Nakizumo 'crying sumo' festival held in Japan
Tokyo - Japan's traditional Nakizumo, or crying sumo, festival took place Sunday as babies competed to bawl the loudest in the arms of sumo wrestlers as a prayer to the gods for good health. Parents pray at the annual event at the Sensoji temple in t...
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Artist Spencer Tunick seeks nude crowd in Ireland
Cork, Ireland - Acclaimed US contemporary visual artist, Spencer Tunick, best known for his ability to pull large nude crowds, has put out a call for those prepared to bare all in public in Ireland for his latest project. The sometimes controversial ...
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Simplified edition of Anne Frank diary announced
Amsterdam - The Dutch Read & Write Foundation on Friday announced the publication of a simplified edition of the Anne Frank Diary for 1.5 million Dutch nationals who have difficulty reading or have only recently learned to read. The original text has...
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Frankfurt's Jewish museum celebrates Oskar Schindler
Frankfurt - Frankfurt's Jewish Museum opened an exhibition Wednesday to mark the centennial of the birth of Oskar Schindler, the true-life hero whose story was told in the movie Schindler's list. The German, born April 28, 1908 in the Sudetenland reg...
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2008-04-23 ] Category : [
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Switzerland returns ancient urn to Greece
Athens - Switzerland returned a 2,400-year-old funerary urn to Greece on Monday after discovering that it had been taken out of the country illegally, the Culture Ministry said. The ancient marble oil flask or lekythos was returned to Greece by a Swi...
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2008-04-21 ] Category : [
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Diminished Art Cologne opens with focus on Asian buyers
Cologne, Germany - Art Cologne, the world's oldest dealer fair, opens in Germany Wednesday with a focus on super-rich Asian art collectors, but the organizers are nervous about the competition from other fairs snapping at their heels. The 42nd fair, ...
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