Germany Library Fire Destroys Rare Books
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A fire that ripped through one of Germany's most precious historical libraries destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of irreplaceable books, although some 6,000 works, including a 1543 Martin Luther Bible, were spirited to safety by a chain of people, officials said Friday.
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Officials on Friday opened a new wing in a historic German library that suffered severe damage in a fire five months ago.
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Fire breaks out on top floor of Europe's largest cancer hospital
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic  -- Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil's Bible - a medieval manuscript said to have been written 800 years ago with the devil's help - has returned to Prague after an absence of 359 years. The priceless piece, considered the biggest medieval book, was taken from the Prague Castle by Swedish troops at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648. It is in Prague on loan from Sweden's Royal Library in Stockholm. It was put on display under high security at the Czech National Library.
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A mosque in the south-eastern Dutch village of Helden, near the German border, was on fire early today, police said. Firefighters battled the blaze.
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A fire broke out in a residence in Germany while revelers were celebrating a carnival on Sunday, killing at least nine people, authorities told CNN.
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A fire that ripped through one of Germany's most precious historical libraries destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of irreplaceable books, although some 6,000 works, including a 1543 Martin Luther Bible, ...
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Papers in Germany reflect on the lessons of the Holocaust
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A huge fire takes hold at a building owned by the Royal Academy of Arts in central London.
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French authorities say arson is suspected in an overnight fire that destroyed a Jewish community center in Paris. No one was hurt in the blaze, which firemen battled in the predawn hours Sunday.
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WEIMAR - An overnight fire at the famed Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar may have destroyed 30,000 irreplaceable volumes dating back to the Renaissance, officials in Germany said Friday.
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Fire swept through a Jewish community center in eastern Paris in the early morning hours on Sunday after arsonists broke into the building and scrawled swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans inside.
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A previously unknown work by Johann Sebastian Bach has turned up in a crate of 18th-century birthday cards removed from a German library shortly before it was devastated by fire last year, researchers said Wednesday.
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Fire crews work to minimise damage after blaze at Europe's largest cancer hospital
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A Jewish social centre in central Paris was destroyed by fire overnight in an anti-Semitic arson attack, city authorities said.
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The roof and stage of Bonn opera house in Germany are damaged after a small fire on Monday.
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GERMANY FRANKFURT -- Frankfurt police have seized several Arabic books at the world's biggest book fair after complaints that they breached a German ban on anti-Semitic writing, a director of the fair said yesterday. It was unclear precisely which and how many books were taken off the stands. The Frankfurt Book Fair is giving a special showcase this year to ...