JOHANNESBURG, Jaime Velazquez- So revered is Nelson Mandela today that it is easy to forget that for decades he was considered a terrorist by many foreign governments, and some of his now supporters....
PERM, Stuart Williams- In a provincial music institute a thousand kilometres from Moscow, deep in Russia's Urals, a conductor and his orchestra rehearse as the spring light floods through the windows...
CAIRO- Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi clashed on Tuesday outside the culture ministry, where artists have been protesting against what they see as efforts to...
BERLIN- One of Germany's most renowned drama companies, founded by the late playwright Bertolt Brecht, received notice Monday that its contract to perform at a Berlin theatre has been cancelled after...
LONDON, James Pheby- Scottish author Iain Banks, best known for his novels "The Wasp Factory" and "The Crow Road", has died aged 59, two months after revealing that he had terminal cancer, his...
ROME- Italian conductor Bruno Bartoletti, a maestro of contemporary music who specialised in opera, died Sunday in the central city of Florence on the eve of his 87th birthday, ANSA news agency...
MOSCOW, Olga Nedbaeva- She has led Moscow's renowned Pushkin Museum for over half a century, helped Russians discover the art of her friend Marc Chagall and battled to bring late impressionist art...
PARIS, Angus MacKinnon- Australia has been challenged to match France's promotion of Aboriginal art after the inauguration of a landmark work in Paris. Gija artist Lena Nyadbi's Dayiwul Lirlmim...
NEW YORK- New York's prestigious Museum of Modern Art is planning a major exhibition on the work of celebrated French architect and designer Le Corbusier, which will open later this month, officials...
FLORENCE, Dario Thuburn- US author Dan Brown revealed the human tendency for conspiracy was the secret behind his bestsellers at a talk on Thursday in Florence, where tourists are flocking in the...
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