The Tamil Nadu government had in May last year ordered permanent shutdown of the copper smelter after bloody protests at the plant in Thoothukudi culminated in police opening fire on demonstrators. Vedanta wants the plant to be reopened, pointing to the economic pressures from the closure.

Located in the heart of Cairo on Tahrir Square, the Egyptian Museum has long been the foremost home for the country's bounteous collection of antiquities.

A small congregation in white hard hats attended mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service since a fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago. Church leaders are keen to show life goes on at the cathedral as donations for rebuilding trickle in. The mass, which commemorates the cathedral's consecration as a place of worship, was held in a side-chapel left undamaged by the April 15 fire, with attendance limited to about 30 people wearing protective headgear.

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