Controversy about ‘shop a migrant’ website

In the Netherlands a website by the Freedom Party (PVV) invites Dutch nationals to anonymously share their negative encounters with Central and Eastern Europeans living in the country. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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US singer and actress Whitney Houston dies at 48

Whitney Houston (photo, from aljazeera.com) has died on Saturday in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, where she had been staying as a guest.

She reigned as pop music’s queen until drug use and her tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown overshadowed her career.

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Fatah and Hamas reach agreement on unity government

On Monday Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal have agreed on the formation of a unity government between the Fatah and the Hamas, which will prepare for upcoming elections in the West Bank and Gaza (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk).

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Sugar as damaging as alcohol or tobacco, say US experts

Sugar is as damaging and addictive as alcohol or tobacco, and should therefore be regulated, according to a team of health experts from the University of California, San Francisco. (photo from radio-canada.ca)

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Mona Lisa replica discovered in Madrid

A recent restoration of a painting at Madrid’s Prado Museum led to the discovery of what some believe to be the earliest replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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