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A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition

New Indian Express  

AMSTERDAM: The annex where the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid from Nazi occupiers during World War II is heading to New York. A full-scale replica of the rooms that form the heart of the Anne Frank House museum on one of Amsterdam's historic canals is being built in the Netherlands and will be shipped across the Atlantic for a …

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Salzburg – the city that gave birth to the creator of eternal melodies
1 year, 7 months ago

Salzburg – the city that gave birth to the creator of eternal melodies

The Independent  

Here in Salzburg, an implausibly pretty city in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, musicians from all across the world are arriving for the world’s most prestigious music festival. open image in gallery Great Festival House in Salzburg Superficially, Mozart seems like the perfect poster boy for Salzburg – but like a lot of showbiz biographies, the facts don’t quite …

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No end in sight to Ukraine war even as global calls for ceasefire get louder
1 year, 8 months ago

No end in sight to Ukraine war even as global calls for ceasefire get louder

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 29, 2023 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ The chances of the Russia-Ukraine war ending any time soon are getting dimmer by the day. Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously said that one of the important reasons for carrying out the “special military operation” in Ukraine was to cleanse the country of neo-Nazis and fascists. Ukraine denied …

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Head-on | Russia-Ukraine war will remind world leaders at G20 summit in Bali of Europe’s violent past
2 years, 3 months ago

Head-on | Russia-Ukraine war will remind world leaders at G20 summit in Bali of Europe’s violent past

Firstpost  

At the G20 summit in Bali, as India prepares to assume the group’s year-long presidency, it will be seen by many as the engine that helps propel the world forward As world leaders of the G20 meet in Bali this week, the economic and geopolitical consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war will weigh heavily on the summit. Not only have more …

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The secret pigeons whose spy work left the Nazis flapping
7 years ago

The secret pigeons whose spy work left the Nazis flapping

Daily Mail  

Enemy searchlights had caught its outline as the RAF Whitley reached Nieuport on the coast of Nazi-occupied Belgium, and the German batteries opened up. A member of a Royal Air Force aircrew holding a carrier pigeon taking part in Operation Columba beside a Lockheed Hudson of Coastal Command around 1942 An RAF pilot takes a carrier pigeon on board his …

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The war zones
16 years, 2 months ago

The war zones

The Hindu  

Mumbai has seen terrorist attacks but not one like this. AT 9.30 p.m. on November 26, armed men stormed into The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel at Apollo Bunder near the Gateway of India in South Mumbai. For nearly three days, the terrorists held hundreds of people hostage, shot several persons dead and set fire to many areas in …

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