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Modesty Concerns Prompt Qatar to Return Ancient Greek Statues of Nudes

Modesty Concerns Prompt Qatar to Return Ancient Greek Statues of Nudes

Qatar has returned two ancient Greek statues of male nudes to Athens after authorities attempted to veil them due to modesty concerns, the Associated Press reports. In what The Guardian has dubbed the “classic clash of cultures,” Qatari officials were worried [...]

April 30, 2013 Breaking Fresh
How Time Flies: Prince William and Kate Middleton Celebrate Second Wedding Anniversary

How Time Flies: Prince William and Kate Middleton Celebrate Second Wedding Anniversary

Two years ago today, the world watched Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey. On the shining London day, crowds flooded the streets — and billions tuned in around the world — [...]

April 29, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral Cost $5.6 million – Much Less Than Reported

Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral Cost $5.6 million – Much Less Than Reported

The funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher cost £3.6 million ($5.6 million) – a fraction of its previously estimated price tag, according to the BBC. The procession through central London and ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral on April [...]

April 28, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral Cost $5.6 million – Much Less Than Reported

Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral Cost $5.6 million – Much Less Than Reported

The funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher cost £3.6 million ($5.6 million) – a fraction of its previously estimated price tag, according to the BBC. The procession through central London and ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral on April [...]

April 28, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Hitler’s Food Taster Tells of Poisoning Fears

Hitler’s Food Taster Tells of Poisoning Fears

(BERLIN) — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, [...]

April 26, 2013 Breaking Fresh
PHOTOS: Charmed! Will, Kate, and Harry Get Their Own Wands on a Harry Potter Studio Tour

PHOTOS: Charmed! Will, Kate, and Harry Get Their Own Wands on a Harry Potter Studio Tour

On Friday Kate Middleton and Prince William, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — along with royal bro Prince Harry — toured Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden near London, where movies based on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series were filmed. The royals [...]

April 26, 2013 Breaking Fresh, Harry Potter, Magic
WATCH: Quick-Thinking Cop Saves Man From Speeding Train

WATCH: Quick-Thinking Cop Saves Man From Speeding Train

A sharp-witted police officer in the Colombian city of Medellin saved a man from certain death by pulling him from the path of an oncoming train. The officer’s heroic actions were caught by a security camera at Medellin’s Hospital railway [...]

April 25, 2013 Breaking Fresh
British City Offers Homes for £1

British City Offers Homes for £1

In the central England city of Stoke-on-Trent, the cost of a cup of coffee could buy you a three-bedroom house. The city’s council is offering 35 derelict houses for sale at just £1 ($1.53) each, attracting the interest of 600 would-be [...]

April 24, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Stonehenge Is Looking for a General Manager

Stonehenge Is Looking for a General Manager

Wanted: senior management candidate for high-profile job in Wiltshire countryside. Must love rocks. Druids OK. If you’re the sort of person who’d circle that classified ad in your newspaper, there’s a $99,000-a-year-job available with English Heritage, the conservation organization that [...]

April 24, 2013 Breaking Fresh
Czech Republic Forced to Remind the Internet that Chechnya Is a Different Country After Boston Bombing

Czech Republic Forced to Remind the Internet that Chechnya Is a Different Country After Boston Bombing

“War,” Ambrose Bierce said, “is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” But despite all the lessons learned during the long-running War on Terror,  Americans could probably use a little more instruction. The Czech Embassy issued a statement following the attacks to [...]

April 23, 2013 Breaking Fresh