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As its name suggests, the Haags Historisch Museum (The Hague Historical Museum) is dedicated to the history of that city in ...

The Mohawk Chapel receiving a royal coat of arms is one of many milestones for the oldest surviving church in Ontario. A ...

The emblem of the Federal Republic of Somalia is a blue shield with a gold frame, in the centre of which is a silver-coated, five-pointed star. The shield is surmounted by a decorated emblem with five ...

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On Monday night, the Grammy winner and new face of Dior’s J’adore headed out in London wearing a yellow buttercream coat, whose design closely resembled a bathrobe—right down to the fluffy ...

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