Antananarivo - At least three people have been reported killed in anti-government protests that broke out in the island country on Monday.
Looting has also spread across the capital Antananarivo, starting in the Chinatown business district.
The buildings of two television stations considered close to the government were set on fire, and according to the latest reports the city's central jail was stormed for the release of 3 youths arrested earlier for attacks on government buildings.
Madrid - The Colossus, long regarded as one of the masterpieces of Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), was done by another painter, Madrid's Prado museum confirmed Monday in a study published on its website.
The experts who participated in the study suggest that the work, emblematic of Spain's 1808-14 war for independence from France, during which it was created, may have been done by Asensio Julia, a little-known assistant to Goya.
Berlin - Almost 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, an untouched corner of former East Germany has been discovered behind the door to a Leipzig home.
When architect Mark Aretz stepped into the fourth-floor apartment, it was like entering a time warp. The calendar on the wall dated back to August 1988 and the last remnants of the owner included a postcard dated April 11, 1989.
Bangalore, Jan 24: The driver of the Honda Accord, Karthik Somaiah, who killed five persons in Bangalore today morning, surrendered before the Police after eluding them for hours.
Police said, "Somaiah was returning from a friend''s house in Koramangala to his Indiranagar home after overnight stay, rammed down a group of morning walkers today morning.
Somaiah is employed in a multinational bank and he surrendered in Shivajinagar Police station.
Washington - Antarctica is warming, despite the recent scientific consensus that the southernmost continent was not being impacted by global warming, a study published in the journal Nature said Thursday.
Scientists had observed warming in the Antarctic Peninsula that extends north from the icy continent, but the rest of the continent was believed to be stable or even cooling as the rest of Earth's continents saw temperatures increase.
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Antananarivo - At least three people have been reported killed in anti-government protests that broke out in the island country on Monday.
Madrid - The Colossus, long regarded as one of the masterpieces of Spanish artist Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), was done by another painter, Madrid's Prado museum confirmed Monday in a study published on its website.
Berlin - Almost 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, an untouched corner of former East Germany has been discovered behind the door to a Leipzig home.
Bangalore, Jan 24: The driver of the Honda Accord, Karthik Somaiah, who killed five persons in Bangalore today morning, surrendered before the Police after eluding them for hours.
Washington - Antarctica is warming, despite the recent scientific consensus that the southernmost continent was not being impacted by global warming, a study published in the journal Nature said Thursday.
