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FARC means peace!
02:22 29.08.2012 |
History, traditions
The guerrillas gave several statements seeking a way out of the situation in Colombia through dialogue. The content of the agreement will be revealed soon by the Colombian representative, according to the multistate TeleSUR TV.
Mona Lisa to be exhumed
07:46 06.04.2011 |
History, traditions
Florence researchers are about to excavate the bones of the woman they believe served as the model for Mona Lisa. Their hope is that facial reconstruction will prove once and for all if Lisa Gherardini was the subject of the Leonarda da Vinci portrait that has mesmerized viewers for centuries.
Lights go out for Earth Hour 2011 in over 130 countries
10:57 24.03.2011 |
History, traditions
Billions of citizens from more than 130 countries are expected to turn off their lights on Saturday for the Earth Hour 2011, the event organizer told Australia's media on Thursday.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Dostoyevsky of 20th century, dies of heart failure
02:26 04.08.2008 |
History, traditions
Alexander Solzhenitsyn died in Moscow at age 89. President Dmitry Medvedev presented his condolences to writer’s wife and sons. Stepan Solzhenitsyn said his father died late Sunday of heart failure, but declined further comment. Solzhenitsyn's unflinching accounts of torment and survival in the Soviet Union's labor camps riveted his countrymen...
