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Muse, Pharrell fire up Coachela amid cooler temperatures 14 Apr 2014 - 12:33 am

INDIO, California: British rockers Muse and R&B singer Pharrell served up musical highlights at the Coachela Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday...

Kite festival 13 Apr 2014 - 12:39 am

People fly kites on the beach during the 28th International Berck-sur-Mer Kite Festival, in the northern French resort of Berck-sur-Mer, yesterday. The festival...

Garden of Europe 10 Apr 2014 - 12:40 am

A tulip field at the Keukenhof park, also known as the Garden of Europe, in Lisse, Netherlands. Keukenhof, employing some 30 gardeners, is...

Ming dynasty ‘chicken cup’ smashes record in sale 08 Apr 2014 - 11:55 pm

Nicolas Chow, Asia Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s International Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, poses with the cup in Hong Kong....

Last car driven by Elvis Presley goes on display 06 Apr 2014 - 12:57 am

Automobile restorer Walt Hollifield poses with Elvis Presley’s 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III during a media event at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) in Charlotte,...

Missing a teammate 05 Apr 2014 - 02:41 am

Skydivers form a missing man formation in Eloy, Arizona, on Thursday. A German skydiver, who was among 222 people trying to set a...

Small is beautiful 05 Apr 2014 - 02:39 am

Employees of the miniature park Kleiner Harz (literally Small Harz [mountains]) set up the first models in Wernigerode, Germany. One of the most...

Political theatre 04 Apr 2014 - 05:52 am

A man wearing the outfit of iconic movie villain Darth Maul (centre, in black), surrounded by men dressed as Emperor’s Royal Guards, takes...

Olivia with The Pink Ladies 04 Apr 2014 - 05:51 am

Entertainer Olivia Newton-John (right) poses in the Hell’s Chariot Ford Mercury convertible from the movie Grease with Jubilee cast members dressed as The...

Stolen Gauguin painting found in factory worker’s kitchen 03 Apr 2014 - 06:37 am

ROME: Italy yesterday said it had recovered a painting worth millions of euros by Paul Gauguin, stolen in London in 1970, bought by...

Fishy business 02 Apr 2014 - 07:28 am

A man takes a photo of fish-shaped balloons floating above water fountains to mark April Fools Day, called “Poisson d’Avril” in France, in...

How zebra stripes fox parasites 02 Apr 2014 - 07:27 am

PARIS: Zebras have stripes to deter the tsetse and other blood-sucking flies, according to a fresh bid to settle a debate that has...

Kelly retrospective comes home to Los Angeles 01 Apr 2014 - 06:40 am

People view art pieces based on the bottle city of Kandor during an exhibition of work by the late artist Mike Kelley, during...

Last trip 31 Mar 2014 - 01:26 am

A steam engine-pulled train operating the route Wolsztyn-Leszno in Polish region of Wielkopolska, leaves the station near Leszno, Poland, yesterday. The route is...

Bamboo-munching giant panda got a sweet tooth 30 Mar 2014 - 06:30 am

WASHINGTON: Giant pandas eat plenty of veggies, but apparently they like dessert, too. Scientists studying the endangered black-and-white bears said that while pandas...

Farmers make ‘Transformers’ out of used cars 28 Mar 2014 - 08:12 am

People looking at several life-sized “Transformer” models on display in a yard in Jinan, east China’s Shandong province. BEIJING: A group of farmers...

Dubai Festival of Lights 25 Mar 2014 - 07:00 am

Men walk on an illuminated bridge in downtown Dubai, with the Burj Khalifa tower in the background, during the Dubai Festival of Lights,...

Egypt unveils two more pharaoh statues 24 Mar 2014 - 10:10 am

Egyptian archaeological workers stand next to a newly displayed statue of pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor yesterday. LUXOR: Two colossal statues of pharaoh...