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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
3,500 people to attend Arab Media Forum
May 13 2013, 6:01pm CDT
Dubai, May 14 (IANS/WAM) Over 3,500 media representatives, analysts, writers and journalists are expected to attend the 12th edition of the Arab Media Forum that will begin here Tuesday. Read more
Nicaragua orders photojournalist to leave country
May 13 2013, 1:58am CDT
Managua, May 13 (IANS/EFE) An Agence France-Presse photojournalist has been expelled from Nicaragua, Chilean Consul Diego Rivera said. Read more
Pakistan expels NYT scribe on election eve
May 10 2013, 11:44pm CDT
Washington, May 11 (IANS) Pakistan has expelled the Islamabad bureau chief for The New York Times on the eve of national elections, according to the influential US daily. Read more
There can be no power without culture: Forum d'Avignon
May 10 2013, 12:18am CDT
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Governments and businesses cannot build a sound future without co-opting the $2.7 trillion creative and culture industry that accounts for 6.1 percent of the world's output and eight... Read more
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