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LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...
US bridge collapses sending vehicles into water

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New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged space to Spanish masters Velazquez, El Greco and Goya. Prior to the overhaul, the Met's large collection of works by Velazquez, Goya, Ribera, Murillo and El Greco had been distributed in different galleries organized either by artistic movement or ...
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A 12-year-old Indian American from Plainville, Massachusetts, has emerged as the winner of this year's National Geographic Bee. Sathwik Karnik won the 25th annual geography bee on Wednesday -correctly answering the question, "Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak," as Chimborazo, People magazine ...
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Spanish art gets privileged space in New York museum

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged space to Spanish masters Velazquez, El Greco and Goya.

Prior to the overhaul, the Met's large collection of works by Velazquez, Goya, Ribera, Murillo and El Greco had been distributed in different galleries organized either by artistic movement or thematically.

But as of Thursday, this museum now has a dedicated space for Spanish art.

"Finally we can tell the story of Spanish art from El Greco to Goya, in three consecutive halls that are organized chronologically. It's an exciting moment for us," the Met's curator in the Department of European Paintings, Xavier F. Salomon, told EFE.

The attention garnered by Goya at the Met is such that Salomon plans to travel next week to Spain in a bid to obtain more paintings for a possible exhibit centered on the portraits the artist made of the Altamira family.

"It's been two years of closing rooms, but it's been worth it," Salomon added. "The result is wonderful. The visitor can see the paintings like never before, in a totally different way."

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