Daily Archives: May 16, 2014

Royal Family’s Private Archive on Display in UK

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Official papers recording the purchase of Buckingham Palace — for 28,000 pounds — is going on display for the first time as part of an exhibition at Windsor Castle.

The title deed, dated April 20, 1763, outlined how King George III bought the palace, then known as Buckingham House, from nobleman Charles Sheffield.

The property was bought by the monarch for his wife, Queen Charlotte, to accommodate the pair’s growing family. The organizers of the exhibition say the price paid is roughly 2 million pounds ($3.4 million) in today’s money.

The exhibition begins in Windsor on Saturday. It is accompanied by a book containing dozens more papers from the Royal Archives, including George III’s personal reflections on the loss of the American colonies following the War of Independence in 1783.

 

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Hundreds of rioters clash with police outside World Cup venues as anti-tournament protests turn violent

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Protesters and police clashed in Sao Paulo Thursday, as demonstrations against the World Cup and rallies calling for improved public services erupted in several Brazilian cities.

 

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Officers in Brazil’s largest city fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set piles of rubbish alight to barricade a central avenue.

Demonstrators blasted the billions spent to host next month’s football tournament and said they wanted to draw attention to what they called a lack of investment to improve poor public services.

The demonstration turned violent when some people smashed the windows of a Hyundai car dealership and the offices of a bank. Police arrested seven people carrying Molotov cocktails.
Thursday’s demonstrations blocked two key roads into Sao Paulo during the morning commute.
Police blocked the main entrance next to a construction zone where cranes and other machines were lined up to carry materials still needed to finish the football arena.

 

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Report: Rocket Attack Kills 13 in Syria’s Aleppo

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Syria’s state news agency says a rocket attack has killed 13 people in the northern city of Aleppo.SANA says Friday’s attack also wounded 17 people in the city’s northern neighborhood of Achrafieh.

The agency said the attack was carried out by “terrorists,” the term the government uses to refer to rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad.

It said the shells also damaged two houses in the area.

The attack came a day after similar shelling on the neighborhood killed three people and wounded 20.

Rocket attacks are common on residential neighborhood around Syria. The rockets can be wildly inaccurate.

Activists say Syria’s 3-year-old conflict has killed more than 150,000 people. More than 2.5 million people have fled Syria to neighboring countries, while millions more are displaced within it.

 

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