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From the Andes to Los Angeles: air crashes that rocked the sports world

The 1972 Andes plane crash involving Uruguay's Old Christians rugby team, made famous by the fact that some of the survivors ate the remains of other victims, is just one of several aviation disasters to hit the sporting world since the dawn of air travel.. - 2016: Brazilian footballers -  A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team ran out of fuel and crashed in the Andes near Medellin, Colombia, on November 28, 2016. 

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 3 mins read

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Why English audiences have the toughest time with Shakespeare

All the world's a stage but the irony is the rest of the globe often has an easier time understanding William Shakespeare than English speakers. . They need footnotes, props and staging to understand," said Alexa Alice Joubin, a Shakespeare scholar at George Washington University. 

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 3 mins read

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'Our home': Lesotho's last cave dwellers

Inside a dimly-lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, 67, dusts off an animal skin. . "None of that here," scoffs Ntefane, as she stands outside her home, gazing at the mountains, while cow bells ring in the distance.  cld/ub/gw/smw

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 2 mins read

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Weinstein sex assault trial opens in Los Angeles

Jury selection began Monday in the Los Angeles trial of disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, with five alleged victims expected to take the stand during the two-month case.. The potentially lengthy task of selecting a jury got underway Monday with Judge Lisa Lench overseeing proceedings.

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 2 mins read

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German cybersecurity chief faces sack over alleged Russia ties: sources

Germany's cybersecurity chief is facing the sack over alleged ties with Russian intelligence services, government sources told AFP on Monday, amid heightened vigilance over potential sabotage activities by Moscow.. The Handelsblatt daily reported that there was "great annoyance" within the government over the allegations.

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 2 mins read

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Jean Paul Gaultier sued by Uffizi in Botticelli bottoms row

The Uffizi museum in Florence said Monday it was suing French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier for "unauthorised use" of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", its Italian Renaissance masterpiece.. The Uffizi is one of the world's great museums, housing works from some of the greatest painters of the Renaissance, from Botticelli to Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio and Titian.

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 1 mins read

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Bernanke: Depression scholar who faced global financial crisis

Ben Bernanke, who shared the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, is a scholar of the Great Depression who helped to steer the United States through another major financial crisis as Federal Reserve chief.. Bernanke was singled out for his analysis of "the worst economic crisis in modern history" -- the Great Depression in the 1930s.

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 3 mins read

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Jailed Putin opponent Kara-Murza wins Council of Europe rights prize

Jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza is the winner of this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said on Monday.. The award comes after the Russian rights group Memorial was a co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. maj-sjw/adp/rox

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 1 mins read

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'Stranger Things' music coordinator on reigniting love for Kate Bush

The woman who picked Kate Bush for "Stranger Things", creating an unlikely summer smash, says Bush's song allowed the world a much-needed sigh of relief after the stress of the pandemic.. "'Stranger Things' is magical.

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 3 mins read

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'Human billiards' installation rolls into Danish museum

What might appear to be a bouncy game of giant-sized billiards is actually the recreation of a playful 1970s art installation, on display at a museum on the outskirts of Copenhagen.. Arken Museum of Modern Art, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) southwest of central Copenhagen, has faithfully recreated "Giant Billiard", an installation first staged in 1970 by rebellious Austrian architect/artist group Haus-Rucker-Co. Back then, the group's three founders believed times called for radical change -- an inflatable oasis, they thought, might help break down existing hierarchies of power and create new utopian urban spaces.

Mon, Oct 10, 2022 2 mins read