Arts

9/11 memorial museum to open in New York on May 21 - 03/25/2014

NEW YORK- A museum commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks will open on the former site of the World Trade Center in May, it was announced on Monday. The museum, based where the Twin Towers used...

'Divergent' pulls away from box-office rivals - 03/24/2014

WASHINGTON- Sci-fi thriller "Divergent" pulled apart from rivals at the North American box office in its first weekend, as "Muppets Most Wanted" went in at number two, industry estimates showed...

Two more colossal pharaoh statues unveiled in Egypt - 03/24/2014

LUXOR, Jay Deshmukh, Riad Abou Awad- Archaeologists on Sunday unveiled two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt's famed temple city of Luxor, adding to an existing pair of...

Man admits theft of Rembrandt missing for 15 years - 03/23/2014

AGEN- A French man has claimed responsibility for the theft of a Rembrandt painting worth millions that was stolen from a French museum in 1999 and recovered this week, a source close to the...

Indian author Khushwant Singh dies at 99 - 03/23/2014

NEW DELHI- Khushwant Singh, one of India's best known writers who won fame for a searing book on partition of the subcontinent as well as his once-daring descriptions of sex, died Thursday aged 99....

'Stomach-churning' film on child trafficking opens in India - 03/22/2014

MUMBAI- An award-winning film spotlighting the problem of child trafficking in India opened in cinemas Friday based on the true story of a girl sold into the sex trade who fought to see her...

Italian nun becomes pop star sensation - 03/22/2014

ROME- A Catholic nun has become an overnight pop sensation after stunning the jury of Italy's "The Voice" television talent show with her version of the Alicia Keys song "No One". Sister Christina...

New album for British WWII forces' sweetheart Vera Lynn, 97 - 03/21/2014

LONDON- British singer Vera Lynn, the "forces sweetheart" who helped keep up morale during World War II, celebrated her 97th birthday on Thursday with the announcement of a new album of re-mastered...

Bulgari to fund refurbishment of Rome's Spanish Steps - 03/21/2014

ROME- Luxury jeweller Bulgari on Thursday answered the Italian government's appeal for help in financing a renovation of Rome's famous Spanish Steps. Bulgari, which was bought in 2011 by French...

Cavemen's rock music makes a comeback - 03/20/2014

PARIS, Mariette Le Roux, Laurent Banguet- Thousands of years after they resonated in caves, two dozen stone chimes used by our prehistoric forefathers will make music once more in a unique series of...
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