Amsterdam: A museum dedicated to Anne Frank defended Canadian pop star Justin Bieber on Monday for writing in its guest book that he hoped the young Holocaust victim would have been a "belieber", the popular term for his fans.
Bieber, 19, came under fire on social media for his written comments after visiting the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam over the weekend, accused of being "self-serving" and "tasteless".
But the museum came to his defense on Monday, saying staff were delighted that Bieber visited the exhibition built into the house where Frank and her family hid during World War Two before their arrest.
"His comments were quite innocent," said a museum spokeswoman. "He was here for more than hour and interested in Anne Frank's life and that for us is the most important thing."...
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11:28 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others are marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day with solemn prayers and the now oft-repeated warnings to never let such horrors happen again. Events took place at sites including Auschwitz-Birkenau on Sunday, the former death camp where Hitler's Germany killed at least 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, in southern Poland. ...
10:45 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Berlin: A Jewish World War I veteran was allegedly spared - for a while, at least - from Nazi persecution thanks to a letter that claimed Adolf Hitler wanted him protected, a German Jewish newspaper reported. The Nazi leader ordered the genocide of all Europe's Jews but apparently wanted Ernst Hess, a judge, to be left alone because they had served in the same WWI unit and Hess had briefly...
08:50 AM, Jul 07, 2012
US President Barack Obama talked tough on Sunday claiming that no Israeli government could "tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the Holocaust, threatens to wipe Israel off the map, and sponsors terrorist groups committed to Israel's destruction". ...
11:00 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Jerusalem: Agreeing to set the agenda for the next decade, India and Israel on Monday came together to raise a toast to each other with Israeli President Shimon Peres saying that India is the greatest democracy on earth and that Tel Aviv was following New Delhi with "great care and interest". In his welcome address to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who arrived in Jerusalem on Monday on a...
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I am not a fan of Booker short listed authors or long listed ones, till they come highly recommended. I sort of get scared to read them and with plenty of reason, given the choices in the past couple of years and how they fell flat in my face. Right from The Sea by John Banville to the Gathering by Anne Enright. I did not have it in me to...
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Guard Stephen Tyrone Jones died at a hospital after being shot with a rifle. ...
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The former Australian wicketkeeper feels in the upcoming India-England series the focus will be on Sachin Tendulkar. ...
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With players donning new colours and two more franchises added, IPL teams face the danger of losing their fan base. ...
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Mumbai: The Wankhede Stadium, venue for the World Cup final on April 2, suffered yet another embarrassment when a light tower suffered a power failure during the match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on Friday. The incident occured when New Zealand were trying to chase down Sri Lanka's total of 265-9 but the players barely noticed the blip as there was enough light on the ground. "One of the...
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For Cross Cafe patrons, Sunday afternoon brunch turned out to be much more meaningful than they possibly expected. ...
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