Arts

Dublin ignores recession to celebrate Bloomsday - 06/17/2009

DUBLIN, Andrew Bushe - Thousands of James Joyce fans Tuesday cast aside worries about recession in Ireland to recreate Bloomsday, the fictitious day at the centre of the author's most famous novel,...

Ventures guitar legend Bogle dies at 75 - 06/17/2009

LOS ANGELES- Legendary guitarist Bob Bogle, a founding member of 1960s instrumental group The Ventures, has died, his band announced in a statement Tuesday. He was 75. Bogle, who founded the group...

Death of Mia Farrow's brother 'suspicious': report - 06/17/2009

NEW YORK- The sculptor brother of actress Mia Farrow has been found dead in his art gallery in the northeastern US state of Vermont, and police are treating the death as suspicious, local media said...

Architect slams Prince Charles' 'unconstitutional' intervention - 06/16/2009

LONDON - A leading architect whose plans for a modern building in central London were scrapped following criticism from Prince Charles slammed the royal's intervention Tuesday as "totally...

Egypt to publish Israeli novels for first time - 06/13/2009

CAIRO - Egypt will publish Arabic translations of novels by renowned Israeli writers Amos Oz and David Grossman for the first time, a culture ministry official told AFP on Thursday. "I hope to...

UN adopts tougher NKorea sanctions - 06/13/2009

UNITED NATIONS, Gerard Aziakou - The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to slap tougher sanctions on North Korea to cripple its nuclear and ballistic missile programs....

Nick Faldo, Christopher Lee knighted in British honours - 06/13/2009

LONDON, Robin Millard - Golf legend Nick Faldo and veteran horror actor Christopher Lee were both made knights in Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours list released Saturday. Japanese pianist...

Riyadh goes to the movies -- for the first time - 06/10/2009

RIYADH, Paul Handley - They only had a few hours' notice, but a few hundred Saudis braved a small band of religious hardliners to take part in a historic event on Saturday night: the first public...

Picasso drawings stolen from Paris museum - 06/10/2009

PARIS - A sketchbook of 32 drawings by Pablo Picasso valued at eight million euros (11 million dollars) has been stolen from a Paris museum, police said Tuesday. Thieves seized the sketchbook from...

Cirque du Soleil celebrates 25th with creepy crawlies - 06/08/2009

MONTREAL, Clement Sabourin - Canadian acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, created in 1984 and now performing in all corners of the world, is celebrating its silver anniversary with the launch of its...
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