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A conference in Brussels on cultural and artistic exchange presented examples of EU-funded projects that bring art to a wider audience.
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The first International Security Technology Exhibition, KIPS 2011, will be held on 23-26 February 2011 in Kiev (Ukraine). The motto of the exhibition is ‘There can never be too much security!’
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Rio de Janeiro's famed samba groups stage rehearsals for their annual Carnival parades in the city's Sambadrome venue.
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In the beginning of the year, the company BS/2 Georgia, belonging to the Penki kontinentai group, expanded the spectrum of outsourcing services.
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The Egyptian Museum and the Pyramids reopen as the nation hopes to recoup some of the tourism lost during recent unrest.
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Egyptians celebrate late into the night marking the one week anniversary of the end of President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
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Japan says conservation groups have forced them to stop whaling expeditions for the rest of 2011.
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Two sharks attack and kill an abalone diver off the coast of South Australia.
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"Taxi Yoga," a new exercise class for taxi drivers, helps stretch away the stress of driving a cab in New York City.
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A Scottish Deerhound named Hickory wins Best in Show at the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
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A three-month-old baby gorilla takes its first shaky steps at London Zoo.
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Reacting to the dizzying changes in Egypt, MEPs passed a resolution calling on the EU to rethink and improve its political and financial strategy to assist the country’s transition to democracy, including organising free elections.
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Russia's judiciary appears increasingly politicised and lacking in impartiality, says the European Parliament in a resolution passed on Thursday 17 February, citing the questionable verdict on the Khodorkovsky case and violations of human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly.
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Climate change appears to be melting Mexico's two remaining glaciers faster than previously thought with scientists saying they could disappear within four years.
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A cross-eyed eyra - or wild cat - named Frank living at a German zoo near Leipzig is about to rob attention from Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum living only 25 kilometres away.
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Category 1 tropical Cyclone Carlos batters the northern Australian city of Darwin, uprooting trees and inundating homes.
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Twenty-five rescued circus lions leave Bolivia for a new life at a U.S. animal sanctuary.
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Prized artifacts are missing from the Egyptian Museum in Egypt's capital Cairo after looters broke in during recent unrest.
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22 films co-financed by the EU will be shown at this year's Berlinale, Berlin's International Film Festival, from 10-20 February.
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French bullfighter Sebastian Castella is recovering after he was gored in the ring on Saturday, fracturing his left clavicle.
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