Picasso painting sells for $179M; Giacometti sculpture $141M
Full Article Springfield News-Sun
12 May 2015

A vibrant, multi-hued painting from Pablo Picasso set a world record for artwork at auction, selling for $179.4 million on Monday, and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti set a record for most expensive sculpture, at $141.3 million. Picasso's "Women of Algiers (Version O)" and Giacometti's life-size "Pointing Man" were among dozens of masterpieces...

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Visitors are introduced to the bronze sculpture "L'homme au doigt" by Alberto Giacometti, left, after viewing the Pablo Picasso oil painting "Les femmes d'Alger," right, during Christie's Spring 2015 Evening Sale press preview, Friday, May 1, 2015, in New York.
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Green Period: $179 Million Picasso Sets Record at Auction
updated 21 Aug 2014; published 11 Nov 2012
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Monet's Water Lilies Painting Fetches Nearly $44 Million at Christie's Auction
updated 13 Jun 2014; published 19 Nov 2013
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Top 10 most expensive works of art sold at auction - in pictures
updated 18 Apr 2014; published 12 Feb 2010
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Giacometti sculpture fetches record $104 million
updated 08 Aug 2014; published 11 Apr 2014
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Giacometti: Icons of 20th Century Art
updated 25 Jan 2014; published 07 May 2009
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No sale for Picasso, Giacometti at Sotheby's
Fights of Century Occur Outside the Boxing Ring
Full Article WorldNews.com
11 May 2015

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Since dominant social, political, and economic values mirror sporting events, fights of the century also occur outside the boxing ring. But the same cannot be said of the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match. Marketed as the "Fight of the Century," the fight paled in comparison to the Louis-Schmeling and...

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Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, hits Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, during their welterweight title fight on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas.
photo: AP / Isaac Brekken

updated 26 Aug 2013; published 26 Aug 2013
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Kimbo Slice vs Shane Tilyard - Best Boxing Match
updated 01 Jan 2008; published 01 Jan 2008
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Myanmar Lethwei boxer "Ali"
updated 29 Apr 2015; published 29 Apr 2015
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Professional Betting Tips for Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Fight of the Century
updated 10 Apr 2015; published 10 Apr 2015
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Manny Pacquiao and the Fight of His Life
updated 06 May 2015; published 06 May 2015
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Jamie Foxx defends his national anthem performance at Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight: "My ears came ou
updated 21 Dec 2014; published 21 Dec 2014
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Holy F@$%ing Phantom Punch in Romania
Obama exposed: Osama Bin Laden encounter is a lie, claims Veteran Journalist
Full Article The Siasat Daily
11 May 2015

May 11: Veteran investigative journalist Simon Hersh made the shocking allegations. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist claimed that US PresidentBarack Obama has lied about details of the killing of al Qaeda head Osama bin Laden. Osama Bin Laden was actually a prisoner of ISI at the Abbottabad compound since 2006. Whereas the White...

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President Barack Obama holds a National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, April 5, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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updated 11 May 2011; published 11 May 2011
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10 Facts That Prove The Bin Laden Fable Is a Contrived Hoax - Alex Jones Tv 1/3
updated 03 May 2011; published 03 May 2011
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Ex-ISI Chief Hamid Gul: Bin Laden Hoax to Expand War into Pakistan/Asia 1/2
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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White House, Journalists Pan Hersh's New Bin Laden Theory
updated 11 May 2011; published 11 May 2011
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10 Facts That Prove The Bin Laden Fable Is a Contrived Hoax - Alex Jones Tv 2/3
updated 11 May 2011; published 11 May 2011
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10 Facts That Prove The Bin Laden Fable Is a Contrived Hoax - Alex Jones Tv 3/3
updated 03 May 2011; published 03 May 2011
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Ex-ISI Chief Hamid Gul: Bin Laden Hoax to Expand War into Pakistan/Asia 2/2
Rohingya, Bangladeshi refugees rescued off Indonesian coast
Full Article The Miami Herald
11 May 2015

About 1,600 Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees have landed in Malaysia and Indonesia in the past day, apparently after human traffickers abandoned their virtual floating prison ships and left the passengers to fend for themselves, officials said Monday. One group of about 600 people arrived...

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Ethnic Rohingya women and chidden whose boats were washed ashore on Sumatra Island board a military truck to be taken to a temporary shelter in Seunuddon, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday, May 10, 2015.
photo: AP / S. Yulinnas

updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Rohingya, Bangladeshi refugees rescued off Indonesian coast
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Rohingya, Bangladeshi refugees rescued off Indonesian coast
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Malaysia Detains 1,018 Bangladeshi and Rohingya Refugees
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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'Thousands' of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea
updated 13 Jul 2012; published 13 Jul 2012
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Reportase TV - Penindasan Muslim Rohingya Burma (Bhs Indonesia)
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Rohingya Migrants Await Fate in Indonesian Camp
Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed
Full Article BBC News
11 May 2015

11 May 2015 From the section Europe The EU quota idea comes after increasing numbers of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean The European Commission will make the controversial proposal that EU member countries should take in refugees under an EU quota scheme. The UN estimates that 60,000 people have already tried to cross the Mediterranean this...

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Migrants wait to disembark from the Iceland Coast Guard vessel Tyr, at the Messina harbor, Sicily, southern Italy, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
photo: AP / Antonio Calanni

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Mediterranean Migrant Crisis EU Refugee Quotas To Be Proposed: Breaking News
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed _ Breaking News - 11-05-2015
updated 11 May 2015; published 11 May 2015
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Mediterranean migrant crisis: EU refugee quotas to be proposed

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(CNN)Seymour Hersh is one of the giants of investigative journalism. Early in his career he broke the story of the My Lai massacre during which hundreds of unarmed civilians were...
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If Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is spared execution, he will likely spend the rest of his life at the federal "supermax" prison in Colorado. img width="1" height="1"...

A North Korean soldier looks at the southern side through a pair of binoculars at the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
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The startling allegation stems from a North Korean defector identified only as Mr. Park, a pseudonym used to protect his family, according to CNN. One of the highest profile defectors ever to make it out of North Korea, Park has related a wealth of...
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The Obama administration on Monday announced conditional approval for Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. to resume its long and troubled efforts to drill in the Arctic Ocean, a decision that drew broad backlash from environmental groups that warned of...
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - At least nine Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush by separatist rebels near the northern town of Timbuktu on Monday, days before a U.N.-backed peace deal was due to be signed. The ambush highlights persistent tensions and...
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President-elect Francois Hollande waves from the balcony of the Socialist Party headquarters in Paris Monday May 7, 2012.
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HAVANA (AP) — French President Francois Hollande called on Monday for ending of the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, saying France "will be a faithful ally" as Cuba reforms its centrally planned economy and tries to re-enter the global economic system....
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From left to right, Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, United Arab Emirates' Vice President Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Oman's Vice President Fahad bin Mahmoud, Kuwait's Emir Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Saudi Crown Prince Salam bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Qatar's Crown Prince Sheik Tameem Al Thani, and Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, pose for picture during the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC summit in Sekhir, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012.
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The Saudi king's absence from a regional summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama shows how Gulf states, displeased by what they see as US indifference to Iranian meddling in the Arab world, may hesitate to bless any nuclear deal with...
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General Motors President Dan Ammann, left, CEO Mary Barra, and Executive Vice President Mark Reuss, hold a news conference at the General Motors Technical Center
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The death toll from crashes caused by faulty ignition switches in 2.6 million older General Motors small cars has reached 100. The number was updated Monday by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims. It's the first...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walk and talk
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin on his first visit to the country since relations between Washington and Moscow plummeted to post-Cold War lows amid disagreements over...
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