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Napoleon`s engagement ring to Josephine sells for USD 1mn

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 13:46

A simple diamond ring that a young Napoleon gave to his first wife Josephine on their engagement has sold for close to USD 1 million.

Napoleon`s engagement ring to Josephine up for auction

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 16:51

A simple 18th-century diamond and sapphire ring that French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte gave to his first wife Josephine on their engagement is expected to fetch USD 20,000 at an auction.

Journalist gunned down in Guatemala

Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 11:32

A journalist with Nuestro Diario newspaper was fatally shot in the eastern Guatemalan province of Jutiapa, the publication said Thursday.

Tom Cruise to play Napoleon Solo in `Man From U.N.C.L.E` flick

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 17:54

Tom Cruise is in talks to play Napoleon Solo - the famous character of 1960s TV spy series ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’ - on the big-screen remake of the series, it has been revealed.

Steven Spielberg developing Stanley Kubrick`s `Napoleon` for TV

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 14:03

Steven Spielberg is working on is working with Stanley Kubrick`s family to develop a TV miniseries based on late director`s scrapped screenplay on French emperor Napoleon.

Coded rare letter of Napoleon sold for $243,500 at auction

Last Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012, 00:01

A 200-year-old letter written in code by Napoleon Bonaparte in which he vows to blow up the Kremlin has been sold for a whopping USD 243,500, ten times its estimated pre-sale price.

`Russia, France should join hands for united Europe`

Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012, 10:12

Russian President Vladimir Putin watched a re-enactment of the Battle of Borodino, a decisive fight between Russian and French troops.

Re-enactment marks 200th anniversary of Borodino

Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012, 09:23

The Battle of Borodino, in which Napoleon Bonaparte`s Army fought against Czarist troops and Cossacks, claimed at least 70,000 lives.

200-year-old intact remains of soldier discovered at Waterloo

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 12:13

In one of the best ever war finds, the intact remains of a young British soldier have been discovered at Waterloo, almost 200 years after Prussian and English troops defeated Napoleon.

Rare Napoleon Bonaparte letter sold for $400,000

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 12:23

A rare letter written in English by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has been sold at an auction for 325,000 euros ($400,000).

Rare Napoleon letter sold for $400,000

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 10:22

A rare letter written in English by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has been sold at an auction for 325,000 euros ($400,000), reports claimed.

Napoleon`s letter in faulty English fetches USD 400,000

Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2012, 13:47

A rare letter in English by Napoleon in captivity after losing the Battle of Waterloo has been sold at an auction in Paris for a whopping USD 400,000.