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Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning UK monarch

mercredi, septembre 9th, 2015

Queen greets crowds in Edinburgh

Cheering crowds have greeted the Queen in Edinburgh on the day she becomes Britain’s longest reigning monarch.

Bad weather delayed her arrival at Waverley Station, but the 89-year-old monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh have now set off on the new Borders Railway.

The Queen will have reigned for 63 years and seven months – calculated at 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes at about 17:30 BST.

Read the rest of the article on the website of the BBC: click HERE.

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Selma marchers say much remains to be done

dimanche, mars 8th, 2015

SELMA, Ala. — Fifty years after Alabama troopers savagely attacked demonstrators protesting discriminatory practices that kept black voters from the polls, thousands of people gathered here Sunday to mark the anniversary of the attack that shocked Americans and helped usher in the landmark Voting Rights of 1965.

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New York Braces for Blizzard Amid Warnings of Closings and Hazards

lundi, janvier 26th, 2015

2006: The snowiest storm in the city’s history. Central Park reported 26.9 inches of snow.CreditFrances Roberts for The New York Times

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Sunday that the storm approaching on Monday was likely to be one of the biggest to ever strike New York City, and he urged people to stay indoors to avoid powerful winds, low visibility and “treacherous” road conditions.

The National Weather Service, which issued a blizzard warning for the greater New York City area, forecast gusts of wind up to 50 miles per hour and snow accumulation of “at least one to two feet.”

But Mr. de Blasio said the storm could bring up to three feet of snow, beginning with flurries late Monday morning, and that the heaviest snowfall would probably come Monday night into Tuesday morning.

Read the rest of the article on the New York Times: click HERE.

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Tower Of London marks WWI centenary with dramatic art installation

lundi, août 4th, 2014

An evolving art installation 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' by artist Paul Cummins at the Tower of London, as the Historic Royal Palaces, Tower of London, prepares to mark the centenary of World War I. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday August 3, 2014. Due to be officially unveiled on August 5th 2014, there will eventually be a total of 888,246 ceramic poppies installed in the Tower's moat, each representing a British military fatality during the war. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

epaselect epa04337535 A bemedalled Chelsea Pensioner walks amongst red poppies in the moat at the Tower of London in London, Britain, 01 August 2014. The Tower of London moat is slowly turning red as some 888,246 ceramic poppies are planted in memory of the British and Commonwealth dead from World War I. The year 2014 sees the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WWI, or the Great War, which according to official statistics cost more than 37 million military and civilian casualties between 1914 and 1918. EPA/ANDY RAIN

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Is the cold weather really causing Super Bowl ticket prices to fall?

mercredi, janvier 29th, 2014

Prices are plummeting ahead of the big game, which is set to be played in frigid temperatures.

Too cold for football?

Too cold for football? (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Titanic’s last great mystery is revealed

mercredi, janvier 22nd, 2014

The RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.

It has been described as the Titanic’s last mystery, and involves one of the most tragic of all the tales connected to the sinking.

Two-year-old Loraine Allison, the daughter of Canadian entrepreneur Hudson Allison, was travelling on the liner with her family when it went down.

Mrs. Bessie Waldo Allison (Daniels), Helen Loraine Allison and Hudson Trevor Allison.

Two-year-old Loraine Allison was travelling on the liner with her family when it went down. She was reported to have died with her parents, but no body was ever found. Credit: Tumblr

In the years that followed, though, a woman called Helen Kramer came forward claiming to be the child, and apparently was able to provide details thought to be known only to the family.