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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal - To conquer Paris from ......

MONTREAL, July 3 /CNW Telbec/ - The countdown has begun for Les GrandsBallets Canadiens de Montréal, which is feverishly preparing for its visit tothe Les étés de la danse de Paris festival. Thirty-four years after thestunning success of Tommy in 1974, the company's long-awaited return to theFrench capital will occur as part of the official events the celebration ofQu&eacu...

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Buying frenzy lights up the Iranian art market...

TEHRAN (AFP) — The prices have soared by a factor of 20 within two years, the galleries are packed with prospective buyers and the works are both modern and daring., but this is not s description of the art scene in New York, Paris or London, but Tehran.

Far removed from the increasingly tense standoff over the country's nuclear programme and domestic frustration because of rising...

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Mining threatens Cango Caves...

"We informed a local newspaper of our intention to drill prospecting pits with the help of percussion cylinders in the area of Matjiesrivier (34RD), Voorbedagt (33RD) and De Cango (26RD) in the Oudtshoorn district," said Heyl.

Limestone is used to manufacture cement. Limestone resources are limited in South Africa and cement has to be imported to meet demand.

"We are aiming to hand ...

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New teenage knife crime fatality in London: police...

LONDON (AFP) — A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in south London has died of his injuries, police said Friday, taking the number of teenagers killed by knives in the British capital this year to 18.

The youth, whose identity has not yet been released, was critically injured on Thursday afternoon. The 17th victim, also a 16-year-old boy, was fatally stabbed in north London early Sun...

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New Madame Tussauds in Berlin, Hitler included...

BERLIN (AFP) — A new branch of Madame Tussauds opens in Berlin on Saturday, including in its display of famous figures in Germany history the most notorious one of all, Adolf Hitler.

But in order not to give the impression that Hitler was in any way a figure to be revered, the Nazi leader appears as a broken man in a mock-up of his bunker just before the end of World War II.

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The enemy within? Fear of Islam: Britain's new disease...

Suspicion of the Muslim community has found its way into mainstream society – and nobody seems to care.

Three years ago, four young suicide bombers caused carnage in London. Their aim was not just to kill and maim. There was also a long-term strategic purpose: to sow suspicion and divide Britain between Muslims and the rest. They are succeeding.

In Britain today, there is a deepen...

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UPDATE 3-TD Bank hit by UK derivatives charge; trader leaves...

TORONTO, July 4 (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), Canada's second-largest bank, said on Friday it will take a pretax charge of about C$96 million ($94 million) for the mispricing of derivatives by a senior trader who has left the London office of its investment dealer unit.

TD Bank said that the charge in its TD Securities unit was tied...

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Larry Harmon, Bozo the Clown, Dead at 83...

Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one.

Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83.

As an entrepreneur, Harmon licensed the character to others, particularly dozens of television stations around the country. The stations in turn...

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