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Italy is blessed with its natural beauty. Old cities like Venice, a name which later became synonymous to architectural excellence, Rome and Sicily all adds up to its natural splendor. Italy is one of the biggest producers of wine. Traveling a destination like Italy is certain to provide lot of entertainment and pleasure which [...]

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World number three Maria Sharapova on Thursday announced on her website that she has to pull out of the Beijing Olympics due to shoulder injury.
“After yesterday’s match I knew there was something seriously wrong with my shoulder,” said Sharapova, who walked over the ongoing Montreal Cup third round match against Japanese Ai Sugiyama.
“After taking a [...]

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BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) — Turkish head of the Olympic delegation Mehmet Atalay said Wednesday when arrived in Beijing that the country’s athletes would try to grab five golds and more than ten medals at the forthcoming Beijing Olympics.
“Beijing Olympic Games is a very important sports event and that’s why we attache so much importance [...]

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The idea of having a European Capital of Culture was first put forward in 1985 when Melina Mercouri was Greek Minister for Culture. In the same year the European Union Council of Ministers determined the scope of the project and put it into implementation. From 1985 to 2000 one city from the countries which were [...]

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The 6th International Turkish Olympics continue apace, with the finalists chosen in Ankara set to receive prizes in a large ceremony to be held tonight at the Istanbul Gosteri ve Kongre Merkezi (performance and congress center).
The students participating in the competition are diverse, from different nations and walks of life. But the common link between [...]

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Pack your compass. As if to spurn the burgeoning crop of luxury palaces and slick boutique hotels crowding the Champs-Élysées area, a new wave of hip, independent-minded high-concept hotels is homesteading Paris’s more remote, less visited neighborhoods. Simply trying to find them is half the fun.
Owned partly by the proprietors of the nightclub Le Baron, [...]

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“Ça fait longtemps!” is what French friends say to each other when they meet up for the first time in years. With the recent reopening of two major Parisian museums after long renovations — and the debut of a third after years of expectations — the phrase could practically be Paris’s motto these days. But [...]

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The Athens-based World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) has hailed the efforts made by the Chinese people in holding successful and harmonious Olympic games.
According to a recent statement of the union, the WFTU condemned the attempts to politicize the Beijing Olympics and opposed those actions to impede and jeopardize the Games.
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