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Rare stamp may fetch record price at auction
One of the world’s rarest stamps is going up for auction this weekend and could fetch a record-breaking price, the head of a Geneva auction house said.
US 13-year-old becomes youngest to scale Everest
A 13-YEAR-OLD American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, surpassing the previous record set by a 16-year-old Nepalese.
Thailand’s PM calls Red Shirts for reconciliation
Thailand’s leader promised an independent probe into “all events” surrounding the Red Shirt anti-government protests and called on Friday for reconciliation to heal deep political divisions that led t
Italy bishop testifies in sex abuse case
An Italian bishop testified on Thursday in the trial of a priest accused of molesting boys that he heard rumours of abuse two years before the priest was arrested but didn’t find them credible enough
Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico can fill 102 gyms
Drip by drip, day by day, the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is adding up to mind-boggling numbers.
US apology to American Indian tribes
The US formally apologised to American Indian tribes Wednesday for “ill-conceived policies” and acts of violence committed against them. Republican Senator Sam Brownback read the Congressional resolution at an event attended by representatives of five Indian nations at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington: the
North Korea warns of war to South
Tensions deepened on Thursday on the Korean peninsula as South Korea accused North Korea of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship, killing 46 sailors in the country’s worst military disaster since the Korean War. President Lee Myung-bak vowed “stern action” for the provocation following the release of long-awaited results
Thai govt claims protests down
The Thai government declared on Thursday it had mostly quelled 10 weeks of violent protests in the capital as buildings still smoldered, troops rooted out small pockets of resistance and residents attempted to return to normal life. But a nighttime curfew was extended in Bangkok and 23 other provinces for three more days.
Cyprus: Crews stumble on 2,000-yr-old coffins
Work crews in Cyprus have accidentally unearthed four rare clay coffins estimated to be some 2,000 years old, the country’s antiquities department director said on Wednesday.
Kites premieres in UK
Barbara Mori and Hrithik Roshan pose for photographers as they arrive at a cinema in central London’s Leicester Square for the European premiere of their film Kites on Tuesday.
