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Italian airshow pilot dies in two-plane collision
A pilot has died after a two-plane collision ahead of a local airshow on Italy's Adriatic coast. The airshow scheduled for late May 31 was cancelled.
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Museum Talks at Istanbul Modern
Sam Thorne, the artistic director of Tate St. Ives, an art gallery in Cornwall, England, will be this week's Museum Talks guest on April 7.
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England's Richard III gets burial fit for a king
England's slain king Richard III, exhumed from an undignified grave beneath a car park, was finally buried with honour on Thursday, 530 years after his brutal death on the battlefield.
In a poignant ceremony, a coffin containing his bones was gently lowered into the ground at Leicester Cathedral in central England, a short distance from where they were found in 2012.
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Ryanair cuts Greek islands from Bournemouth, will Flybe step in?
Ryanair, a low-cost airline, will run nine routes from Bournemouth Airport this summer instead of the 16 it ran last year due to the fact that the carrier does not have enough aircraft.
The constraints means that the summer timetable includes destinations such as Palma, Barcelona Girona, Faro, Alicante, Malaga, Murcia, Tenerife, Malta and Gran Canaria.
BA new flights to Greek island hotspots this summer
British Airways announced plans to include four new flight routes from the UK to the Greek islands of Kos, Corfu, Rhodes and Crete during the summer months.
BA will operate two flights a week to Kos and Rhodes and four flights a week to Corfu and Iraklion on the island of Crete.
Archaeologists dig up 3,000 skeletons at London site
Archaeologists in London have begun digging up some 3,000 skeletons including those of victims of the Great Plague from a burial ground that will become a new train station, the company in charge said.
8 People, Including Gunman, Reported Dead in Missouri Shootings
A series of shootings in south-central Missouri left eight people dead, including the gunman, and one injured.
The 36-year-old suspect was found dead in a parked car Friday morning with a gunshot wound that appeared self-inflicted.
The victims of the shooter are believed to be seven, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, as cited by the BBC News.
London firemen fear rise in 'Fifty Shades' sex mishaps
Firefighters in London fear a rise in calls from people getting trapped in objects like handcuffs after the release of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film on Feb. 12.
The city's fire brigade said it had seen a rise in incidents involving people getting stuck in compromising situations since the release of the kinky book by British author E.L. James in 2011.
Magna Carta originals reunited for 800th anniversary
The four surviving original Magna Carta copies go on display together for the first time from Monday as Britain kicks off 800th anniversary celebrations for a contract with global significance.
Rare first Shakespeare edition found in French library
A copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio, the first-ever compilation of the Bard's plays published in 1623, has been discovered in the library of an ancient port town in northern France.