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Shakespeare's Globe theaters sets stage for new funding for culture
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - - William Shakespeare's Globe theaters is taking on a new role as a financial trail-blazer by seeking to tap into a form of funding dominated to date by social enterprises and charities.
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Renee Richards still amazed she broke transgender taboo
WASHINGTON - More than three decades after putting down her tennis racquet, Renee Richards is still astonished she had the moxie to join the women's professional tour after living the first 34 years of her life as a man.
New British Museum galleries to help counter militants' image of Islam
LONDON - Art from the Islamic world will be shown in the heart of the British Museum, instead of on the sidelines, in two new galleries funded by a Malaysian foundation which hopes to offset the image created by Islamic militants.
Photo of Myanmar’s reclusive former dictator surfaces on Facebook
YANGON - Myanmar’s reclusive former military dictator, Than Shwe, appears to have surfaced in public for the first time in almost four years in a photograph on Facebook showing him being taught to use an iPad by a young girl.
Thais smile through gritted teeth for China's tourists
BANGKOK - Drying underwear at a temple and defecating in public, kicking a bell at a sacred shrine and washing feet in a public restroom: that's a sample from a litany of complaints about the behavior of Chinese tourists in Thailand. | Video
After film, Bosnian woman agrees to meet son born of wartime rape
SARAJEVO - A Bosnian woman has agreed to meet the son she bore as the result of wartime rape after having read of a film made about the now 22-year-old man and his search for his biological parents, the film director said on Thursday.
Swiss mix: Work and play in Geneva
When Audi of America's President Scott Keogh hits the road he has one favorite destination: Geneva. Full Article
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