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Book makes new claims about Anne Frank; Bergen Belsen survivor Berthe Meijer says Frank distracted younger children from horrors of Nazi concentration camp by telling them fairy tales

Posted by kluciole at 3/18/2010 3:28 AM | Add Comment

Women and girls (as young as 2 years old) are often rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath

Posted by kluciole at 3/17/2010 3:13 AM | Add Comment

Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims

Posted by kluciole at 3/14/2010 6:20 PM | Add Comment

Ultraviolet rays shine new light on masterpieces by 14th century artist Giotto di Bondone, considered one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2010 7:27 PM | Add Comment

In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2010 7:13 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a creation by designer Cesar Arellanes at exhibition to mark bicentenary of Mexican independence

Posted by kluciole at 3/9/2010 3:30 PM | Add Comment

Dozen centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea

Posted by kluciole at 3/9/2010 3:25 PM | Add Comment

Photo: hundreds of people watch the lighting of the falla 'Literato Azorin' in Valencia

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2010 10:26 AM | Add Comment

Japanese dolphin hunters bitter as 'The Cove' wins Oscar

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2010 10:07 AM | Add Comment

Gendercide in Asia: Massive rise in abortion of female fetuses

Posted by kluciole at 3/7/2010 12:59 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: slap-sole shoes, probably Italian, mid-17th century, are seen on display in the "On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels" exhibition in Toronto

Posted by kluciole at 3/7/2010 12:55 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) volunteer adjusts her lettuce dress in Mumbai

Posted by kluciole at 3/6/2010 6:27 PM | Add Comment

Indian Holi festival goers warned about water wastage

Posted by kluciole at 2/26/2010 10:13 PM | Add Comment

Ancient Arabic inscription found in Jerusalem dated to 910 CE

Posted by kluciole at 2/17/2010 1:19 PM | Add Comment

Photo: newlyweds celebrate after 10,000 couples from 20 countries wed in a mass ceremony in Goyang, near Seoul

Posted by kluciole at 2/17/2010 1:11 PM | Add Comment

Giant 1,400-year-old wine press discovered in southern Israel

Posted by kluciole at 2/16/2010 2:39 PM | Add Comment

Happy Year of the Tiger!!

Posted by kluciole at 2/14/2010 1:39 PM | Add Comment

Olympics host Vancouver ranked world's most liveable city

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2010 12:55 AM | Add Comment

US refuses to cancel Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2010 12:50 AM | Add Comment

Lord Of The Rings prequel made by actress Kate Madison for £25,000 -- "Born of Hope" has scored 500,000 views on the internet (see it here)

Posted by kluciole at 2/10/2010 3:49 PM | Add Comment

The Healing Power of Herbal Tea

Posted by kluciole at 2/9/2010 4:06 AM | Add Comment

Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons at each other in latest clash over whale hunting

Posted by kluciole at 2/9/2010 4:01 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a haka is performed in Waitangi to celebrate New Zealand's National Day

Posted by kluciole at 2/8/2010 2:06 PM | Add Comment

Saudi Arabia's human rights lawyers called in to try to force divorce of girl, 12, married to 80-year-old man

Posted by kluciole at 2/8/2010 1:46 PM | Add Comment

Costa Rica: Ruling party candidate Laura Chinchilla leads vote, could be elected first female president

Posted by kluciole at 2/7/2010 7:48 PM | Add Comment

Tebow's Focus on the Family ad could change future Super Bowls

Posted by kluciole at 2/7/2010 7:42 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a US army helicopter flies over the stepped Ziggurat temple, which dates back to 2113 BC, in the ancient city of Ur

Posted by kluciole at 2/6/2010 2:42 AM | Add Comment

Ancient Great Andamanese dialect extinct after last speaker of Bo, Bao SR, dies at age 85

Posted by kluciole at 2/5/2010 3:45 PM | Add Comment

14-year-old Reginald Earnshaw confirmed as UK's youngest WWII death

Posted by kluciole at 2/5/2010 2:48 PM | Add Comment

Photo: villagers remove petioles of red chili at Shertha village in India where they earn 7 rupees (US$ 0.14) for 44pounds

Posted by kluciole at 2/3/2010 6:11 PM | Add Comment

Winter blasted Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in need of HELP!

Posted by kluciole at 2/1/2010 7:32 PM | Add Comment

Photo: children play football in an old swimming pool on a hill in Kabul

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2010 10:26 PM | Add Comment

New exhibit at the Alida Ivanov Gallery in Stockholm: Mikael Ellingsen, "The Invisible Thread," Feb. 6- Mar. 14, 2010

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2010 6:18 PM | Add Comment

'Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2010 11:26 AM | Add Comment

Elderly couple discover vase used as umbrella stand is a 270-year-old Chinese masterpiece worth £500,000

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2010 11:15 AM | Add Comment

'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87. RIP, it was wonderful to meet you

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2010 6:41 PM | Add Comment

Stunning recovery: Haitian girl pulled from debris 15 days after the quake

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2010 6:35 PM | Add Comment

Haiti's children on their own on shattered streets

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 5:20 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a view of a ruined church in Port-au-Prince 13 days after the earthquake

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 5:18 PM | Add Comment

Advice to Young Brides 1894 (copyright 1894 The Madison Institute)

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 12:16 AM | Add Comment

Entombed by the Haitian earthquake: survivor buried for 11 days in coffin-like space beneath the rubble

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2010 10:23 PM | Add Comment

Photo: terracotta warriors made of chocolate, on display in Beijing

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2010 10:28 PM | Add Comment

Egypt announces find of 2,000-year-old ancient Bastet (cat goddess) temple

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2010 5:25 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a model parades a dress complete with table attached at Sao Paulo Fashion Week

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2010 5:13 PM | Add Comment

Scanner to reveal if 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy has a bird inside her body as an afterlife offering

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2010 9:05 PM | Add Comment

Haitians pray, cry for help in the ruins

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2010 8:47 PM | Add Comment

For $65, tourists get peek at Los Angeles gangland

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2010 4:10 PM | Add Comment

Haiti earthquake: Machete-wielding gangs roam streets as fears grow death toll could hit 200,000

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2010 3:53 PM | Add Comment

Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2010 8:52 PM | Add Comment

Haiti quake aid snarled; up to 50,000 feared dead

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2010 10:27 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Indian vendors sell flowers for the celebration of the festival of Pongal

Posted by kluciole at 1/14/2010 10:18 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: St. Isaac's Cathedral, seen through snow-covered trees in St. Petersburg

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2010 1:08 AM | Add Comment

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2010 12:56 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

PBS "Great Performances" to Air "Passing Strange"

Posted by kluciole at 1/9/2010 3:31 AM | Add Comment

Afghanistan's first skatepark mixes rich and poor

Posted by kluciole at 1/8/2010 3:11 AM | Add Comment

Olympic Games bring changes to Vancouver

Posted by kluciole at 1/7/2010 2:56 AM | Add Comment

Social networking changing the way we travel

Posted by kluciole at 1/6/2010 2:42 AM | Add Comment

Photo: sea lion Jay writes the word tiger in Chinese characters to welcome the Year of the Tiger at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium

Posted by kluciole at 1/5/2010 2:12 AM | Add Comment

Japan's prime minister "wants equal ties with US"

Posted by kluciole at 1/4/2010 1:34 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a man drives a sleigh carrying tourists in a park on a bank of the Moskva River, Moscow

Posted by kluciole at 1/2/2010 11:29 AM | Add Comment

Muslim-Hindu punk rock bands part of new movement

Posted by kluciole at 1/2/2010 11:25 AM | Add Comment

TIME article -- Bicentennial Anxiety: Why Mexicans Are Wary of 2010

Posted by kluciole at 1/1/2010 6:04 AM | Add Comment

Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list

Posted by kluciole at 1/1/2010 5:59 AM | Add Comment

Ultra-Orthodox Jews make rare visit to Gaza in show of support for Palestinians

Posted by kluciole at 1/1/2010 5:51 AM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Celebrate the new year early with the newly published Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press! Here is the Table of Contents

Posted by kluciole at 12/31/2009 3:04 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a truly vast New Year Tree in downtown Minsk, Belarus

Posted by kluciole at 12/30/2009 8:11 PM | Add Comment

Incredible photos from Iran as reform protesters clash with police, who are accused of firing on the demonstrators

Posted by kluciole at 12/29/2009 10:18 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

China finds tomb of 3rd century general Cao Cao. He ruled the Kingdom of Wei from 208 to 220 AD

Posted by kluciole at 12/28/2009 9:33 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: people run out from the mobile Russian baths (banya) into the snow in the village of Bobrovka

Posted by kluciole at 12/28/2009 9:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Skin whitening cream finds new popularity among Palestinian women

Posted by kluciole at 12/28/2009 9:14 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land

Posted by kluciole at 12/27/2009 10:22 PM | Add Comment

Esther Chavez, a women's rights activist who denounced Juarez border killings and founded Casa Amiga, has died

Posted by kluciole at 12/26/2009 7:05 PM | Add Comment

TIME article: Why Indie Directors Are Releasing Movies Online -- For Free

Posted by kluciole at 12/26/2009 6:59 PM | Add Comment

5 years later: Some struggles, a lot of hope, for tsunami orphans

Posted by kluciole at 12/25/2009 9:43 AM | Add Comment

Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again (I posted about this last year as well)

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2009 6:23 PM | Add Comment

Pakistani brothers to have ears and nose chopped off for doing the same to woman who rejected one

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2009 12:12 AM | Add Comment

Slaying of drug war hero's family shocks Mexico

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2009 12:07 AM | Add Comment

225,000 Haiti children work as slaves, sold for as little as $128 to work as laborers or prostitutes

Posted by kluciole at 12/22/2009 11:47 PM | Add Comment

New book says carbon footprints of pets worse than "gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles"... pet owners vehemently disagree

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2009 2:06 PM | Add Comment

Against nudity ban, gallery in Ashland, Oregon takes it all off

Posted by kluciole at 12/20/2009 4:55 AM | Add Comment

Can eco-friendly fashion be just as stylish?

Posted by kluciole at 12/20/2009 4:50 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Malaysian authorities rescue 130 pangolins

Posted by kluciole at 12/20/2009 4:47 AM | Add Comment

Fury in Sweden after company offers to grind up bodies of 291drowned reindeer to make biofuel, which is against Sami traditions

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 3:37 PM | Add Comment

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop strip mining fight

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 3:28 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a harpoon ship, part of the Japanese whaling fleet, sails beyond an iceberg in the Antarctic Southern Ocean

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 4:13 AM | Add Comment

Photos: Afghan children, refugees in Pakistan, play in their neighborhood of Rawalpindi

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 4:06 AM | Add Comment

Pakistani ruling party grapples with amnesty's end

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 3:56 AM | Add Comment

Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city; pylon once stood at the entrance to temple of Isis

Posted by kluciole at 12/17/2009 6:08 PM | Add Comment

China stretches the imagination with world's longest sea bridge to link mainland with Macau and Hong Kong

Posted by kluciole at 12/16/2009 8:15 PM | Add Comment

Photo: smoke from power plants rises over Novodevichi Convent in Moscow

Posted by kluciole at 12/16/2009 8:02 PM | Add Comment

Harassment across Arab world drives women inside

Posted by kluciole at 12/15/2009 7:48 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Diplomatic furore from Israel as British court issues arrest warrant for former foreign minister Tzipi Livni over Gaza War

Posted by kluciole at 12/15/2009 7:14 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Uganda parliament outlaws female genital mutilation

Posted by kluciole at 12/13/2009 5:54 PM | Add Comment

La. Indian village on Isle de Jean Charles holds out against plea to move

Posted by kluciole at 12/13/2009 5:49 PM | Add Comment

Brought to my attention by Lena, new book! "Quills of Fire" by Marilyn Campiz and Lena Vanelslander

Posted by kluciole at 12/12/2009 6:40 PM | Add Comment

Former Met museum director Thomas Hoving dies; with his bold risk-taking, Hoving "transformed the museum world"

Posted by kluciole at 12/12/2009 6:37 PM | Add Comment

Under one Danish roof, humanity talks climate

Posted by kluciole at 12/11/2009 6:25 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Daniela, the daughter of a fisherman, watches a pelican at a fish market at Chorrillos beach in Lima

Posted by kluciole at 12/10/2009 3:01 PM | Add Comment

The Alida Ivanov Gallery of Stockholm presents a new exhibit: John Rydberg "Ett bättre liv"/ "A Better Life" ... the Alida Ivanov Gallery will be featured in the Winter Issue of Luciole Press

Posted by kluciole at 12/10/2009 2:44 PM | Add Comment

Photos (Art): Copenhagen's statue of the Little Mermaid is backdropped by "The Survival of the Fattest," a sculpture created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot

Posted by kluciole at 12/9/2009 8:38 PM | Add Comment
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