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Indian sand artist wins Danish 'grand prize'
May 21 2013, 3:00am CDT
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the Danish 'grand prize' at the 2nd Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival 2013 for his 15-foot coloured sand sculpture created... Read more
Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1 bn deal?
May 20 2013, 12:42am CDT
Washington, May 20 (IANS) The board of web pioneer Yahoo has reportedly approved a deal to buy popular blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, according to various media reports. Read more
'No commercials' TV channel starts broadcast in Russia
May 19 2013, 8:16am CDT
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Public Television, which will be governed by the public rather than by the state or the channel owners and which will not run any commercials, Sunday started its broadcast... Read more
Paintings return to England for first time in 230 years
May 17 2013, 2:12am CDT
London, May 17 (IANS) A world-class collection of oil paintings returning from Russia to England is like the treasures of the Forbidden City returning to Beijing, the exhibition curator said. Read more
May 17 2013, 2:12am CDT
First edition of `The Great Gatsby' auctioned
May 17 2013, 12:18am CDT
London, May 17 (IANS/EFE) A first edition of legendary American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" sold for 1,875 pounds ($2,872), or nearly triple the opening price, at an auction in... Read more
Arab journalism awards for 2013 presented
May 16 2013, 3:30pm CDT
Dubai, May 17 (IANS/WAM) The 12th edition of the Arab Journalism Award (AJA) was held on the closing day of the two-day Arab Media Forum here. Read more
Amber Room, looted by Nazis during WWII, to be recreated
May 15 2013, 8:54pm CDT
Kaliningrad, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The legendary Amber Room, a Tsarist-era antiquity which was looted by Nazi German forces at the end of World War II, will be recreated by craftsmen in the European exclave of... Read more
May 15 2013, 8:54pm CDT
Boston suspect gets support on social media
May 15 2013, 1:18am CDT
Washington, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Professions of love and support for 19-year-old Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are popping up on social media websites by the thousands, driven in part by scores of US... Read more
Americans poke fun on social media over alleged spy arrest
May 14 2013, 9:22pm CDT
Washington, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two wigs, a typed spy recruitment letter, a compass and an atlas of Moscow in the days of GPS and smartphones. These are some of the items Russian officials say they found when a US... Read more
India-Africa festival opens in Johannesburg
May 14 2013, 6:10am CDT
Johannesburg, May 14 (IANS) With an eclectic blend of cinema, music, art and photography exhibitions, entrepreneurs and bloggers workshops and panel discussions the 12-day Indiafrica Festival 2013 began here Monday... Read more
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