Fire destroys rare German books
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A fire which ripped through a German library destroys thousands of rare books, although some were saved.
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"We still have great treasures to save and recover."  WEIMAR, Germany : Germany's famed Anna Amalia Library, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, reopened Wednesday, three years after a catastrophic fire consumed some 50,000 historic books. via International Herald Tribune
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A North Yorkshire stately home is almost destroyed by fire in the early hours, the fire service says.
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WEIMAR, Germany German officials are trying to determine exactly what was lost in a blaze at a library housing some the country&#39;s most prized books.
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GERMANY FRANKFURT -- Frankfurt police have seized several Arabic books at the world's biggest book fair after complaints that they breached a German ban on anti-Semitic writing, a director of the fair said yesterday. It was unclear precisely which and how many books were taken off the stands. The Frankfurt Book Fair is giving a special showcase this year to ...
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A mosque in the south-eastern Dutch village of Helden, near the German border, was on fire early today, police said. Firefighters battled the blaze.
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Allerton Castle in North Yorkshire, a listed gothic stately home, is almost destroyed by fire.
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Blistering heat and hot dry winds have fanned the fires. Forests fires that have ravaged southern Europe during the past month were some of the worst on record, the European Commission has said. via Jackaranda
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Sets for Ravi Chopra's Banda Hai Bindaas were gutted in a major fire that broke out at the Film City studio here early Saturday.
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Up to 30,000 irreplaceable books were destroyed in a fire on Thursday night at one of Germany&#39;s most historic libraries, in the eastern city of Weimar, officials said on Friday.
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The British Library raises Â£635,000 to save a rare 15th Century manuscript from being exported to Germany.
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A spectacular fire destroyed a vacant, century-old warehouse early Wednesday, injuring three firefighters and forcing some people to evacuate nearby apartments.
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One of Germany's most precious libraries has been severely damaged by a fire in Weimar, the capital of German classical culture.
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Fire swept the Yankee Air Museum near Detroit Saturday, destroying several vintage planes and a World War II-era hangar, The Detroit News said.
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Germany still struggles to come to terms with the 1945 firebombing of Dresden - commemorated this weekend.
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Staff from Georgia's national film archives are examining material saved from a devastating fire in Tbilisi.
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WEIMAR, Germany - A historic German library that was gutted by fire in 2004 will reopen in October following a $15.8 million restoration, officials said Friday.  The Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar is to reopen with a ceremony on Oct.