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On the Wildside: The bullfinches are considered to be a symbol of good luck
The scientific name includes the Latin word ‘pyrrhula’ derived from the Greek meaning ‘flame-coloured bird’. Finches are typically thick-billed, but bullfinches especially so. These heavily-built birds are plump and quite bull-necked, and both male and female have stout grey-black bills, black wings, nape, crown, and chin, with white rump, under-tail coverts and wing-bar. These white markings, particularly the rump, are very striking when they fly. The other characteristic of the bullfinch is...
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Russian Band Arrested Mid-Concert Over 'Nazi Symbols'
Band leader Maria Rounova told state news agency TASS the motifs in question are old Slavic symbols after the Russian police raid, which had spectators lying down on the floor.
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Flame For Paris Olympics Lit In Symbolic Ceremony In Olympia
OLYMPIA, (IANS) – With around 100 days to go before its start, the Olympic flame that will be burning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was ignited at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece on March 16 during a traditional ceremony. It […]