A 41-gun salute marks the end of the Diamond Jubilee and the beginning of Queen Elizabeth’s 61st year on the throne, green tomatoes, new Sadhus, painted faces, Super-G skiing, Qatar cycling and more in today’s daily brief.
Sao Paulo hosts Campus Party for hackers and geeks, heavy snow hits Kiev, French troops and relative calm in Timbuktu, art of reflection, a home made ventilator keeps man alive for years in China and more in today’s daily brief.
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The Syrian cities of Aleppo and Homs remain under siege as government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to route out Syrian rebels. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria, overwhelming refugee camps in neighboring Turkey and Jordan.
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Giggle doctors, a gaggle of Gandhis, a tiger by the tail, Gabby Giffords, canned air for China and more in today’s daily brief.
Malians loot shops in Timbuktu as French troops arrive, more smog problems in Beijing, Vikings in Scotland, devils in Spain, big waves, bad hair and more in today’s daily brief.
Ostriches in the snow, an empty suit, dancing poodles, Ghanian soccer fans, World Cup skiing and more in today’s Daily Brief.
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Paris fashion, Chicago fire and ice, Blessing of the guns, Hillary Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill and more in today’s daily brief.
Thanks to an idea by Steve Sullivan, the multimedia director at The Sun, videographer Christopher T. Assaf embarked on a challenging time-lapse video experiment. A camera, clicking every 15 minutes from Oct. 26 until Jan. 11, photographed the final construction of the new Everyman Theatre and its preparations for the opening performance of ‘August: Osage County.’
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More than four hundred racers in four classes of vehicles raced 5,200 miles from Lima, Peru to Santiago, Chile in hopes of winning first place in the 2013 Dakar Rally off-road race. This is the fifth year that the event has taken place in South America after security threats forced the cancellation of the original race that had run from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal since 1978.
Grounded Dreamliners in Japan, a sniper in Syria, Tunnel vision in Amsterdam, Sheen in green, Sun City seniors and more in today’s daily brief.
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