Queen's 10,000 diamonds on display in London
LONDON - More than 10,000 diamonds go on show at London's Buckingham Palace this week to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60th year on the throne, in a dazzling display of gems gathered over the centuries as objects of beauty and symbols of power.
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France to pass gay marriage, adoption law
PARIS - France's new Socialist government is to legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday, reflecting a shift in public attitudes in the majority Catholic nation.
A club in China to help entrepreneurs go overseas
BEIJING - Chinese entrepreneur Feng Jun tried five times to set up overseas branches to market his MP3 players and other consumer electronics goods. Three of the branches made money, the other two failed, but he said they were all a "total headache."
High court for sale: Sotomayor magnets, anyone?
That might sound like a rhetorical question about Antonin Scalia, the reliably conservative Supreme Court justice with a razor-sharp wit.
Leviev wins London court battle over Angola diamonds
LONDON - A court battle between two multi-millionaires who fell out after making a fortune from Angolan diamonds ended on Friday when Arkady Gaydamak lost his bid to reclaim hundreds of millions of dollars he said he was owed by "king of diamonds" Lev Leviev.
Rehousing Romania's Roma signals swing to extremes
BAIA MARE, Romania - Building a wall that closes in a Roma neighborhood and rehousing families in a dilapidated communist-era office block have earned Catalin Chereches accusations of racism.
Kung Fu academy
Aspiring Kung Fu martial artists from all over the world train at a family-run school in Beijing.
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