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Collection on Albert Einstein to be auctioned in May

Christie'splanstoauctionacollectionofletters,postcardsandphotographsofGermanscientistAlbertEinsteininearlyMay,accordingtolocalmedia.Theassortmenthasbeenpreserve

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SHINee's Japan tour to proceed despite member's death

PopularboybandSHINeeconfirmedTuesdaythatthegroup'stourofJapanwillproceedasplannednextmonthdespitethedeathofmemberKimJong-hyun.SHINeemembersuploadedhandwrittenle

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Thousands of Proust letters to be posted online

AtroveofMarcelProust'scorrespondenceistobedigitizedandputonlineforfree,withthefirstbatchofletterstimedtocoincidewiththe100thanniversaryoftheendofWorldWarI,organ

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Australian court debates release of Queen’s secret letters

AlegalbattleoversecretlettersrevealingwhatQueenElizabethIIknewofherAustralianrepresentative’sstunningplantodismissAustralia’sgovernmentin1975openedinfederalcour

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Letter writing kept alive in Kenya despite rise in internet use

​Twenty-four-year-old Vincent Lukabo unsealed the brown envelope keenly and blew in some air to open it up before folding a typed letter and placing in.

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Britain publishes Prince Charles's "Black Spider" letters to Tony Blair

​A batch of private letters sent by Britain's Prince Charles to former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair and other government ministers were published Wednesday, sparking public scrutiny over whether the heir to the British throne had interfered with government policy-making.

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U.S. woman pleads guilty in Obama ricin case

A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending ricin-laced letters to U.S. President Barack Obama and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg at a court in the U.S. state of Texas, local media reported.

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Literary couple's letters off auction amid protest

A Beijing auction house announced Sunday that it would scrap the auction of letters by a late Chinese writer and his widow upon protest of privacy infringement.

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Copyright watchdog backs missive writer's auction protest

China's copyright authorities have voiced support for a centenarian who urged a halt to an upcoming auction involving private missives written by her and her late husband, Qian Zhongshu, a renowned Chinese literary scholar.

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HK journalists disapprove publicizing correspondence of late literature master

Two Hong Kong journalists, who came to be in touch with both men involved in the incident, disapproved Li Kwok Keung, a veteran publisher in Hong Kong, to publicize and publish late literature master Qian Zhongshu's private letters.

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Charges dismissed against U.S. suspect for sending ricin letter to Obama

U.S. attorneys on Tuesday dismissed charges against a suspect who had been arrested for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama and two others.