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UK's Royal Mint reveals coin portrait of King Charles III
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» LONDON - Britain's Royal Mint on Friday unveiled the official effigy of King Charles III that will appear on coins following his accession to the throne.
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Fly swatters and Covid coins: this week on the US campaign trail
AFP, Published on 10/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - With less than a month until the US elections the race for the White House has thrown up a new trove of tidbits and odd moments, including a rush on fly swatters and a new presidential coin.
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Federer, Nadal play to record crowd in Cape Town
AFP, Published on 08/02/2020
» CAPE TOWN: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attracted what organisers said was a world record crowd for a tennis match when they played an exhibition event in the Cape Town Stadium on Friday.
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New air-a: Canny Japanese shops sell tins of Heisei air
AFP, Published on 22/04/2019
» TOKYO - With just days until Japan ushers in a new era with the crowning of a new emperor, one entrepreneurial company is cashing in by selling cans containing "the air of the outgoing era" -- a breeze at $10.
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Four men on trial in Berlin deny giant gold coin heist
AFP, Published on 10/01/2019
» BERLIN - Four Berlin men who went on trial Thursday denied involvement in the spectacular museum theft of a giant commemorative gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf" and valued at 3.75 million euros ($4.3 million).
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Four men face Berlin trial for giant gold coin heist
AFP, Published on 10/01/2019
» BERLIN - Four Berlin men go on trial Thursday charged over the spectacular museum theft of a giant commemorative gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf" and valued at 3.75 million euros ($4.3 million).
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Royal wedding a boost for Brexit-bound Britain
AFP, Published on 15/05/2018
» WINDSOR, UK: The royal wedding of Prince Harry and his glamorous fiancee Meghan Markle is a moment of light relief for a Britain weighed down by political, social and economic woes.
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Shakespeare, Battle of Hastings on 2016 British coins
AFP, Published on 01/01/2016
» LONDON - William Shakespeare, the Great Fire of London and the Battle of Hastings will appear on British coins this year, marking major anniversaries in the country's history, The Royal Mint announced Friday.
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US-Asean summit set for February in California
AFP, Published on 31/12/2015
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will host leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Rancho Mirage, California on February 15 and 16, the White House said Wednesday.
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Two hundred years on, guns roar anew at Waterloo
AFP, Published on 20/06/2015
» WATERLOO (BELGIUM) - Under the same leaden skies and the same damp Belgian fields, the Battle of Waterloo was fought again 200 years on Friday -- this time with pyrotechnics and blaring classical music.
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