Madrid - The tulip entered Europe through Moorish Spain five centuries earlier than previously thought, according to a Spanish study made public on Thursday.
The study by the University of Cordoba and the School of Arab Studies contradicts the generally accepted version that the flower, which is now a symbol of the Netherlands, arrived there from the Ottoman Empire, passing through Central Europe.
Los Angeles - Nadya Suleman has brought home the last of the octuplets she delivered in January, uniting her 14 young kids at home for the first time. Suleman, 33, brought home her son Jonah Monday night to the new four-bedroom home she moved into last month. Jonah had to stay in hospital longer than his siblings for surgical work on his cleft lip. All the babies had required extended hospital stays for monitoring and to allow them to gain enough weight to be brought home.
Karlsruhe, Germany - German investigators are checking out a hostile, German-language, Islamist video which recently appeared on a Central Asian website, federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe confirmed Tuesday. The 25-minute video appeared to have been made by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The German speakers in the video were thought to be two brothers of Moroccan extraction who grew up in Bonn and hold German citizenship, the Spiegel news website said.
Vienna - Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday they had ended their investigation of Joerg Haider's fatal car crash, concluding that the accident was caused by the right-wing leader, and putting to rest conspiracy theories. The head of the Alliance for the Future of Austria died on October 11 last year at the age of 58, when he drove drunk at a high speed and his car veered off the road and flipped over.
Paris - A gunman wielding a hunting rifle shot two people to death outside his house in the northern French town of Douchy-les- Mines, France Info radio reported Monday. The 63-year-old gunman, a retired lorry driver, fled into his residence after the shootings, but surrendered to police several hours later. Earlier reports spoke of three people killed.
The victims were identified as a young couple who were about to visit the gunman's neighbours.
Madrid - The tulip entered Europe through Moorish Spain five centuries earlier than previously thought, according to a Spanish study made public on Thursday.
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Los Angeles - Nadya Suleman has brought home the last of the octuplets she delivered in January, uniting her 14 young kids at home for the first time. Suleman, 33, brought home her son Jonah Monday night to the new four-bedroom home she moved into last month. Jonah had to stay in hospital longer than his siblings for surgical work on his cleft lip. All the babies had required extended hospital stays for monitoring and to allow them to gain enough weight to be brought home.
Karlsruhe, Germany - German investigators are checking out a hostile, German-language, Islamist video which recently appeared on a Central Asian website, federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe confirmed Tuesday. The 25-minute video appeared to have been made by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The German speakers in the video were thought to be two brothers of Moroccan extraction who grew up in Bonn and hold German citizenship, the Spiegel news website said.
Vienna - Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday they had ended their investigation of Joerg Haider's fatal car crash, concluding that the accident was caused by the right-wing leader, and putting to rest conspiracy theories. The head of the Alliance for the Future of Austria died on October 11 last year at the age of 58, when he drove drunk at a high speed and his car veered off the road and flipped over.
Paris - A gunman wielding a hunting rifle shot two people to death outside his house in the northern French town of Douchy-les- Mines, France Info radio reported Monday. The 63-year-old gunman, a retired lorry driver, fled into his residence after the shootings, but surrendered to police several hours later. Earlier reports spoke of three people killed.
