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
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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
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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
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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
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(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
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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 [...]
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
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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
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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
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“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
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