Vatican Dress Rules Frustrate Summer Tourists
In Rome and Vatican City amid a heat wave, authorities refuse entry to St. Peter's Basilica for visitors with bare shoulders or shorts. Vendors sell disposable pants as the scene in St. Peter's Square becomes an open air changing room. Tourists protest the uniform demand while Rome fights sweltering heat and guards enforce the dress code.
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Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz dies at 77 in New Jersey
Celia Cruz, famed as the Queen of Salsa, died at age 77 from a brain tumor at her Fort Lee home in New Jersey. Publicist Blanca Lasalle confirmed the death after a December brain surgery. Cuban-born Cruz rose from Havana clubs to stardom with La Sonora Matancera before emigrating to the United States in 1960.
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Memorial Church consecrated at site of czar family execution
In Yekaterinburg crowds witnessed clerics consecrate a memorial church at the site where Czar Nicholas II and his family were shot on July 17 1918. The Church on the Blood cost about 1 million dollars to build per ITAR TASS reports.
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