Center-right Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and center-left Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi are, perhaps unsurprisingly, not the closest of friends. What is surprising, however, is that the turf of their latest ideological battle is not politics but art history, with each man claiming that his government has control of Michelangelo’s towering “David” sculpture, on view at the Accademia gallery in Florence.
September 6, 2010
Tony Blairs first book signing is ruined by anti-war protestors – four to appear in court for throwing eggs and shoes
FOUR MEN are to appear in court later this month following a protest in Dublin city centre on Saturday where former British prime minister Tony Blair held a public book signing, the first since his memoirs were released this week.
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September 2, 2010
Duck of Death (Part One)
The first independent Movie made by Pigeon project. An excellent script written by Jamie Marshall. The pigeon project tech team may not have been able to give it justice in the filming, but Rome wasn’t built in a day.
August 30, 2010
Scottish poverty hotspot identified as North Ayrshire
NORTH Ayrshire has one of the highest poverty levels in the country, shock new figures reveal.
Almost one in four households are living in poverty.
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August 24, 2010
Taiwan’s Cold War spy pilots reveal secret missions
For weeks after narrowly escaping two Chinese missiles, Chuang Jen-liang would wake up at night bathed in sweat, but the Taiwanese spy pilot could talk to no one about his missions.
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August 9, 2010
Was Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist of all time? Next month will be 40 years since his death
On the morning of 21 September 1966, a Pan Am airliner from New York landed at Heathrow, carrying among its passengers a black American musician from a poor home. Barely known in his own country and a complete stranger to England, he had just flown first class for the first time in his life. His name was James Marshall Hendrix.
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August 8, 2010
Fidel Castro advises President Obama to avoid a Nuclear War
Former President Fidel Castro addressed Cuba’s parliament in his first public government act in four years Saturday, and appealed to world leaders, including President Barack Obama, to avoid a nuclear war.
August 4, 2010
Lawrence Salander the art dealer looking at 18 years for $120 million fraud
He cultivated their trust with his longstanding reputation as a prominent art dealer and endeared them with a smile, backslapping charm and firm reassurances. But he used it all to steal — not only money and valuable artwork, but also family heirlooms, memories of loved ones and connections to the past.
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August 3, 2010
US to attend Hiroshima memorial for first time after 65 years
Sixty-five years after a mushroom cloud rose over Hiroshima, the United States will for the first time send an envoy this Friday to commemorate the bombing that rang in the nuclear age.
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August 2, 2010
A new spectacular sculpture to be carved out of the Yorkshire Dales
A spectacular sculpture which has been compared to the Angel Of The North is being carved out in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales
Coldstones Cut, a major piece of public art made out of giant blocks of rock, is transforming the landscape near the village of Pateley Bridge.
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