Arts

Garcia Marquez leaves hospital, in 'delicate' state - 04/09/2014

MEXICO CITY, Yemeli Ortega- Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez returned to his Mexico City home on Tuesday after a week-long hospitalization for pneumonia, but officials said he remains...

US television icon Barbara Walters to retire May 16 - 04/08/2014

NEW YORK- Trailblazing US television journalist Barbara Walters, famed for her political and celebrity interviews in a career spanning more than half a century, is to retire next month, the ABC...

Gun used on John Paul II exhibited at his birthplace - 04/08/2014

WADOWICE- The gun used in an assassination bid on Pope John Paul II went on display Monday as part of a new exhibition at the soon-to-be saint's childhood home in Poland. The former Karol Wojtyla,...

Bob Geldof 'beyond pain' at death of daughter Peaches - 04/08/2014

LONDON, Guy Jackson- Live Aid founder Bob Geldof said his family was "beyond pain" at the death of his socialite daughter Peaches at the age of 25 on Monday. Police were called to her secluded home...

Naturalist author Peter Matthiessen dies at 86 - 04/07/2014

NEW YORK- Globetrotting US naturalist and writer Peter Matthiessen, known for books such as "At Play in the Fields of the Lord," has died at his New York state home, his publisher said Saturday. He...

President-turned-artist Bush tells of 'tense' Putin relations - 04/07/2014

WASHINGTON- Former US president George W. Bush said relations with Vladimir Putin grew "increasingly tense" during his White House years, as he unveiled his portraits of world leaders, including the...

Baby Prince George lands in New Zealand for first tour - 04/07/2014

WELLINGTON- Britain's baby Prince George arrived in New Zealand with parents Prince William and Catherine on Monday for the eight-month-old's first ever official tour, an AFP reporter said. Strong...

Pixies, Arcade Fire and Dolly Parton to play Glastonbury - 04/06/2014

LONDON- Arcade Fire, Kasabian, Pixies, Jack White and Dolly Parton are some of the major acts playing Britain's Glastonbury festival this year, according to the first official line-up poster...

Beethoven, Mozart manuscripts on show in Poland - 04/05/2014

KRAKÓW, Maja Czarnecka- One wrote neatly and methodically, the other crossed things out and tore pages up in frustration. Beethoven and Mozart may be two of the greatest composers of all time but...

Garcia Marquez in 'good mood' - 04/05/2014

MEXICO CITY- Colombia's Nobel-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez is in a "good mood" as he recovers from a lung infection in a Mexico City hospital, sources close to the 87-year-old writer said...
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