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High winds battered Britain and western France

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Rubble from the roof of The Duchess public house in Battersea, south west London is strewn across the road in Battersea, south west London, Monday March 28, 2016. Some flights at London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports have been diverted due to high winds battering much of Britain and western France. The high winds from a storm caused 87 cancellations and 43 diversions at Gatwick and Heathrow because flights had trouble landing safely. (John Stillwell/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

An American teenager wounded in the Brussels Airport attack

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Mason Wells an American survivor of the attacks in Belgium this week answers questions during an interview in a hospital in Ghent, Belgium Friday March 25, 2016. Mason Wells, who is from Sandy, Utah, told The Associated Press on Friday that he felt at peace in the moments after surviving the attacks and a sense that "someone greater than us is watching over us. " But what is remarkable is that this is the second time Wells survived an attack. He was in Boston at the time of the Boston marathon attack, having gone to support his mother in her race. An American teenager wounded in the Brussels Airport attack also survived the Boston Marathon attack. Mason Wells, who is from Sandy, Utah, was in a hospital in the Belgian city of Ghent on Friday, where he told The Associated Press he felt an amazing calm after surviving the suicide bombings Tuesday at Belgium's main airport. Wells, a 19-year-old Mormon missionary, said he felt at peace in the moments after surviv...

Thousands of French young people and trade unionists

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Thousands of French young people and trade unionists have held street protests to reject the government's new labor changes. More than 100 high schools were closed across the country Thursday due to the protests called by student organizations and backed by some worker unions. University students demonstrate in Paris, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Students and workers unions have called for another day of protests against planned labor reforms.

Baby abandoned in the bush 2 weeks after birth now called Oluwapelumi

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According to a post by David Oyedepo Foundation, the adorable baby girl pictured here was abandoned in the bush two weeks after birth and was taken to Lady Atinuke Oyindamola Home. She is now called Oluwapelumi- God is with me and is doing great. See another photo after the cut...

A Deltal kekenape man advert:

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Tourism officials forecast a record crowd for the St. Patrick's Day

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A group from County Kerry, Ireland, marches up Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York. The 2016 parade marks the centennial anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising against British rule. Tourism officials forecast a record crowd for the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, centerpiece of a weeklong festival celebrating Ireland's patron saint. An estimated 125,000 visitors are joining hundreds of thousands of locals at Thursday's two-hour parade down O'Connell Street to St. Patrick's Cathedral in central Dublin.

shock News: Holy grail' set of Shakespeare folios for sale

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William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays — a collection the auctioneer's head of books, Margaret Ford, calls "the holy grail of publishing." A Christie's member of staff displays an unrecorded copy of the First Folio, the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, widely considered the most important literary publication in the English language, in London, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The book contains 36 plays, 18 of which appear here for the first time in print, and is estimated at 800,000-1.2 million UK pounds (1,127,760- 1.69 million US dollars). William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the auctionee...