News and Media

News in brief (Onalaska Community Life)

16 May 2008

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.

Pope blames media for moral decline (The Courier Mail)

16 May 2008

POPE Benedict XVI has accused the media and entertainment industries of harming society with trivial portrayals of sexuality that he said were partly to blame for social ills such as prostitution and child abuse.

China reopens Tibet temple after unrest: state media (AFP via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

The most famous temple in Tibet's capital Lhasa reopened to the public Friday, two months after it was closed due to major protests against Beijing's rule, Chinese state media said.