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Japan's Education Ministry announced Wednesday that it would partly reinstate references in textbooks to the military's role in forcing civilians to commit mass suicide during the Battle of Okinawa in...

The space could hardly be more theatrical. Stretching 300 feet through two galleries of the Louvre, it leads from Michelangelo's statue "The Dying Slave," past the marble poses of Greek...

There is a new nuclear arms race under way -- in hospitals. Medical centers are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used only for exotic physics research, into the...

Douglas O. Morgan, a publisher whose extensive collection of rare 19th Century wood type letterforms helped start a graphic design revival, died Dec. 10 at his home in Essex, N.Y....

Through accidents of geography and history, Cuba is a priceless ecological resource. That is why many scientists are so worried about what will become of it after Fidel Castro and...

By age 2, it was clear that the boy had a sensibility all his own, affectionate and distant at the same time, often more focused on patterns and objects than...

State health officials across New England are on alert after dozens of cases of mumps have been confirmed or suspected in Maine. Fifteen cases have been confirmed since September, and...

Michael Kidd, the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows such as "Finian's Rainbow" and "Guys and Dolls" and Hollywood musicals including "The Band Wagon" and "Seven Brides...

As a bright young thing -- which, it could be argued, is what he remained until almost his dying day -- Noel Coward wrote letters filled with effusive glee. As...

Turkish jets bombed separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq for the second day in a row, Kurdish security officials said Sunday, although there was no immediate confirmation from the Turkish...