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Wild brass bands festival kicks off in Serbia
GUCA, Serbia The 57h Guca Brass Band Festival, Serbia's liveliest traditional music event, has attracted tens of thousands of people crowding the streets and savoring the trumpet beat.
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In a remote Irish town, a goat reigns supreme
KILLORGLIN, Ireland For a few days this week a goat will be king of a small town in Ireland's rural south west.
America's total eclipse floods market with fake sunglasses
LOS ANGELES When millions of Americans turn their faces skyward to witness the nation's first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in a century, many will reach for specially designed sunglasses, but experts caution the public to stay clear of unsafe counterfeits.
'Beyond the Wall': Tales of persecuted lives at the Berlin Wall
BERLIN An open-air installation is to open along an old section of the Berlin Wall at the weekend, featuring photos of soldiers patrolling the former deadly border, and stories of those persecuted behind it.
Bosnia's Muslims, Jews, Christians chide politicians
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Disabled Egyptians make prosthetic limbs for poor
CAIRO An Egyptian development organization that manufactures products for the disabled has opened a workshop in Cairo to make prosthetic limbs for the poor, staffed by workers with disabilities who could otherwise struggle to earn a wage.
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Video: London: Towering city of culture and commerce
ACT-1 Group Founder and CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd on why she loves doing business in and taking time off in the British capital. Find out where she likes to go and why she likes the people so much. Video