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Choice Cinema is back in April: Macau International Film and Video Festival 2010

Still early, but about time to secure your tickets if you, as a movie-lover, want to be treated to selected movies that sometimes take long
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WORLD OF BACCHUS: Adega Borba

Built to protect the borders with Castela, the castle of Borba is located in the Northeast of Alentejo and was the embryo of the municipality ...
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Georgia’s unique cuisine aiming at world’s tables

Sitting in a restaurant in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Gia Natsvlishvili said his country’s unique cuisine, largely undiscovered by the outside world, could easily conquer international ...
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This Day in History: Deadly ‘Spanish’ flu reported

Just before breakfast on the morning of March 11, 1918, Private Albert Gitchell of the U.S. Army reports to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, ...
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Offbeat: Bottled ‘ghosts’ sold online in New Zealand

Two glass vials said to contain the ghosts of an old man and a young girl have been sold online in New Zealand for nearly ...
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This Day in History: Mine explosion kills 1,060 in France

A devastating mine disaster kills over 1,000 workers in Courrieres, France, on this day in 1906. An underground fire sparked a massive explosion that virtually ...
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Offbeat: To save paper, get free laptop

China has spent 10 million yuan (1.5 million dollars) on computers for thousands of members of an advisory body attending the annual parliamentary session – ...
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This Day in History: Barbie makes her debut

On this day in 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City.Eleven inches tall, with a ...
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Offbeat: Send us pig fat not chaos

Strongman Vladimir Putin made clear last week in typically vivid terms what he wanted from Ukraine, inviting the country’s new leader to export pig fat ...
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This Day in History: ‘February Revolution’ begins

In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins on this day in 1917 when riots and ...
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