Britain's Young Art Prodigy Kieron Williamson Shocks World
Eight year old Kieron Williamson, dubbed mini Monet, has sold all 33 works in his latest show for about 235000 dollars. His Norfolk landscapes attract buyers from the United States with a 3000 name waiting list. Parents Keith and Michelle Williamson juggle pride and worry as media interest grows.
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Holt
England
Britain
Kieron Williamson
Kieron
United States
Keith
Michelle Williamson
Billie-Jo
Cornwall
Norfolk
Williamsons
Kieran
Michelle
North Sea
London
Holkham
Ings
Pablo Picasso
Picasso
John Everett Millais
Royal Academy
Jack Boyle
Boyle
Junta sets date for Myanmar vote on Nov 7
The Myanmar junta declares Sunday November 7 for multiparty elections to elect parliament, while critics flag rules favoring the army and barred democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. U N officials urge release of political prisoners to enable free and fair campaigning.
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Yangon
Myanmar
Democracy
Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi
National League For Democracy
Election Commission
Burma
U.N
Ban Ki-moon
Martin Nesirky
Ban
Nesirky
New York
NLD
Tamil asylum ship reaches Vancouver amid refugee surge
After three grueling months at sea the MV Sun Sea docked in a Canadian naval port with 490 Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. Officials warn of possible Tamil Tigers involvement while rights groups urge cautious, humane processing of refugees arriving in Canada.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Sri Lanka
Canada
Sun Sea
Canadian Tamil Congress
Gary Anandasangare
Tamil Tigers
India
Vic Toews
Canadian
United Nations
Tamil Congress
Majula Selarajah
Toews
Protests surge as Kashmir violence claims four amid unrest
Tens of thousands of Kashmiris protested Friday after government forces killed four people and injured 31 in clashes across Srinagar and other towns. Police reported two in Bomai and a teenager slain in Trehgam, as crowds clashed with security forces during Ramadan prayers. Protests spread to Pattan and surrounding villages with demands for independence or merger with Pakistan. The violence comes amid two months of deadly unrest in Indian controlled Kashmir with over 55 deaths.
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Srinagar
India
Himalayan
Kashmir
Bomai
Pattan
Trehgam
Maqsood Ahmed
Pakistan
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New Art World Star
Junta
Indian Kashmir
New Delhi
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