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NY, Israel museums jointly buy Hebrew manuscript
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript, they announced Monday. The Mishneh Torah is a rare manuscript with text by the Middle Ages Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. It is a synthesis of Jewish law and ...
NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves
The China Institute Gallery has been transformed into an ancient cave, taking visitors back more than a millennium to a dazzling world where Buddhist worshippers adorned the walls with colorful frescoes, silk prayer banners and lavishly painted life-size clay sculptures. "Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road" ...
Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in NYC
A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free ...
No Reluctance to release 'Fundamentalist' film
Instead of being concerned about the release of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" so soon after last week's Boston Marathon bombings, the cast says the film presents an opportunity for understanding. Kiefer Sutherland, known for his terrorist-hunting role on "24," says the attacks of Sept. 11 had a profound effect on him, ...
'Vanilla Ice Goes Amish' to debut on DIY this year
The DIY television network is proving a comfortable home for rappers turned renovators. "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish" will debut on the network this year. Network executive Burton Jablin says the former rap star will live with an Amish community in Ohio to learn how they do construction. Vanilla Ice already ...
Easter celebrations around the world
Here are some scenes from Easter Sunday around the world.
Hindu festival of color festival begins
As Christians celebrate Holy Week, members of the Hindu religion are celebrating Holi, a festival celebrated by painting each others, handing out candy and squirting water at other festival-goers. The holiday starts with a bonfire, followed by paint throwing. It's all to celebrated spring's arrival and the victory of good ...
Thousands celebrate inauguration Mass for Pope Francis
Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
Crowds celebrate as Pope Francis is introduced
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was introduced to the public after being elected Pope Francis.
Thousands jam St. Peter's for pope's last general audience
In the waning hours of his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI held his final general audience in St. Peter's Square Wednesday.
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