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Victor Hugo the hero and lover enjoys big TV revival 09 Apr 2018 - 01:39 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on October 10, 2006 shows the statue of Victor Hugo near the chapel in the courtyard of the Sorbonne university in Paris. AFP / Joël SAGET
Venerating the past, traditional costume fever grips Thailand 08 Apr 2018 - 02:56 pm
People dressed in traditional costumes look at a mobile phone at the Royal Plaza, as interest for historical clothing rises within the country, in Bangkok, Thailand April 6, 2018. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Busy bees turn Afghan schoolgirl into an entrepreneur 07 Apr 2018 - 10:46 am
Beekeeper Frozan, 16, checks a beehive in the Marmul district of Balkh province, Afghanistan March 29, 2018. Picture taken March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Woman mayor protests sumo sexism in off-ring speech at event 06 Apr 2018 - 05:52 pm
Tomoko Nakagawa (C), the mayor of the western Japanese city of Takarazuka, delivering a speech outside the sumo ring (R) during a local exhibition in Takarazuka, Hyogo prefecture on April 6, 2018. AFP Photo / Takarazuka City
Croatia man's 'Way of the Cross' protest against military jets 05 Apr 2018 - 09:59 pm
Sasa Pavlic walked 200 kilometres carrying a heavy wooden cross on his back to protest Croatia's purchase of military jets (AFP Photo/STR)
'Arousing emotions' with Bosnian rock a la francaise 05 Apr 2018 - 01:02 pm
Members of Bosnian band
Superfan's glimpse of UK royals leads to trans-Atlantic pilgrimage 05 Apr 2018 - 08:10 am
Royal superfan Donna Werner poses with some of the photos and memorabilia she has collected traveling to England for the weddings of Prince Andrew, Prince William and Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday celebration, at her home in New Fairfield, Connecticut,
Iraqi ex-soldiers make miniature models to stay in touch with army days 04 Apr 2018 - 07:03 pm
Radwan Nasser Abdel Amir, a former Iraqi soldier, 28, creates a mini-diorama to preserve war scenes in Mosul, in Kerbala, Iraq, April 1, 2018. Reuters/Abdullah Dhiaa Al-deen
Even monkeys need a spa day, Japan study finds 04 Apr 2018 - 12:59 pm
Image of a Japan's snow monkey used for representation.
Neanderthal nose: All the better to breathe with 04 Apr 2018 - 11:56 am
Neanderthals in an undated illustration. REUTERS
Oh deer: Japan park issues tips as animals nibble tourists 04 Apr 2018 - 10:46 am
This May 31, 2016 picture shows foreign tourists taking a picture with a deer at the Nara park in Nara. Japan / AFP / JIJI PRESS
Cellphones gaining acceptance inside US schools 03 Apr 2018 - 12:21 am
The percentage of K-12 public schools that prohibited cellphone use was about 66 percent in 2015-16, down from more than 90 percent in 2009-10, according to data from a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Among high schools,
Art of the theft: Book illustrates Boston museum heist 02 Apr 2018 - 09:22 pm
Musicians performing in the Courtyard of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  Photo courtesy:  Michael Blanchard / gardnermuseum.org
Martin Luther King Jr.'s work still resonates across Africa 02 Apr 2018 - 07:25 pm
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1963. Abbie Rowe, National Parks Service/JFK Presidential Library and Museum/Handou
Blacks largely left out among high-paying jobs 31 Mar 2018 - 06:26 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Romanian computer science students take part in an internship fair on the campus of the Polytechnic University on March 17, 2017 in Bucharest. (AFP / Andrei Pungovschi)
Novelist Anita Shreve dies 30 Mar 2018 - 11:11 pm
Anita Shreve (Photo courtesy: bibliotaphsblog.com)
'Uninhabited' Amazon may have been home to a million people 27 Mar 2018 - 08:56 pm
Chief Marcelino Apurina of the Aldeia Novo Paraiso in the Western Amazon region of Brazil near Labrea stands by a table of modern medicines delivered to the village on September 21, 2017. (AFP / Carl De Souza)
WWE signs first woman wrestler from Arab world 27 Mar 2018 - 05:40 pm
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