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AFP – British sculptor Antony Gormley has stood 100 life-size human figures in the Austrian Alps in an new installation spread across kilometres that officially opened Saturday.
Gormley has placed the solid cast-iron figures, each weighing …
AFP – British sculptor Antony Gormley has stood 100 life-size human figures in the Austrian Alps in an new installation spread across kilometres that officially opened Saturday.
Gormley has placed the solid cast-iron figures, each weighing 640 kilogrammes (1,408 pounds), in rugged mountains close to the lake city of Bregenz in western Austria in a work called “Horizon Field”.
The figures stand from dozens of metres to a few kilometres apart from each other, but always at an altitude of 2,039 metres (6,689 feet) above sea level.
The height was chosen because “it is readily accessible but, at the same time, lies Read full entry »
AFP – Cash-strapped British oil giant BP is looking to sell its German fuel station unit Aral for at least two billion euros (2.6 billion dollars), a German magazine reported on Saturday.
Wirtschaftswoche cited unnamed investment …
AFP – Iraqi soldiers arrested two suspected insurgents behind a brazen series of attacks in Baghdad this week that killed 16 people and wounded 14 others, a security official said on Saturday.
The pair were arrested …
AFP – A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, officials of the UN cultural and scientific body said Saturday.
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AFP – A landmark visit by Syrian and Saudi leaders may have helped to ease tensions in Lebanon, but did little to address the crux of the problem in the long-run, analysts said on Saturday.
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AFP – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday accused the northern Shiite rebels of rejecting a February truce, through repeated acts of aggression.
“In their latest acts of aggression, the Huthi rebels attacked the MP …
AFP – President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday that France would strip foreign-born criminals of their French nationality if they use violence against police or public officials.
Struggling in the opinion polls after his government …
AFP – Cash-strapped British oil giant BP is looking to sell its German fuel station unit Aral for at least two billion euros (2.6 billion dollars), a German magazine reported on Saturday.
Wirtschaftswoche cited unnamed investment …
AFP – US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Saturday.
Obama made the warning in a …
AFP – A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, officials of the UN cultural and scientific body said Saturday.
The World …
AFP – Jari-Matti Latvala claimed a local victory in the Rally of Finland on Saturday, Ford’s Finnish driver holding off Citroen duo Sebastien Ogier and Sebastien Loeb.
Latvala had led the standings from special stage seven …
AFP – Cash-strapped British oil giant BP is looking to sell its German fuel station unit Aral for at least two billion euros (2.6 billion dollars), a German magazine reported on Saturday.
Wirtschaftswoche cited unnamed investment …
AFP – France’s Richard Gasquet has marked his return to action after a seven-week injury break by reaching the Swiss Open final where he will face Spain’s Nicolas Almagro on Sunday.
Gasquet, who missed Wimbledon because …
AFP – A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, officials of the UN cultural and scientific body said Saturday.
The World …
AFP – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday accused the northern Shiite rebels of rejecting a February truce, through repeated acts of aggression.
“In their latest acts of aggression, the Huthi rebels attacked the MP …
AFP – British sculptor Antony Gormley has stood 100 life-size human figures in the Austrian Alps in an new installation spread across kilometres that officially opened Saturday.
Gormley has placed the solid cast-iron figures, each weighing …
AFP – Suso Cecchi d’Amico, the favourite screenwriter of director Luchino Visconti best known for her work on “Bicycle Thieves” and “The Leopard”, died in Rome aged 96, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported Saturday.
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AFP – A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, officials of the UN cultural and scientific body said Saturday.
The World …
AFP – Cash-strapped British oil giant BP is looking to sell its German fuel station unit Aral for at least two billion euros (2.6 billion dollars), a German magazine reported on Saturday.
Wirtschaftswoche cited unnamed investment …
AFP – US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Saturday.
Obama made the warning in a …
AFP – Iraqi soldiers arrested two suspected insurgents behind a brazen series of attacks in Baghdad this week that killed 16 people and wounded 14 others, a security official said on Saturday.
The pair were arrested …
