LONDON: A proposed statue of the late Amy Winehouse has been approved by local councillors. The life-sized bronze memorial - designed by Scott Eaton - was approved by Camden Council at a meeting earlier this week. It is expected to be installed on the balcony at The Roundhouse in Sept. Camden Town ...

LONDON: A life-size statue of Amy Winehouse will be erected outside a North London music venue near her former home.Proposals for the bronze tribute to the late singer have been given the green light by Town Hall planners to enable it to be put up on a first floor balcony outside the Roundhouse in ...

BEIJING  - A statue of former Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang, a reformer whose death sparked the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, has been set up in a coastal city, state media reported Monday.The bronze image, depicting Hu looking into the distance, was unveiled Sunday on Dachen ...

MAEV KENNEDYIn the winter of 1942 only the striking beauty of the young Indian woman reading a book on a London park bench in her lunch hour would have seemed exceptional.A statue has now been unveiled by Princess Anne near the bench in Gordon Square, commissioned by a small group determined that ...

A Leeds woman who is attracted to inanimate objects says she has found true love - with the Statue of Liberty. Amanda Whittaker, 27, says she has fallen head over heels for the New York monument, reports The Sun.Ms Whittaker, who had a love affair with a drum kit while still at school, said: ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - The Statue of Liberty, the iconic symbol of freedom, New York City and of US immigration, on Friday celebrates its 125th birthday, then closes for a years repairs. The event will be marked by a ceremony echoing the original October 28, 1886 inauguration of the monument in front of ...

BUDAPEST (AFP) - Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, will be immortalised in Budapest by a statue, Graphisoft, a Hungarian company Jobs helped to prominence, announced Friday. Graphisoft... will erect a statue to commemorate Apples legendary founder on December 21, the company, known globally ...

The daughter of the first man in space came to Britain to unveil a statue in his honour and revealed how Britons astonished him during a visit 50 years ago. Elena Gagarina was joined by Prince Michael of Kent as she inaugurated the statue of pioneering Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin outside the ...

DUSHANBE (AFP) - Tajikistan pulled down Central Asia's tallest statue of revolutionary Russian leader Vladimir Lenin as it sought to distance itself from its Soviet past, a city spokesman said Tuesday. "The Lenin monument was taken off its pedestal on Monday evening," the mayor's office spokesman ...

LONDON (AFP) - A statue of Michael Jackson dangling his baby son out of a hotel window has been erected in Britain, sparking anger Wednesday from die-hard fans of the late pop icon. The life-sized sculpture, entitled Madonna and Child, depicts the notorious incident when the singer held his ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United States announced Tuesday it would seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council with the goal of working to make it a more effective body to promote and protect human rights. The policy reverses the stance of the Bush administration, which called the Geneva-based council as ...

REMAINS of a beautifully carved 15-foot sculpture of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been discovered at an archaeological dig in Turkey. The colossal statue was uncovered from a Roman-era bath in Salagassos, western Turkey, that had been covered in rubble since an earthquake in the seventh ...

FRANSCHOEK (South Africa)  - A statue of former South African leader and Nobel Peace laureate Nelson Mandela has been unveiled at the site of his triumphant release 18 years ago. The statue, outside the prison in Franschoek, east of Cape Town, honours the 90-year-old Mandela and his ...