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Elton John adopts a baby from Ukraine

62-year-old Elton John wants to adopt 14-month-old baby from Ukraine, said the BBC. The singer, who lives with nearly 20 fit his younger partner David Furnish, took this decision during his visit to the country. Elton John is an organization that works with children whose parents have died after contracting HIV.

Japan becomes a country of centenarians

Over 40,000 Japanese aged 100 years or more, which is 10% more than last year shows the government survey released on Tuesday. The data shows that Japan's rapidly aging population problem. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 87 percent of 40,399 centenarians are women.

EU helps developing countries to climate

The European Union offered 15 billion annually to developing countries to persuade them to join a future global agreement to combat climate change, AP reported. The assistance will help developing countries to limit the increase in greenhouse gases. The grant money also is slow to accelerate negotiations for a new global agreement in the field of ecology.

Colosseum decays

If Italy fails to obtain the necessary funds for renovation of the Coliseum, it is possible for several years one of the oldest buildings only ruins remain. Representatives of the Italian Culture Ministry and the authorities in Rome have calculated that in order not to collapse amphitheater pieces need 5 million.

Descendants of Hitler did not want children

Two Belgian researchers have managed to find 39 direct descendants of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, SITA reported. Journalist Jean-Paul Mulders and historian Marc Vermeer say they sequenced the DNA of Hitler and then compare it with samples from cigarette butts found in the Austrian village of New York restaurant napkin and letters from France.

Turks claim their rights through faith reality show

I'll take you to God. Believe. Change your mind. Repent. Sounds like a quote from the words of the preacher. In fact, it comes to advertising the Turkish reality show. Turkish TV Channel S has taken the decision to build the script of his new reality format on religion.

Putin, give me something as a souvenir

An official at a Russian arms factory in the town of Tula asked Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin something about memory and got his watch. "Vladimir Vladimirovich would you give me something as a souvenir," said Putin worker. Russia's first gesticulating tried to tell the workers that have nothing to give him, but then jokingly asked him what he wants.

The Germans traded on the wall

15% of Germans want the Berlin Wall to be built again, because they lived better in time when the country was divided from it. This shows poll showed on Wednesday. 16 percent of supporters of the wall were West Germans and ten per cent - East. Much of Westerners resent costs to pay for restoration of the former communist east, the study found.

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