"U.S. national Andreina Varagona, a guest at the Oberoi Trident hotel who was shot in the shoulder by the terrorists holed up inside the hotel shares a moment with her husband Santos in a hospital in Mumbai, India,...
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The conclusion of a seven decade trip of a wonderful painting."PARIS — The Henri Matisse painting "Le Mur Rose" was once seized by Nazis. As of Thursday, it belongs to a charity that supports Israeli...
Anybody know what to make of this kind of behavior at the United Nations?"People around the world may be tightening their belts, but at the United Nations in Geneva it was party time on Tuesday, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on hand to celebrate the new ceiling decor for...
"The response by a critical mass of Sri Lanka’s artist community to the protests by South Indian artistes to the fighting in the North of Sri Lanka will be noted down as a shameful moment by future generations of creative Sri Lankans. While war lobbies have often recruited...
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The Queen Elizabeth II oceanliner from the UK is about to be put into retirement. But on its last voyage it ran into some trouble off the coast of Southhampton, becoming trapped on a sandbank. The boat is set to become a floating hotel in Dubai."It was hardly the most regal...
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"by Mosharraf Zaidi Perception is reality. So while there is an almighty chorus of those that are warning the people of the world to be cautious and not invest so emphatically in the hope that the US election result has inspired, it is important to listen not only to our...
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"No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By PETER BAKER Published: November 4, 2008 ...
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New report shows US broadband is getting blown away by other nations"According to Strategy Analytics, the US has not come close to meeting the goal?enunciated by President George Bush in 2004?of ?universal and affordable access by 2007.? In fact, in the so-called ?metrics...
"Sachin Tendulkar became the highest scorer in Test cricket after surpassing West Indian legend Brian Lara in the ongoing second Test in Mohali on Friday. India vs Australia 2nd Test - Live Score The Master Blaster needed just 15 runs today to overtake Lara’s Test match...
After the end of the Cold War and demise of Russian empire America remained the only big superpower but it seems latest development in the financial world and on the other fronts have shaken its position. The...
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Arlequin is considered one of Picasso's most important works and has been in the possesion of Surrealist artist Enrico Donati, who died earlier this year, for 50 years. It hasn't been seen by the public for over 45...
This video is just incredible. The person who took it buried the tape (it is unclear whether it was a tape or a kind of memory card) because he feared it would be confiscated. Why would he think that? Oh, just the...
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This is a companion piece to the previously posted - 7 Years left to avoid Global Climate Catastrophe"Northeast and Northwest Passages Both Free of Ice By Christoph Seidler For the first time ever, both the...
JAMROCK Magazine presents Jamaican musical legend Beres Hammond, September 6, 2008 for his highly anticipated concert, "A Moment In Time". The concert coincides with his October album release "A Moment In...