Arts

North Korean orchestra opens musical bridge to Europe - 03/10/2012

PARIS, Dominique Simon- South Korean troops may be conducting live fire exercises near the North Korean frontier, and Pyongyang may be ramping up its anti-southern rhetoric, but there may be more...

Rock star welcome as queen kicks off jubilee UK tour - 03/09/2012

LEICESTER, Carl Court- Queen Elizabeth II was welcomed by a cheering crowd of thousands Thursday as she began her diamond jubilee tour of Britain, accompanied by Prince William's wife Catherine.The...

Sultan bin Zayed’s Centre Launches book by Renowned Researcher on Archaeology and History of UAE - 03/08/2012

Abudhabi - The Director General of Sultan bin Zayed’s Culture and Media Centre, Habib Al Sayegh, announced in a press conference held in the Centre the launch of the book In the Land of the Emirates:...

EU to fund last phase of Sarajevo library rebuilding - 03/08/2012

"Sarajevo will once again have its jewel, constructed in the era when Bosnia was a part of the Autro-Hungarian empire," Behmen said.Sorensen said the "protection of cultural heritage is of crucial...

Nobel laureate Garcia Marquez turns 85 - 03/07/2012

BOGOTA- Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez turned 85 on Tuesday, spending a quiet day at his home in Mexico City, the Colombian literary giant's relatives and aides said.But when your friends...

Romanian opera diva debuts in Washington - 03/05/2012

WASHINGTON- Romanian opera diva Angela Gheorghiu was hailed Saturday in Washington as she made her opera debut in the US capital, 20 years after launching her international career in...

Tens of thousands attend Italian singer's funeral - 03/05/2012

His hometown declared a day of mourning for the funeral, which coincides with Dalla's birthday, and people travelled from across Italy for the event saying that the singer-songwriter's music had...

Afghan children dream of musical future - 03/04/2012

KABUL, Claire Truscott- Sayed Elham sits at the piano lost in Chopin as he dreams of becoming Afghanistan's first famous concert pianist and one of the original graduates of the country's only...

Photo show captures Bob Dylan, rock star in the making - 03/04/2012

PARIS, Benedicte Rey- Rare photographs of Bob Dylan, shot over a year-long period in the mid-1960s, go on show in Paris next week in an exhibit that captures the moment the protest folk singer...

Intricate 'noh' masks for Japan's tsunami lost - 03/02/2012

TOKYO- An amateur carver of the ornate masks used in traditional "noh" theatre took visitors on a tour of his works Thursday, in an exhibition mounted in memory of family who died in Japan's...
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