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Mud-pack for the Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, India's most famous monument, is to be given a mud-pack treatment to clean its white marble walls of yellow stains caused by pollution. It'll be the fourth time this method has been used to clean the seventeenth-century tomb. ..
Jul 12,2015

Vatican bank 'three trillion euro fraud' stopped

Two men carrying a briefcase filled with fake bonds have been arrested by Vatican police after they tried to gain access to the Vatican bank. They were dressed in business suits and claimed to have an appointment with bank officials, but they were handed over to Italian police after questioning by Va..
Jul 12,2015

Rubbish in Rio

Rio de Janeiro authorities and street cleaners say they have reached a new agreement to end an eight-day strike which has left tonnes of rubbish on the streets of the Brazilian city. The strike by street sweepers had led to piles of rubbish and a bad smell on the street during carnival week...
Jul 12,2015

China is the biggest source of tourists

New figures from China show that the country has consolidated its position as the world's biggest source of tourists. A total of 97 million Chinese tourists travelled abroad in 2013, according to China's National Tourism Administration...
Jul 12,2015

Walk or cycle for 'a happier commute'

Walking or cycling to work instead of driving a car can improve people's feelings of health and happiness. That's what a study at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests...
Jul 12,2015

Language extinction

Economic development is causing the extinction of some languages, scientists believe.A study has found that minority languages in the most developed parts of the world, including North America, Europe and Australia, are most at threat. The research is published in the journal 'Proceedings of the Roya..
Jul 12,2015

US bank to pay record $16.7bn to government

Bank of America has agreed to pay a record $16.7bn to US authorities for selling bad mortgage loans that helped start the 2008 financial crisis. The fine is the largest of its kind in US corporate history...
Jul 12,2015

Ebola experimental treatment

Two US aid workers who caught Ebola in Liberia appear to be getting better after receiving an experimental drug, officials have said. The World Health Organization (WHO) is now considering whether to make such treatments more widely available...
Jul 12,2015

WW1 centenary

World leaders are gathering in Belgium for one of a number of ceremonies marking 100 years since Britain joined World War One. Germany will send a representative, but some historians have accused Germany of not taking the anniversary seriously enough...
Jul 12,2015

Britain goes ahead with fracking

Energy companies are being invited to bid for licences to extract oil and gas from large areas of Britain using the controversial process known as fracking. Under the process, water, sand and chemicals are pumped into shale rock under high pressure, cracking it to release the oil or gas. Opponents sa..
Jul 12,2015