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The legacy of Amar Bose, acoustic technology pioneer
AFP Relax News, Published on 16/07/2013
» Dr. Amar Bose, the academic whose lightening-quick mind, fascination with acoustics, love of classical music and drive to do "interesting things that hadn't been done before," culminatin in his founding of Bose, the privately held company that still bears his name, died this weekend aged 83.
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Twitter index: Kafka commemorated
AFP Relax News, Published on 04/07/2013
» On Wednesday, July 3, Twitter users are remembering author Franz Kafka, who was born on this date in 1883.
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Couples in same-sex marriages living longer: study
AFP Relax News, Published on 13/03/2013
» A new Danish study shows that couples in same-sex marriages are living longer, healthier lives. Men in same-sex marriages have also been found to live longer than men (either straight or gay) who are unmarried or divorced.
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Twitter index: HIV 'cure,' Miriam Makeba
AFP Relax News, Published on 05/03/2013
» On Monday, March 4, Twitter users are buzzing about the news that scientists appear to have cured a baby in Mississippi of HIV and talking about the Google Doodle celebrating civil rights activist Miriam Makeba's birthday.
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Twitter index: Titanic II, Stéphane Hessel
AFP Relax News, Published on 28/02/2013
» On Wednesday, February 27, Twitter users are talking about the proposed Titanic II, which hopes to replicate the voyage of the ill-fated ocean liner from which it got its name.
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Ravi Shankar: 'The Godfather of World Music'
AFP Relax News, Published on 12/12/2012
» Ravi Shankar, who died on Wednesday aged 92, was the world's most famous sitar player, who popularised classical Indian music abroad largely through his work with The Beatles' George Harrison.
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Casey Affleck on the hunt in 'Boston Strangler'
AFP Relax News, Published on 07/12/2012
» Warner Bros is set to produce Boston Strangler, a project helmed by actor and filmmaker Casey Affleck, reveals Deadline.com.
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Niemeyer: Key works of a Brazilian icon
AFP Relax News, Published on 06/12/2012
» The following is a list of some of the best known works by Brazil's star architect Oscar Niemeyer, a creative genius who died Wednesday at the age of 104, after designing more than 600 projects during career that spanned seven decades.
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Brasilia architect Oscar Niemeyer dead at 104
AFP Relax News, Published on 06/12/2012
» Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian icon who revolutionized modern architecture and designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, died in Rio Wednesday, his doctors said.
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Death of 'Mr. Food' tops food-related Google search terms
AFP Relax News, Published on 29/11/2012
» The death of Art Ginsburg, who taught audiences in the US how to cook easy recipes in 90-second segments between TV shows, drove people to look up his life on Google this week, driving up traffic for his pseudonym, "Mr. Food," to the top of food-related searches.
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