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Gold Worth $700,000 Stolen In Paris' Natural History Museum
Thieves have broken into Paris's Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth 600,000 euros ($700,000) in the latest of a series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum.
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How Luxury Hotels Like Hilton Kathmandu And Hyatt Regency Fell To Nepal Protests
Protesters in Nepal attacked and set fire to several luxury hotels in the capital city, Kathmandu, this week
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India Demands Bangladesh "Rein In Terrorists" After Tagore's Home Vandalised
India has strongly condemned the "despicable" and "disgraceful" act of violence and vandalism on poet, polymath, and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh, describing the perpetrators of the act as "terrorists".
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Mob Vandalises Tagore's Ancestral Home In Bangladesh Over Parking Dispute
The incident sparked local outrage. On Tuesday, residents formed a human chain in protest, which was followed by a mob storming the premises. The auditorium of the Kachharibari was vandalised, and a director of the institution was physically attacked
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"Act Of Terror": FBI On Killing Of 2 Israeli Embassy Staff In US
US Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen called the tragic murder of 2 Israeli Embassy employees outside the Jewish National Museum in Washington.
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"Will Make Sheeshmahal A Museum": Delhi Chief Minister-Elect Rekha Gupta
BJP has been attacking Arvind Kejriwal over the renovation of the bungalow at 6 Flagstaff Road in Delhi.
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"Cry, Bangladesh Cry": Taslima Nasreen After Arson Attack On Mujibur Rahman's Dhaka Home
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen expressed anguish on Thursday over the arson attack on Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence in Dhaka and stressed that memories of freedom fighters must never be erased.
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Protesters Throw Soup At Mona Lisa Painting In France, Here's Why
An environmental group called 'Riposte Alimentaire' has claimed responsibility for the act. Louvre museum officials have confirmed the painting is unharmed.
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Russian Drones Strike University, Museum Linked To Ukrainian Nationalists
Russian drones attacked a university and a museum linked to two of the most prominent 20th-century defenders of Ukrainian national identity on Monday, leaving locals vowing to repair the damage.
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Visitors Evacuated, Louvre Museum In Paris Shuts For Security Reasons After Threat
The Louvre museum in Paris closed "for security reasons" on Saturday, while France is on high alert following an attack in the northeastern town of Arras.
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"Trying To Destroy History": Sanjay Raut On Renaming Of Nehru Memorial Museum
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the central government for renaming the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society and said that the BJP-led centre is trying to "destroy history".
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Shark That Ate Russian Man On Camera To Be Mummified In Egypt Museum
Some of his body parts were recovered inside the shark's stomach, while the rest were recovered by fishermen from the sea.
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Climate Activists Glue Their Hands To 2 Francisco Goya Paintings In Spain
Two climate activists on Saturday each glued a hand to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at the Prado museum in Madrid, police said.
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Eco-Activists Glued Themselves To Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Painting
Dutch police arrested three people after climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on Thursday.
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Man Gets Life In Brussels Terror Attack, Tells Jury "Life Goes On"
French citizen Mehdi Nemmouche was sentenced to life in jail on Monday for shooting dead four people in a Jewish museum in 2014, telling the court "life goes on" in his last words to the jury.
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Gold Worth $700,000 Stolen In Paris' Natural History Museum
Thieves have broken into Paris's Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth 600,000 euros ($700,000) in the latest of a series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum.
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How Luxury Hotels Like Hilton Kathmandu And Hyatt Regency Fell To Nepal Protests
Protesters in Nepal attacked and set fire to several luxury hotels in the capital city, Kathmandu, this week
-
India Demands Bangladesh "Rein In Terrorists" After Tagore's Home Vandalised
India has strongly condemned the "despicable" and "disgraceful" act of violence and vandalism on poet, polymath, and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh, describing the perpetrators of the act as "terrorists".
-
Mob Vandalises Tagore's Ancestral Home In Bangladesh Over Parking Dispute
The incident sparked local outrage. On Tuesday, residents formed a human chain in protest, which was followed by a mob storming the premises. The auditorium of the Kachharibari was vandalised, and a director of the institution was physically attacked
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"Act Of Terror": FBI On Killing Of 2 Israeli Embassy Staff In US
US Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen called the tragic murder of 2 Israeli Embassy employees outside the Jewish National Museum in Washington.
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"Will Make Sheeshmahal A Museum": Delhi Chief Minister-Elect Rekha Gupta
BJP has been attacking Arvind Kejriwal over the renovation of the bungalow at 6 Flagstaff Road in Delhi.
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"Cry, Bangladesh Cry": Taslima Nasreen After Arson Attack On Mujibur Rahman's Dhaka Home
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen expressed anguish on Thursday over the arson attack on Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence in Dhaka and stressed that memories of freedom fighters must never be erased.
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Protesters Throw Soup At Mona Lisa Painting In France, Here's Why
An environmental group called 'Riposte Alimentaire' has claimed responsibility for the act. Louvre museum officials have confirmed the painting is unharmed.
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Russian Drones Strike University, Museum Linked To Ukrainian Nationalists
Russian drones attacked a university and a museum linked to two of the most prominent 20th-century defenders of Ukrainian national identity on Monday, leaving locals vowing to repair the damage.
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Visitors Evacuated, Louvre Museum In Paris Shuts For Security Reasons After Threat
The Louvre museum in Paris closed "for security reasons" on Saturday, while France is on high alert following an attack in the northeastern town of Arras.
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"Trying To Destroy History": Sanjay Raut On Renaming Of Nehru Memorial Museum
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the central government for renaming the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society and said that the BJP-led centre is trying to "destroy history".
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Shark That Ate Russian Man On Camera To Be Mummified In Egypt Museum
Some of his body parts were recovered inside the shark's stomach, while the rest were recovered by fishermen from the sea.
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Climate Activists Glue Their Hands To 2 Francisco Goya Paintings In Spain
Two climate activists on Saturday each glued a hand to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at the Prado museum in Madrid, police said.
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Eco-Activists Glued Themselves To Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Painting
Dutch police arrested three people after climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on Thursday.
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Man Gets Life In Brussels Terror Attack, Tells Jury "Life Goes On"
French citizen Mehdi Nemmouche was sentenced to life in jail on Monday for shooting dead four people in a Jewish museum in 2014, telling the court "life goes on" in his last words to the jury.
