May 16 Photo Brief: Cannes film festival gets underway, rocket attacks in Syria, Texas recovers from tornadoes, the Museum of Modern Art gets wet

May 16, 2013

May 16 Photo Brief: Cannes film festival gets underway, rocket attacks in Syria, Texas recovers from tornadoes, the Museum of Modern Art gets wet

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun Angela Merkel, beer, Beijing, Cannes Film Festival, Democratic Republic of Congo, London, Museum of Modern Art, President Barack Obama, Rafael Nadal, Renaud Lavillenie, Russian conscripts, Seville, Spain, Sri Lanka, Steven Spielberg, table tennis, Zhang Yuqi

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Texas assesses the damage after being hit with tornadoes, the stars come out as the Cannes Film Festival gets underway, Free Syrian Army fighters fire rockets at president loyalist troops, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York opens the “Rain Room” and more in today’s daily brief.

March 20 Photo Brief: A collection of Lindsay Lohan mugshots, President Obama visits Israel and tigers in London get a new home

Mar 20, 2013

March 20 Photo Brief: A collection of Lindsay Lohan mugshots, President Obama visits Israel and tigers in London get a new home

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun Beijing, Brazil, Chile, China, David Bowie, freedom fighters, Germany, Israel, Las Fallas Festival, Lindsay Lohan, President Barack Obama, Spain, Sumatran tigers, Syria, Valencia

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President Barack Obama gets a warm welcome in Israel, London zoo builds a new enclosure for it’s Sumatran tigers,
a trip down memory lane with Lindsay Lohan’s various police mugshots and more in today’s daily brief.

Mar 2, 2013

Notable sinkholes from around the globe

Michael Gold 1 Comment Maryland, Nation, World Baltimore, Beijing, China, Florida, Maryland, nature, Owings Mills, sinkhole, sinkholes

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Sinkholes are very much in the news this week after a Florida man disappeared into one that swallowed his bedroom while he was asleep on Thursday night. As of Saturday morning, rescue personnel continued searching for the man inside the hole that formed below his Tampa home.

To explore this geological phenomenon, we took a look at some of the more notable sinkholes to form worldwide, as well as a few that made headlines in Maryland in the last 10 years.

Feb. 28 Photo Brief: Pope Benedict bids an emotional farewell, pollution in Beijing, 40th Show of the Best, the sequester

Feb 28, 2013

Feb. 28 Photo Brief: Pope Benedict bids an emotional farewell, pollution in Beijing, 40th Show of the Best, the sequester

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief 40th Show of the Best, Beijing, Brazil, India, Jack Lew, Libya, Mali, Palestine, Paris, pollution, Pope Benedict, Portugal, sequester, Somalia, South Korea, U.S. Secretary of State, United States, Vatican

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Pope Benedict bids an emotional farewell, pollution in Beijing, 40th Show of the Best, the sequester in the United States and more in today’s daily brief.

Year of the Snake: A look at celebrations kicking off the Chinese Lunar New Year

Feb 11, 2013

Year of the Snake: A look at celebrations kicking off the Chinese Lunar New Year

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment World Beijing, China, Chinese Lunar New Year, Manila, New Year, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, Year of the Snake

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From China to New York City, a look at celebrations around the world for the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake.

Dec. 19 Photo Brief: The safest place on Earth when the world ends, TIME magazine’s Person of the Year, 72 hours in Beijing, mass casualty incident drills in the Philippines

Dec 19, 2012

Dec. 19 Photo Brief: The safest place on Earth when the world ends, TIME magazine’s Person of the Year, 72 hours in Beijing, mass casualty incident drills in the Philippines

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Aghanistan, Barack Obama, Beijing, Bugarach, Cambodia, China, Christmas, India, Kashmir, Lagos, Mauritania, NASA, Nepal, Philippines, Somalia, TIME magazine

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The safest place on Earth when the world ends, Barack Obama named TIME magazine’s Person of the Year, 72 hours in Beijing without a visa, mass casualty incident drills in the Philippines and more in today’s daily brief.

Nov. 1 Photo Brief: Fashion week in China, the Presidential campaign trail and kite flying in South Africa

Nov 1, 2012

Nov. 1 Photo Brief: Fashion week in China, the Presidential campaign trail and kite flying in South Africa

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun Afghanistan, Australia, Beijing, Brazil, Cape Town, China, Hurricane Sandy, Philippines, South Africa, Sydney, Syria

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High fashion on display in Beijing, stumping on the Presidential campaign trail, fish that fly in Cape Town, South Africa and more in today’s daily brief.

Oct. 25 Photo Brief: A boat load of people, the Queen goes purple, Tiger trap and a new doggie bag

Oct 25, 2012

Oct. 25 Photo Brief: A boat load of people, the Queen goes purple, Tiger trap and a new doggie bag

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun afghan refugee, Bangladesh, Beijing, Belgium, Berlin, Britain, Buriganga River, China, Delhi, ferry boat, Ford, France, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mecca, Mount Mercy, protest, Queen Elizabeth II, South Africa, South Korea, striking miners, Tiger Woods, transportation strike, Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster Dog of The Year

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Overcrowded ferry boats in Bangladesh, the Queen’s wardrobe goes purple, Tiger woods finds a trap, a new type of doggie bag and more in today’s daily brief.

Oct. 11 Photo Brief: NBA visits China, Swiss forces show their might and an 18th-century sunken ship

Oct 11, 2012

Oct. 11 Photo Brief: NBA visits China, Swiss forces show their might and an 18th-century sunken ship

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun aircraft, Aleppo, Beijing, Berlin, Berolina Circus, bishops, China, dunk, Emu, F/A-18 Hornet, fashion, galleon, Germany, giraffe, India, jet, Malala Yousatzai, marching, NBA, Pakinstan, parachute, Psy, Siberia, Sicily, snow, Spanish, St. Peter's Square, Swiss Guard, Syria, Ukraine, Vatican

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The NBA makes social call to China, The Swiss air force puts on a display, a sunken 18th-century Spanish galleon is found off the coast of Sicily and more in today’s daily brief.
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August 23 Photo Brief: Violence in Mexico, beating the heat in Macedonia and snuggling pandas

Aug 23, 2012

August 23 Photo Brief: Violence in Mexico, beating the heat in Macedonia and snuggling pandas

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun Animation and Comics Fair, asylum, Austrailia, Beijing, Berlin, Berlin Cathedral, Chile, cosplay, fashion, Free Trade Agreement, London, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nur Nadir, panda, Qixi Fesitval, Santiago, Sierra Leone, Skopje, South Africa, South Korea, Sydney, Vienna

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Mexican authorities shoot it out with criminals, a mother panda cuddles with her cub in Vienna, mourners gather for miners slain in South Africa and more in today’s daily brief.
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