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Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Dickensian London

themin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:12:52 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – London in the 21st century is not all that different from the heaving Victorian metropolis forever preserved in the novels of English writer Charles Dickens, whose 200th birthday…

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Germany returns two millennia old Afghan sculpture

themin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:15:02 +0000

KABUL (Reuters) – Germany this week returned an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture looted during Afghanistan’s civil war, giving hope to Kabul’s cultural mavens that the rest of its stolen treasures will…

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French police arrest PIP implant boss Mas

themin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:17:46 +0000

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – Jean-Claude Mas, whose breast implant firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) has sparked an international health scandal by using substandard silicon, was arrested on Thursday…

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Analysis: Italy disaster shows Titanic lifeboat issues linger

themin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:12:54 +0000

LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) – The capsizing of the Costa Concordia will pressure the cruise industry to address a safety question that has lingered since the Titanic disaster almost 100 years ago – how…

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Cognac sales hit record as demand soars in China

themin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:20:49 +0000

PARIS (Reuters) – Global cognac sales reached a record last year, with more than five bottles sold every second, boosted by soaring demand in China, the BNIC industry body said on its website.

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Newly bequeathed letter shows Beethoven’s misery

themin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:12:56 +0000

BERLIN (Reuters) – A rare handwritten letter by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven complaining about illness and a lack of money has turned up at a northern German institute as part of a bequest,…

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Walls divide Cairo as revolt anniversary nears

themin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:13:35 +0000

CAIRO (Reuters) – Nagaat Mohamed was sitting at the counter of the downtown Cairo stationery store where she has worked for three decades when the street outside erupted with tear gas and rocks last…

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Screen queen, golf kings get royal honors

themin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:19:21 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – After playing the mother of Queen Elizabeth in “The King’s Speech,” actress Helena Bonham Carter will take part in a real-life royal performance when she receives an honor from the…

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Insight: FDA warned PIP on implant safety in 2000

themin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:14:36 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide….

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U.S. population grows at slowest rate since 1940s

themin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:13:54 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The population of the United States is growing at its slowest rate in more than 70 years, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday.

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