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Though few onlookers have ever noticed, the famed golden-topped obelisk at the centre of Place de la Concorde in Paris has stood without a tip for nearly 200 years. Until Tuesday. In a ceremony attended by VIPs, a trainee craftworker showed no signs of vertigo as she placed a new gold-plated point atop the 3,000-year-old monument, which was gift to France from Egypt in 1830. The obelisk from the Luxor Temple "arrived in Paris without its tip which had been eroded over centuries," French conservation expert Isabelle Morin-Loutrel explained to AFP.

NICOSIA (AFP) – Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his arduous quest for asylum – even if just for the length of a song. Kamara, 29, reached the capital of Cyprus five years ago from The Gambia. Like some new migrants to […]

Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his arduous quest for asylum – even if just for the length of a song.

Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his arduous quest for asylum -- even if just for the length of a song.Strolling through the capital's historic old town one morning, Kamara peered into the window of a music shop and was immediately hit with nostalgia at the sight of an African drum called a djembe.

Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his arduous quest for asylum -- even if just for the length of a song.