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Young filmmakers excitedly gather for Student Oscars
On Tuesday, Wouter Bouvijn left his home in Belgium for his dream trip to Hollywood. Wednesday morning, the 25-year-old filmmaker from Deinze, a small municipality in East Flanders, sat in the lobby of the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, jet-lagged but...
Tags: Academy Awards, Trey Parker, Movies, Lobbying, Teaching and Learning
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Beyonce cancels show in Belgium, cites dehydration, exhaustion
Beyonce has canceled a show in Belgium, citing dehydration and exhaustion as rumors of a second pregnancy continue to swirl around the pop diva. The singer, 31, was advised by doctors to rest and will be missing her Tuesday show at Sportpaleis in...
Tags: Beyonce, Fatigue, Entertainment, Jay-Z
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31 arrested in $50-million diamond robbery at Brussels Airport
LONDON — Thirty-one people have been arrested in a three-country sweep tied to a spectacular $50-million diamond heist at a Belgian airport in February, officials said Wednesday. More than 250 officers with the Belgian federal police and the...
Tags: France, Criminals, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Theft, Swiss Confederation
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Mother's Day: Beers for the brunch table
Although bloody marys, mimosas and Champagne are the typical go-to brunch libations, craft beer offers a wide array of flavors that perfectly match the mood -- and the food -- of a leisurely Mother's Day brunch. Here are four styles that can find a...
Tags: Boston Beer Company Inc., Lifestyle and Leisure, Mother's Day, Alcoholic Beverages, Dining and Drinking
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Dr. Christian de Duve dies at 95; Nobel-winning scientist
For the first half of the 20th century, the cell was a mysterious, unfathomable entity. Nutrients went in and hormones, wastes and other products came out. But what happened in between was anybody's guess. Light microscopes could reveal the rough...
Tags: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Medical Research, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Biology, World War I (1914-1918)
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Religious freedom under attack
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in...
Tags: Civil Rights, Pakistan, United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights, Islam
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Viking hordes set to invade Belgium's Plopsaland theme park
This summer, a Belgian theme park will add an $8-million Viking land based on a television cartoon and movie series with two rides and a restaurant set in a lakeside village. The 12-acre Vicky the Viking themed land will be built on the location of a...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Trips and Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Italy, Amusement and Theme Parks
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France's richest man drops controversial bid for Belgian citizenship
PARIS -- France's richest man, Bernard Arnault, the billionaire head of luxury goods group Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, has withdrawn his application for Belgian citizenship amid criticism that he was seeking to escape French taxes. The 64-year-old...
Tags: France, Bernard Arnault, Newspaper and Magazine
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Father Maur van Doorslaer dies at 87; famed for folksy plaques
Father Maur van Doorslaer lived a kind of double life. For decades, the Benedictine monk spent half the year working in a studio at an abbey in Belgium, painting abstract art in varying shades of white. For the other half, he took in the High Desert...
Tags: Painting, Religion and Belief, Building Material, Guggenheim Museum, Architecture
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Belgian case might mark where the right to die ends
Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the news that Belgium allowed the euthanasia of twin brothers who were deaf and going blind is how many commenters appear to favor this event and wish for similar laws in the United States. USA Today and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin
Gerard Depardieu now has Russian citizenship, courtesy of President Vladimir Putin, who Thursday delivered on a promise made a couple of weeks ago. Russia's main state-run TV station broadcast an open letter reportedly from the "Green Card" star (via...
Tags: Jean-Marc Ayrault, France, Television Industry, Vladimir Putin, Newspaper and Magazine
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