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Il Papa Starts to Say Arrivederci!

Reality Check: The Pope's Ash Wednesday sermon, Indigenous recognition Down Under, Obama's State of the Union Address, drug abuse prevention technology, and the 2013 FM4 Protestsongcontest Finals

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A file photo dated 25 January 2013 shows Pope Benedict XVI leading a Vespers prayer to celebrate the Conversion of Paul the Apostle at the Saint Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, in Rome, Italy

The Pope Starts to Say Goodbye
In his first public appearance since the stunning announcement of his resignation two days ago, Pope Benedict XVI, addressed a general audience in the Vatican. He spoke as Christians began the 40-day period of fasting and prayer preceding Easter, which begins today, Ash Wednesday. Later he was scheduled to celebrate the Ash Wednesday mass at St. Peter’s, an event described by his aides as likely to be his final major mass in the huge basilica before his retirement on Feb. 28. Abigail Frymann of the Catholic newspaper The Tablet, gave us her impressions of what will likely happen until then...

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„Bushchicken-Tjukurrpa" by Indigenous Australian Artist Matthew Gill Tjupurrula

Indigenous Recognition Down Under
Australia's federal parliament has voted in favour of an historic act of recognition which commits Australia to changing the Constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians, on the fifth anniversary of an apology to 'the stolen generations'. Steve Crilley looks at the immense significance of this recognition...

President Obama's State of the Union Address
President Obama delivered his annual message before Congress last night and he outlined plans to revive American prosperity by rebuilding "a thriving middle class," calling it the "true engine of America's economic growth". Our correspondent in Washington, Nick Harper, gives us more details...

Hair Testing for Drug Abuse in Austria?
Gregor Burkhard is a doctor and a senior scientific analyst with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and knows why this isn't exactly the best idea...

Protest at the Protestsongcontest Finals
Things got emtional while a feeling of protest was palpable within the AUDIENCE at the finals of the FM4 Protestsongcontest at the Viennese Rabenhof last night...