BERLIN - DECEMBER 22: Visitors admire the Ishtar Gate from ancient...
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DECEMBER 26: The famed bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti stands on display at the Egyptian Museum on December 26, 2004 in Berlin, Germany.
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With the reopening of the Bode Museum, a cultural park in the former East Berlin has taken another step toward recovering its place as one of the worldÂs great centers of art.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Feb 14 (IPS) - After generations of occupation, Valentine's  Day has meant little in the Gaza Strip. But the flowers that  lovers presented in Europe has.
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Efharisto Greece! Not just for these remarkable and memorable 17 days. Rather, thank you for all of this -- the greatest celebration of humanity -- that was born here in ancient times, abandoned and then reborn here in 1896.
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Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Friday (local time), welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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BERLIN: The Queen laid a wreath at a Commonwealth war cemetery in eastern Germany yesterday on the second day of a state visit in which she urged Britain and Germany to learn from history.
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EU climate meeting foreshadows German G8 push A man signs a huge EU star placed in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate by members of the German environmental group BUND European Union leaders will put ...Comment
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem have brought an atmosphere of peace and goodwill to the holy city.
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(Undated) Dec. 25, 2004 - As the world celebrates Christmas, there is new hope for peace abroad despite ever-present tensions. The crowds are larger than in recent years at Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ.
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The restored ruins of two opulent Roman villas and private thermal baths will open to the public Saturday, along with a 3-D reconstruction that offers a virtual tour of the luxurious residences discovered in downtown Rome.
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Almost 15 years later, the Berlin Wall is rising again, overlooking the former Checkpoint Charlie, once the most famous meeting point between the Soviet and free worlds.
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For generations, visitors to New York City have headed to Times Square, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. But ever since Sept.
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No moment of Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip may be as closely watched as his walk through the majestic Haghia Sophia, a domed complex whose history spans Istanbul's stormy evolution from Christianity to Islam.
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For the 60th anniversary of the camp's liberation, the Buchenwald Memorial plans to offer its first souvenirs to visitors.
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Cheer came back partly to the Holy city, considered the birthplace of Jesus with Israel easing travel restrictions and extending goodwill gestures towards pilgrims and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
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A Jewish rabbi takes photos as he attends a conference in Tehran aimed at breaking taboos on the Holocaust, December 11.Comment
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Tourists puzzled by the jumble of  buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their  bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital in  what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation  of an ancient city.