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Prayer service remembers victims of Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI, India -- Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 victims who died in the ruins of the world’s worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at...
Tags: Tesco plc, Bangladesh, Disasters and Accidents, New Delhi (India), National Government
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Bangladesh crowd gathers as collapse cleanup ends
NEW DELHI — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died in the world's worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at the Islamic prayer...
Tags: Tesco plc, Bangladesh, National Government, Plant Openings, Italy
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Review: Lang Lang leads the L.A. Phil on a jazzy jaunt
The famous first bars of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto summon four fortissimo horns to urgently blare a four-note descending figure and then leap. The full Los Angeles Philharmonic punctuated that leap Thursday night about as adamantly as I can...
Tags: Culture, Lang Lang, Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment
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Justice Department accuses U.S. citizen of being Cuban spy
WASHINGTON — Almost 30 years ago, two young women allegedly obtained fake passports in Europe for a clandestine trip to Cuba. Today, one is in prison serving a 25-year sentence for espionage; the other has taken shelter in Sweden. On Thursday, the...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Espionage and Intelligence, Johns Hopkins University, Prisons
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Search of Justin Bieber tour bus in Sweden yields weed, stun gun
As if Justin Bieber's European escapades haven't been entertaining enough already, let's add ... a drug raid in Sweden! A strong smell of marijuana got authorities' attention Wednesday night when the bus was outside the Biebs' hotel before the Stockholm...
Tags: Aftonbladet (newspaper), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Media, Justin Bieber, Drug Trafficking
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Europe austerity strategy is hurting growth, IMF says
WASHINGTON — Britain and the Eurozone are steadfastly sticking to austerity measures despite increasing evidence that such action alone isn't working to revive their economies and is dragging down global growth. Such persistence, analysts said,...
Tags: Brookings Institution, United Kingdom, International Organizations, World Bank Group, Angela Merkel
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The Hives and the Cardigans involved in bizarre band-loan ruling
Defeat doesn't come easy to the brash rock 'n' rollers in the Hives. But a Swedish court may have just one-upped them with a multimillion-dollar ruling in a strange case of management malpractice, according to the BBC and Radio Sweden. The ruling...
Tags: Muhammad Ali, Staples Center, BBC
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Uncertainty around Kent Nagano's tenure at Montreal Symphony
Kent Nagano's tenure at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra appears uncertain following reports that the American conductor will depart the orchestra when his current contract as music director expires in 2016. But the orchestra's management has vigorously...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Montreal (Canada), Entertainment, Music
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The Week in Pictures | April 1-7, 2013
FrameworkEach week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Tensions are high on the Korean Penninsula, where North Korea has been railing against U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began in March and are to continue until the end of this month.... -
Steal his movie and Simon Klose will thank you
AUSTIN, Texas — Simon Klose would like you to steal his movie. Stream it, download it, share it with someone in Croatia or Brazil and remix it with videos of kittens playing patty-cake, if that's your kind of thing. Klose, 37, is the director of...
Tags: Stockholm (Sweden), Film Festivals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, File Sharing, Media Industry
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Bebo Valdes, Cuban pianist and composer, dies at 94
Bebo Valdes, the legendary Grammy-winning Cuban pianist, composer and father of his equally accomplished pianist son, Chucho Valdes, has died in Sweden at 94. During his artistic prime, in the 1940s and '50s, the elder Valdes ranked among the key...
Tags: Nat King Cole, Cuba, Entertainment, Music, Music Industry
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Sweden's Liseberg plans Projekt Helix megacoaster for 2014
Ride enthusiasts are already drooling over a multi-launch roller coaster coming to a Swedish amusement park that promises six inversions and a series of near-miss encounters with other rides dotting a wooded hillside terrain. Photos: Projekt Helix...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Media Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Germany, Entertainment
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