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1925 French Painting Returned to Venezuela

Ut World July 8, 2014 0

A painting believed to be a 1925 work by French artist Henri Matisse worth around $3 million was returned to Venezuela from the United States on Monday more than a decade after it was stolen from a museum in Caracas, Venezuela’s government said. The “Odalisque in Red Pants” Continue Reading

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Israel Attacks 10 Sites in Gaza Strip

Ut World July 6, 2014 0

It was reported that an Israeli aircraft attacked 10 sites that was being used by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday . The Israeli military said that it was a response to the persistent rocket strikes from the enclave. Among the targets of the air strikes, there were rocket launchers and a weapons […]Continue Reading

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Days of Music With Marsalis

Ut World July 5, 2014 0

Music is something which always lightens the hearts. For the past three nights, U.S. jazzman and a man who has served as a United Nations goodwill ambassador, Wynton Marsalis allowed his band and the guests to shine in performances from the Pakistani sitar jazz to the reflections on the 50’s and he 60’s music of […]Continue Reading

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Testing Your Stress Level Using Your Smartphone

Ut World July 5, 2014 0

The only thing we may love about our smartphones are the so many endless applications that we can download for our everyday uses, whether it’s for work, fun, or just time pass. Now the next addition to the collections of applications is coming online which is a stress test according to researchers. According to the […]Continue Reading

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Indian Nurses in ISIS captivity Moved from Tikrit

Ut World July 4, 2014 0

    It has been reported that about 46 Indian nurses are stranded in the militant controlled city of Tikrit, the hometown of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Iraq. They have been moved “against their will” to another location and are presently in ISIS captivity. According to foreign ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, their […]Continue Reading

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Finance minister Arun Jaitley criticized for his Facebook post

Ut World July 3, 2014 0

When a Facebook post suggested that the finance minister might be pondering less things than the threat of the tough measures in the Indian government’s first budget next week, anger was stirred amongs many. Now what was the post by Arun Jaitley? The post stated “this day is celebrated to raise awareness about the existence […]Continue Reading

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Actress and activist Ruby Dee to be honoured

Ut World July 2, 2014 0

Friends, family and fans of actress and activist Ruby Dee, who died last month at the age of 91, will honour her life and legacy at a memorial service in New York in September, a family spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The friends, family and fan of the actress and activist Ruby Dee, who had died […]Continue Reading

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Director and Writer Paul Mazursky passes away

Ut World July 2, 2014 0

The writer and director of Oscar-nominated films such as “An Unmarried Woman,” and “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” Paul Mazursky has passed at the age of 85 in Los Angeles at Cedars Sinai Medical Center from pulmonary cardiac arrest. Mazursky, was the co-creator for the television series “The Monkees” television series. He had […]Continue Reading

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Apple believes in equality and diversity as they take part in Gay Pride parades

Ut World July 1, 2014 0

As the San Francisco Pride Festival took place, Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and other prominent Silicon Valley technology companies flew the flag for gay rights as they wanted to encourage morale among employees and reflect a corporate culture of diversity. Thousands of Apple employees donned specially designed T shirts at the festival and were seen […]Continue Reading

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Iraq’s Shi’ite cleric wants a prime minister chosen in four days

Ut World June 28, 2014 0

Iraq’s leaders were called on by the most influential Shi’ite cleric to choose a prime minster within the next four days. This is a very dramatic political intervention that is being taken on which could mean the end of Nuri al-Maliki’s eight year rul. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who commands unswerving loyalty from many of […]Continue Reading