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Ash, Abhi Plan To Celebrate Their 2nd Wedding Anniversary In Europe

Ash, Abhi Plan To Celebrate Their 2nd Wedding Anniversary In Europe Bollywood’s hottest couple Aishwarya Rai Bachan and Abhishek Bachchan who failed to celebrate their first wedding anniversary in 2008, may head for Europe or the US on April 20.

Earlier, the couple had planned to make it a working affair but now the plans have totally changed.

The duo was supposed to shoot for their upcoming film ‘Ravana’ on their wedding anniversary as the film director Mani Ratnam desired to shoot some important scenes in Kerala's Chalakudy jungles from April 20 onwards.

Tulips entered Europe 500 years earlier than thought, study says

Tulips entered Europe 500 years earlier than thought, study says Madrid  - The tulip entered Europe through Moorish Spain five centuries earlier than previously thought, according to a Spanish study made public on Thursday.

The study by the University of Cordoba and the School of Arab Studies contradicts the generally accepted version that the flower, which is now a symbol of the Netherlands, arrived there from the Ottoman Empire, passing through Central Europe.

European car sales slump again

European car sales slump again Berlin - European car sales fell 17.9 per cent i

EU Commission to probe UK’s failure to protect citizens from secret surveillance

UK varsities are a ''real and serious'' terrorism threatLondon, Apr. 15 : Britain''s failure to protect its citizens from secret surveillance on the Internet is to be investigated by the European Commission.

According to The Independent, the move will fuel claims that Britain is sliding towards a Big Brother state and could end with the Government being forced to defend its policy on internet privacy in front of judges in Europe.

Weapons stolen from gun club of teen arrested over fourfold murder

GermanyEislingen, Germany - More than 20 weapons were stolen from the shooting club of 18-year-old who was arrested in connection with the murder of four members of his family, police said Monday. Long and short range weapons with large and small calibres were stolen from the marksman's club last October, police said. The corresponding ammunition was also missing.

The youth and his friend, aged 19, are being treated as prime suspects in Friday's shootings, in which the father, mother and two sisters of the teenager were found dead with gunshot wounds in the family apartment.

There were no traces of break-in or ransacking in the flat.

In Germany, an outpost of Pompeii shows its age

In Germany, an outpost of Pompeii shows its ageAschaffenburg, Germany - So ancient is Europe that even a "new" building often seems as battered and worn as an "old" one. East of Frankfurt, restorers have struggled to remove the scars of nearly 160 years from a reproduction Roman villa which used to offer a vision of luxury living in the Italian city of Pompeii before a volcanic eruption on August 24 in 79 AD.

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