The Villa is one of the few places on the Riviera where you can tour a grand Belle Epoque mansion. It was built for the Baroness Ephrussi de Rothschild in the early 1900s. She supervised and directed

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 29 March 2006 Witnesses say captured former Liberian leader Charles Taylor has been taken to Sierra Leone in a U.N. helicopter. He is being transferred to a U.N.-backed court in

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Forty years ago today was our worst tragedy at sea in living memory. The inter-island ferry, the Wahine, with 734 passengers, struck rocks in the Wellington harbour and sank. 51 people died. This was the Easter holiday and many people were travelling

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 April 2007 In the West African nation of Senegal, as in many of the poorest parts of the continent, horse carts still make up an essential part of daily life. They are used to move people, belongings and materials from plac

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 01 June 2007 In Senegal, a media owner is preparing to fight the government's shut down of his new private radio station. Officials say he did not follow the right procedures, but he says he is being silenced. For VOA, Phuong Tra

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LIMA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Wednesday inaugurated the Villa Dakar, a facility where vehicles racing in the 2013 Dakar Rally will get a mechanical revision before the race next Jan. 5. A total of 459 vehicles, including

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