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What do the French eat for Christmas? Roast pheasant and chocolate truffles, says Ginette Mathiot In France the Christmas meal almost always starts off with seafood, usually oysters, followed by a roast, often game or poultry,... [read full story]
Charles Walker was a distinguished civil engineer in Scotland and the Far East who is memorable as the man who tracked down the unmarked grave of the Scottish Olympic athlete Eric Liddell, who died in a Japanese prison camp in...
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble pressed General Motors on Sunday to shed light on its plans for Opel and said the U.S. group had a responsibility for workers at its European unit. A GM executive...
Elisabeth Söderström was one of the most natural performers in opera. She regarded herself as a storyteller; vocalism for its own sake did not interest her, and she often said that her own voice was nothing special. There she...
