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Stone stacking contest brings gravity-defying sculptures to Scottish beach 23 Apr 2018 - 06:13 pm
Overall winner, Pedro Duran from Spain, competes in the European Stone Stacking Championships 2018 in Dunbar, Scotland, on April 22, 2018.  AFP / Andy Buchanan
Book World: Lisa Scottoline's deliciously distracting thriller 'After Anna' 23 Apr 2018 - 03:19 pm
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NY's Met museum recreates a vivid taste of Versailles 21 Apr 2018 - 08:43 am
A visitor walks past a picture in the 'Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789) exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 20, 2018. / AFP / Thomas URBAIN
Poetry contest decision due for teen who fled native Zambia 20 Apr 2018 - 07:25 pm
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No job, no money: Life in Vietnam for immigrants deported by US 20 Apr 2018 - 06:15 pm
Vietnamese deportee and Amerasian Pham Chi Cuong, 47, who was deported from U.S., eats along a street in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam April 20, 2018, Reuters/Kham
Boston business that helps blacks hit by racist graffiti 19 Apr 2018 - 08:28 pm
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Muslim woman who refused handshake denied French citizenship 19 Apr 2018 - 08:12 pm
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Aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel? 18 Apr 2018 - 09:22 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A retired woman is helped by a nurse, while staying at the Care Resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand April 6, 2018. Reuters/Jorge Silva
George and Barbara Bush: A storybook 73-year marriage 18 Apr 2018 - 07:02 pm
In this file photo taken on January 26, 2002 US President George W. Bush (2nd-R), his wife Laura (R), parents former US President George Herbert Walker Bush (L) and former first lady Barbara Bush (2nd L) as they leave St. John's Episcopal Church after Sun
Meghan's choice: Will a royal tiara grace the big day? 18 Apr 2018 - 02:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: An official engagement photo released by Kensington Palace of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle taken by photographer Alexi Lubomirski, at Frogmore House in Windsor, Britain, December 21, 2017. Picture taken in the week commencing December 17, 20
Land activist and descendant of slaves slain in Brazil's Amazon 18 Apr 2018 - 01:02 am
Nazildo dos Santos Brito (Photo courtesy: portaldascebs.org.br)
Belgium to name first square after Congo independence hero Lumumba 17 Apr 2018 - 07:54 pm
This November 01, 1960 photo shows soldiers guarding prime minister of then Congo-Kinshasa, Patrice Lumumba (R), and vice-president of the Senate, Joseph Okito, upon their arrest in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa).  AFP
Malaysian shaman who hunted for MH370 using coconuts and a "magic" carpet to contest election 17 Apr 2018 - 06:53 pm
Malaysia's King of Bomoh, Ibrahim Mat Zin, 68, attends a press conference in Malaysia's northern town of Ipoh on April 17, 2018. AFP
Boy unearths legendary Danish king's trove in Germany 16 Apr 2018 - 08:50 pm
Parts of the silver treasure are pictured on a table in Schaprode, northern Germany on April 13, 2018. A 13-year-old boy and a hobby archaeologist have unearthed a
Albania's pelicans return to their lagoon 'kingdom' 16 Apr 2018 - 08:13 am
This picture taken on March 11, 2018, shows a curly pelican in the Karavasta lagoon, part of the Divjake Karavasta National Park. AFP / Gent SHKULLAKU
Afghan artisans pit their talents against Chinese imports 15 Apr 2018 - 09:27 am
An Afghan tailor hanging an embroidered coat on the wall at Zarif Design House in Kabul. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Edgy times on China's border with North Korea 12 Apr 2018 - 08:21 pm
North Korean fishermen are seen as a Chinese flag flutters from the Broken Bridge as the sun sets over the Yalu River between the North Korean town of Sinuiju and Dandong in Liaoning Province, China, November 19, 2017. Reuters/Damir Sagolj
New York City's top earners still choose Manhattan over Brooklyn 12 Apr 2018 - 07:42 pm
Lower Manhattan including the financial district is pictured from the Manhattan borough of New York, June 1, 2016. Reuters/Carlo Allegri