Sunday 23 November 2008
New Qatar museum opens with a message
The new Museum of Islamic Arts in the Qatari capital houses 800 artistic and historical treasures from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Just as important: the museum aims to show that Islam is a religion of "tolerance", not "terrorism".
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- FASHION
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- Thursday 13 November 2008
- FRANCE 24 looks at the one piece of jewellery men do wear: the wrist-watch. Universally comforting, it is available in luxury as well as in cheap and quirky varieties. And despite financial ups and downs, the watch market is ticking away nicely.
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- LEBANON
- Phoenician funerary jars open link to past
- Wednesday 12 November 2008
- A team of Lebanese and Spanish archaeologists have discovered more than 100 Phoenician funerary jars outside the Lebanese city of Tyre. These 2,900-year-old remains provide important clues to a little-known, ancient civilisation.
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- ANCIENT ROME
- Google rebuilds Rome's Empire for the web
- Wednesday 12 November 2008
- Google has constructed a three-dimensional version of ancient Rome online, allowing web explorers to see what the famed city looked like in its heyday in 320 AD.
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- CULTURE
- Egyptian novelist Gamal Ghitany’s new novel
- Wednesday 12 November 2008
- In this edition: Egyptian author Gamal Ghitany presents: "Les poussières de l'effacement"; "The Duchess", a movie about the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; and Cameroonese photographer Samuel Fosso.
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- FOOD
- Tokyo to top Michelin guide again
- Tuesday 11 November 2008
- The famous French Michelin guide made waves last year when it awarded Tokyo restaurants a total of 191 stars, allowing them to beat their Paris counterparts 2 to 1. This year, the gap is set to widen further.
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- LITERATURE
- Afghan and Guinean writers win top French book awards
- Monday 10 November 2008
- Guinean author Tierno Monénembo was awarded France's Renaudot prize for his novel "Le Roi de Kahel". Earlier, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi won the Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award, for "Syngué Sabour", his first French novel.
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- Friday 21 November 2008
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