first place in the West Division. That was taken care of last week in Hamilton. More: continued here
Stamps give Johnson a breakNational PostOrdinarily, Tom Johnson would have been relishing in the excitement of his new team's home opener, surrounded by the customary CFL hoopla. … More: continued here
Not a total wasteEdmonton Sun, Canada –5 minutes agoA six-pack of sophomores – WR Maurice Mann, RB Calvin McCarty, LB Kenny Onatolu, FS Siddeeq Shabazz, SB Fred Stamps and DB Lenny Williams – had their CFL … More: continued here
Raj Rajaratnam leaves behind the ruins of a Wall Street career that made him a billionaire hedge fund manager to begin an 11-year prison sentence, the price for running a far-flung insider-trading conspiracy that turned tips from company executives and technology consultants into cash. More: continued here