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Russian Hermitage museum celebrates 250th anniversary

The Russian Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg has celebrated its 250th anniversary with a dazzling light show

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Thailand's king cancels birthday appearance on health grounds

The King of Thailand has cancelled a public appearance for his 87th birthday on the advice of doctors. King Bhumibol Adulyadej has spent time in

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South Africans remember Nelson Mandela one year after his death

A year after the death of former president Nelson Mandela, South Africans have been remembering the man who led their country out of apartheid. At an

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Bhopal survivors still demanding justice on 30th anniversary of gas leak tragedy

Thirty years after the world's worst industrial disaster, survivors of the Bhopal gas leak have taken to the streets of the Indian city to demand justice.

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Opéra Comique: 300 years old and as much fun as ever

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Philippines marks 5-year anniversary of Maguindanao massacre

Ukraine

Ukraine remembers victims of Maidan one year on

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Merkel and Kopacz mark 25th anniversary of Polish-German reconciliation

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Kyiv prepares for Maidan anniversary as Joe Biden flies in

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Greeks remember 1973 uprising anniversary

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Germany

Escapes over the Berlin Wall

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The fall of the Berlin Wall

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Building the Berlin Wall

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Generation wall - growing up after the fall of the Iron Curtain

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1914: The start of a world war sees the death of a celebrated writer

France

1914: the war-time death of French writer Charles Péguy, my great grandfather

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Memories of Beslan a decade later

Cyprus

Nicosia International Airport: Abandoned since 1974!