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Ken Follett alongside an advertisement for his "The Pillars of the Earth" bestseller -- one of whose scenes is set in a Parisian cathedral that readers may very well assume is Notre-Dame
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12.08.2024
'Pillars of Earth' author Follett mourns Notre-Dame
'View of the Sea at Scheveningen' (1882) was one of two Vincent van Gogh paintings recovered after 16 years
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12.08.2024
Stolen Van Goghs due back on display after 16 years
Fighters loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA)
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12.08.2024
UN draft resolution demands immediate Libya ceasefire
In Tuesday's court ruling, the prosecutor said that 69 defendants were sentenced to life in jail, 39 to 10 years, 23 to seven years and the rest to between three and five years imprisonment.
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12.08.2024
Bahrain jails 138 for planning Iran-linked 'terror' group
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Afghanistan is sending a massive government delegation to Qatar this week to meet Taliban officials for talks
World 12.08.2024
Hundreds of Afghan delegates to meet with Taliban in Doha
Sudanese protesters cut the meet of sheep and cows that they slaughtered as they celebrate the ousting of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir outside the army complex in the capital Khartoum
World 12.08.2024
Sheep slaughtered as Sudan protesters celebrate Bashir ouster
The vice president of the UN-backed government in Libya, Ahmad Maitig, warns 800,000 people could flee towards Europe if violence continues from an offensive on Tripoli by a military strongman, Khalifa Haftar
World 12.08.2024
Libya's UN-backed govt appeals to Europe against Haftar
Pedestrians look for dry ground on a street after heavy rains in Kabul
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Amid intense drought, deadly rains lash Afghanistan
Spanish police remove a cordon outside the Torrespacio skyscraper at the Cuatro Torres (Four Towers) business park in Madrid after a bomb warning proved to be false
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Madrid skyscraper housing embassies evacuated over false bomb threat
Tayeb Belaiz quit Tuesday as head of Algeria's constitutional council
World 12.08.2024
Algeria constitutional council chief quits: state TV
Sudanese women protest at the gates to army headquarters in Khartoum as protest leaders toughen their stance towards the military council which took the reins after top commanders toppled veteran president Omar al-Bashir last week
World 12.08.2024
Fear of army action as Sudan protesters toughen stand
German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell Borge Freiberg (left) and the chairman of energy group E.ON Johannes Teyssen (right) and a group of schoolchildren to open the new wind park
World 12.08.2024
Three things to know as Germany opens massive ocean wind park
Swedish 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg visited European Parliament in Strasbourg to push for climate action
World 12.08.2024
European voters urged to mobilise behind child climate activists
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