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  • Mexico City hosts chili pepper festival

    Chili peppers and sauces will take centre stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honoured, organizers said. The first Chilis, Sauces and Mortars Festival, which will be held Friday to Sunday, is being organized by the Enchilada Fair, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Mexico ...

  • Man found hanging at St. Petersburg theatre

    A workman who disappeared from St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in December was found hanging in the theatre's attic, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope. Investigators believe he hanged himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theatre opened a new $700-million stage earlier this month in a gala ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin. --IANS/RIA ...

  • Accused teachers NSW dance studio shuts

    A Sydney dance school is reportedly closing its doors after one of its co-directors faced court on a number of child abuse and child pornography offences.The dance school in Sydney's inner-west announced on Thursday it had "ceased trading" and classes would stop, effective immediately, Fairfax reported.It comes after Grant Davies, who ran the studio along with his sister Rebecca ...

  • Myanmar US enter new higher stage of relations

    /enpproperty--> YANGON - Myanmar President U Thein Sein's working visit to Washington, who returned to his country on Wednesday night, has brought back positive achievements more than expected, signifying the entry of a new higher stage in Myanmar-U. S. relations, said some media and observers here Thursday. U Thein Sein's visit represented the first to the United States of a ...

  • Pitt struggles to remember faces

    Brad Pitt fears he has a memory disorder which stops him from recognizing the faces of people he has previously met. The Hollywood superstar often finds himself in trouble with acquaintances who he fails to remember - but is adamant his inability to recognize a face is down to suffering prosopagnosia, and not his inflated ego. He tells Esquire magazine, "So many people hate me because ...


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Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) [DVD]

Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) [DVD]

We take photographs for granted, and have for a long time. Especially in the age of digital cameras, YouTube, and Facebook, the wonderment of capturing a fleeting moment and being able to hold it in your hands and examine it has been lost on us. The miracle of capturing ti ... ...

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  • S.W.A.T.s Steve Forrest dies

    The Longest Day and Spies Like Us star Steve Forrest has died, aged 87. The actor, who also played Lt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson in 1970s TV action series 'S.W.A.T.,' passed away on May 18. Forrest spent almost six decades on the big and small screen, appearing in TV classics like 'The Virginian,' 'Bonanza' and 'Gunsmoke.' Born in Huntsville, ...

  • Bynes threatens to sue over pics

    Amanda Bynes has threatened to sue editors of a U.S. tabloid for printing pictures purportedly taken during a debauched party at her home. The embattled Hairspray actress has come under growing scrutiny in recent months due to her bizarre antics, a series of traffic violations and odd messages and pictures posted on her social networking pages. Her lifestyle came under the microscope again in ...

  • The Rolling Stones Mick and Mick to reunite at Glastonbury Sir Jagger to play with Taylor on Pyramid stage

    The Rolling Stones' return to Hyde Park will see them team up with former guitarist Mick Taylor, but there will be no reappearance of the white dress Mick Jagger wore at the original 1969 gig because he has lost ...

  • Tough group stage filled Dortmund with confidence

    Jrgen Klopp told UEFA.com the way his Borussia Dortmund side played in the group stage was "surprising" and gave him belief they could achieve something special this ...

  • Kuwait sees quiet revival in arts scene

    After two lacklustre decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art ...

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