by Michel Viatteau Agence France Presse RUSKIE PIASKI, Poland (AFP) — An elderly woman leans over to smell a lush flowerbed of lavender in sprawling gardens surrounding an imposing early 20th-century palace in a pastoral corner of eastern Poland. Slowly a smile lights up her face, erasing her previous stony expression — she suffers from paranoid schizophrenia which often renders her emotionless. The sudden burst of happiness is one of the benefits of horticultural, or […]
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Boxing: Unbeaten Crawford defends title in Garden debut
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Unbeaten double world junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford defends his crowns against former Olympic champion Felix Diaz on Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Crawford, 30-0 with 21 knockouts, will try to retain the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization titles by dispatching Dominican top-ranked challenger Diaz, 19-1 with nine knockouts. “This is a really big fight to me,” Crawford said. “Diaz is a worthy challenger and […]
World-famous spring garden opens
(Eagle News) — The world-famous Keukenhof spring garden is known for its inspirational display of color and its horticultural precision.





