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London, England (CNN)- As the United Kingdom braces to receive one of the best - known and most controversial figures on the planet, Pope Benedict XVI, a question hangs over the state visit: Why is he coming?

On a final note I'm being labeled a bit of a controversial figure on Justarsenal.com, because «I'm being too negative».

Balotelli is a controversial figure both on and off the pitch, but Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers insists that any player he signs will not be a disruptive influence.

A controversial figure on the Anglo - French art scene at the turn of the twentieth century, Wynford Dewhurst is most famous for his 1908 work The Picnic, in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery.

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Huffington Post writer Maxwell Strachan called the interview «an extended on - air puff piece» and dinged Fallon for playing nice with a controversial figure running for the highest job in the nation.

McAfee provides regular insight on global hacking scandals and internet surveillance, and has become a hugely controversial figure following his time in Belize, where he claims to have exposed corruption at the highest level before fleeing the country amid accusations of murder (the Belize government is currently not pursuing any accusations against him).

Venezuela's controversial leader Nicolas Maduro has claimed that his administration's Petro cryptocurrency raised $ 735 million on day one of its pre-sale, a figure that many in the digital currency market are still struggling to verify.

The former pastors of (unrelated) churches called Mars Hill are two of the most polarizing and controversial figures in modern evangelicalism, both on different ends of the theological spectrum.

The most controversial figure throughout this whole ordeal has likely been Rashad McCants, one of the biggest stars on UNC's 2005 national championship team.

Why did we miss on those and invest in Arnautovic who, let's be honest, has always been a controversial figure.

COLONIE — Free speech was on display inside and outside the gates of Siena College on Sunday, when a trio of conservative campus groups hosted several controversial right - wing figures including political consultant Roger Stone.

The shock figures emerged as the House of Lords prepares to vote on calls for the controversial reforms to be either scrapped or delayed.

Strategists for Leave were said to be happy when their figure of # 350 million being spent on EU membership every week was disputed as it kept the controversial statistic in the headlines and therefore in peoples» minds.

The Health Service Journal reported a March 2014 exit date has been set for the controversial figure, who refused earlier this year to take any level of personal responsibility for the failings at Mid-Staffordshire which occurred on his watch.

A commission created to figure out what to do with controversial statues and monuments on New York City property has recommended that most be kept where they are with historical markers added to give additional context, with just one moved from its high - profile location.

Lord Ashcroft is on any view a high profile and controversial figure.

The plaza was formerly the site of the controversial «Triumph of Civic Virtue» statue, a 17 - foot - high marble statue that depicted a male nude standing on top of two female figures representing «Vice» and «Corruption».

One leader of the 2nd Amendment Coalition just so happens to be Rus Thompson, a controversial Tea Party figure who worked on Carl Paladino's failed 2010 gubernatorial bid.

Free speech was on display inside and outside the gates of Siena College yesterday, when a trio of conservative campus groups hosted several controversial right - wing figures including political consultant Roger Stone.

A task force created to figure out what to do with controversial statues and monuments on New York City property — described by the mayor as «symbols of hate» — has recommended only one statue be moved: a monument to J. Marion Sims, a 19th century doctor who developed advances in gynecological surgery by conducting operations on black slave women.

The news story may have been small, but it played on strong narratives, such as the Home Office's policy of preventing controversial figures from coming to the UK and frictions with the Islamic community.

As a range of New York officials skip the Puetro Rican Day Parade amid plans to honor the controversial separatist figure Oscar Lopez Rivera, members of the Puerto Rican community in New York are divided on the controversy themselves.

Sixteen congressional Democrats from New York were among the 170 House members who signed on to a letter Wednesday calling on President - elect Trump to rescind his appointment of Steve Bannon, a controversial figure who has ties to the white nationalist movement in the United States.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In the final hours before the special election to fill the congressional seat in New York's 20th district, Democratic candidate Scott Murphy is using controversial Republican figures to get voters to come out to the polls on Tuesday.

Democratic candidate Scott Murphy is using controversial Republican figures to get voters to come out to the polls on Tuesday.

A commission appointed by the mayor is examining whether controversial historical figures honored with monuments on public grounds are «oppressive and inconsistent with the values of New York City» — and subject to possible removal or alteration.

ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo on Friday praised the city's decision to leave in place the statues of Christopher Columbus and other controversial historical figures.

The researchers started by asking Christian volunteers to give their own views on controversial topics, such as abortion, followed by what they thought were the views of God, average Americans and public figures such as Bill Gates.

Observers see the move as a signal that the military government is trying to conform to global norms on the management of nuclear material as well as distance itself from a controversial figure regarded as the «father of the Islamic bomb.»

The IPA, which was founded in 1996 and is a group of domestic and foreign journalists who defected from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (who put on the Golden Globes) and captained by Mirjana Van Blaricom, as controversial a figure in the awards season race as their is.

Documentary directed by Miranda Bailey on Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the controversial anti-vaccination figure.

Building on the boneless The Motorcycle Diaries template, Lula, Son of Brazil takes a complex, controversial political figure — in this case longtime Brazilian Workers» Party firebrand and two - term President Luiz I...

I, Tonya focuses on the life of the infamous American figure skater Tonya Harding, and it does a fine job of being a sort of warts and all look at a controversial figure without shying away from the inherent dark comedy found in her story.

On the heels of her Oscar - winning Edward Snowden documentary «Citizenfour,» Laura Poitras turns to another controversial figure, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

A trophy wife and her child are left alone on an estate in the south of France by her controversial political - figure husband, with only a PTSD - stricken security guard to protect them.

In part, it's because of the subject matter: Brian Wilson has always been one of pop's most fascinating figures, and rather than attempting to span an entire life, the approach here seems to be focused on his sessions with a controversial therapist.

And on the BBC, where she is a frequent guest, she has talked about genocide, provocative photos of women in the media, and another controversial figure in her country: Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot while on her way to school and eventually awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

About half the states in one testing group using controversial Common Core standards will spend more than they already do on their current exams, new figures released Monday show.

Coleman, 44, who has since moved on to head the College Board, where he is rewriting the SAT to focus less on obscure vocabulary words and more on knowledge that signifies college readiness, remains a controversial figure.

The figure varies with the topography of the road; official claims based on the controversial European test cycle procedure for hybrid cars puts its range at 22.4 miles, although Porsche engineers suggest the real world range is actually between 11.2 and 22.4 miles.

Varina centers on an unexpected and controversial figure: Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.

By doing a bit of research on the internet, I found that Cesar Millan is quite a controversial figure in the dog training world.

Rapp has become a controversial figure in recent months following controversy surrounding her public opinions on child pornography and pedophilia and her involvement in the Fire Emblem Fates censorship localization.

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In all, the figure is the jumping point for a discussion on controversial issues.

At times focusing on iconic or controversial figures, Sonhouse has created portraits of Colin Powell, Michael Jackson, and Diddy.

While the New National Gallery celebrates Paul Klee and Jeff Koons, the Hamburger Bahnhof — Museum für Gegenwart turns the spotlight on Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986), one of the most charismatic and controversial figures of the world of art.

Abney places figures based on real people into imaginative worlds to create large genre paintings that deal with controversial issues regarding race and gender.

I drove to a gun buyback on Saturday in St. Roch organized as a Prospect satellite event by Kirsha Kaechele, a controversial figure in this city, who championed the New Orleans arts scene directly after Katrina by buying houses around the Bywater district and using them for art installations, only to retreat to Tasmania, «leaving thousands in unpaid property tax bills and liens behind,» in the words of the Times - Picayune.