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(Photo: AP / Christophe Ena)Arch-enemy Dominique de Villepin takes aim at 'the dwarf' Nicolas Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he delivers his speech as he unveils details of a possible euro 35 billion ($52 billion) government-backed spending program, Monday Dec. 14, 2009 in Paris. the program aims at boosting France's investments in its universities as well as in fields such as electric cars and renewable energy....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Joseph Kaczmarek)Alito objected to Obama's history claim
President Barack Obama waves from the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. At right is Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J....Full Story

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Internationally recognized BODY WORLDS & The Brain exhibition making Canadian debut in Calgary
| CALGARY, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - TELUS World of Science - Calgary is excited to announce the Canadian premiere of the internationally acclaimed traveling exhibition Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS & The Brain on April 30, 2010. While other Canadian cities have played host ...Full Story
LACMA Hosts First Exhibition Devoted to Renoir's Late Work
      Press Preview: Wednesday, February 10, 10am-12noon | Download image | Download image | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LACMA presents Renoir in the 20th Century, an exhibition focusing on the last three decades of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's career,...Full Story
Swinging Chinatown: The golden age of Chinese nightclubs opening night gala and exhibit
| The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society (SFMHS) in collaboration with the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) are organizing Swinging Chinatown: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs. This rare exhibit features vintage photographs, costumes and memorab...Full Story
In pictures: Victorian time capsule found in Blackburn
| A Victorian time capsule has been discovered on a building site at Christ Church in Blackburn | Site foreman Chris Eccles (right) from developer Great Places Housing Group discovered the glass bottle hidden between two blocks of stone | It was found covered with a bra...Full Story
Goin’ to the Chapel…Goin’ to take pictures
A couple together with their entourages take photo shoots at the right side of the Notre Dame Cathedral - Photo: Jessica NguyenNotre Dame Cathedral is one of the notable landmarks in Ho Chi Minh City that guidebooks say everyone should visit because of its architecture....Full Story
Sarkozy's Father Paints 'Adorable' Carla's Portrait (PHOTOS)
| UPDATE 2/8: The exhibit has opened in Budapest. The portrait entitled 'Portrait NS - Nicolas Sarkozy' and Portrait CBS -Carla Bruni Sarkozy (R)' are seen on February 7, 2010 in the 'Abigail' gallery of Budapest during the opening of their exhibition. The joint retrosp...Full Story
Report tackles finances of exhibition centre
| Councillors are to be urged to extend a loan to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) amid concerns for its future. | The AECC currently faces debts of about £28m and has a turnover of about £5m. It is being subsidised by Aberdeen City Counc...Full Story
In pictures: Britain's only vacuum cleaner museum
| Britain's first vacuum cleaner musuem has opened Nottinghamshire. The museum is home to dozens of classic and vintage models dating back to 1919. | The exhibits are all part of a private collection owned by museum curator James Brown. "I've been into vacuum clean...Full Story
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Mon 8 Feb 2010
From The Morgue To The Gallery
National Post  By Vanessa Farquharson, National PostFebruary 8, 2010 4:09 AM   | For the first time since they were created, exactly 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Manuscript A -- a series of over 200 drawings that focus largely on bones and musc...
Rare Marilyn Monroe pictures on sale
The Times Of India Never before seen pictures of legendary Hollywood siren Marilyn Monroe are being put on sale. | The photographs show the screen legend with poet Carl Sandburg in December 1961 in New York. | Pictures were clicked by photographer Len Steckler when Mon...
Leonardo da Vinci's 500-Year-Old Inventions Brought to Life in One-of-a-Kind New Exhibit Making Its U.S. Premiere at Discovery Times Square Exposition on November 20
PR Newswire   'LEONARDO DA VINCI'S WORKSHOP,' DIRECT FROM MILAN, FEATURES LIFE-SIZE MODEL REPLICAS OF HIS FLYING MACHINES, AUTOMOBILE, ROBOTS AND WEAPONS OF WAR RECREATED FROM HIS PERSONAL NOTEBOOKS | EXHIBIT, CELEBRATING THE GENIUS OF LEONARDO, ALSO INCLUD...
PNG to exhibit art in New Zealand
Papua New Guinea Post | By BOLA NOHO | AESTHETE Gallery in New Zealand has extended an invitation to Papua New Guinea to exhibit its contemporary arts and also expose its artists. | The owner of Aesthete Gallery, Pirre Peeters had gained a reputation for many years for id...
Wanna make yummy paintings?
Arab News | K.S. Ramkumar | Arab News | Children learn painting chocolate drawings and toys at the newly opened Voila chocolate academy in Jeddah. (AN photos) | JEDDAH: "What's chocolate if you can't get your hands dirty," asks seven-year-old Khaled Maher, who...
Book exhibition
The Hindu | DHARWAD: An exhibition of books by S.L. Bhyrappa has been arranged at Prof. S.S. Basavanal Library, Karnatak University, Dharwad, on Monday, in the wake of the university conferring an honorary doctorate on the writer during the 60th annual convoca...
New Exhibit Opens At Mokupapa Discovery Center
MSNBC updated 6:45 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2010 | HONOLULU - | A new NOAA marine exhibit opened Saturday at Mokupapa Discovery Center on the Big Island. | The exhibit "Lost on a Reef" focuses on shipwreck sites discovered over the last decade in the Northwestern H...
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New exhibit honors Japanese American WWII veterans
The Examiner | The 442nd Regimental Combat Unit was a unit consisting entirely of Japanese American men who were segregated from the rest of the army in World War II. A group of photographs documenting and honoring the veterans and families of the 442nd is on dis...
Boulder Plane Crash Investigators Relying On Pictures, Witness Testimony
Huffington Post | BOULDER, Colo. — Investigators plan to talk to other pilots to determine whether they heard any communications between two small planes just before they collided in Colorado, killing all three people on board both planes while a glider under ...
Free admission this weekend to view lace exhibit at Wadsworth
The Examiner | If you are a Bank of America credit or debit cardholder customer you can have free admission to the Wadsworth Atheneum this weekend. | The Bank of America extends this invitation to its customers across the country and has selected 70 museums and/o...
'Snowmageddon' in pictures
The Examiner | It was by far the heaviest snowfall received by Northeast Ohio, and much of the Northeast, for the entire year. Some areas saw nearly three feet of snow on the ground. So, with all the wild weather across much of the country, there were sure to be ...
Winter Antiques Show Celebrates Its 56th Year With Six New Exhibitors and a Loan Exhibition from Historic New England
PR Newswire   - Benefits East Side House Settlement in the South Bronx - | Download image | Download image | Download image | NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Winter Antiques Show celebrates its 56th year as America's most prestigious antiques show, pr...
Like shooting fish in a barrel: How a photographer coaxed a kingfisher to pose for ...
The Daily Mail | Perched in a tree by the side of the pool, the kingfisher's beady eye is focused on just one thing - her lunch. | In a blinding flash of cobalt-blue and orange-chestnut she launches herself like a torpedo into the water to seize one of the minnows ...
Snow storm strikes Washington DC (10 pictures)
The Guardian | 1 / 10 | A woman walks on Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of the White House Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Close | ...
Museum of art focuses on stunning photographs by Gordon Parks
Toledo Blade As he documented Americana with cameras, Gordon Parks was living a life shaped by extraordinary talent and conscience. | Photographer, filmmaker, author, pianist, composer, and athlete, Parks traveled light years from his beginnings as the youngest o...
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Extended, Three Weeks Added to Its Run
PR Newswire | Download image | Announcement made as museum set to reach attendance goal of 250,000 visitors this weekend | ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --To accommodate visitor demand, the Science Museum announced today that it will extend the...
Galleries: Photo collages with shifting patterns of rhythmic motion
Philadelphia Daily News | By Edith Newhall | For The Inquirer Since his last Philadelphia exhibition, at the Gershman Y's Borowsky Gallery, David Slovic has stripped all references to the real world and to contemporary art from his work. His photographic collages from the l...
Today is the 4th day of the Deyata Kirula exhibition
Sri Lanka News web | Today is the fourth day of the Deyata Kirula National Development Exhibition and it is expected that a large number of people will throng to the exhibition grounds as has been the case since the exhibition was inaugurated on the 4th of February...
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