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The $3bn art collection hidden in vaults

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By Alastair SookeFeatures correspondent Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)A new book reveals a collection bought by the wife of the Shah of Iran in the 1970s. Alastair Sooke talks to Farah Pahlavi, who was known as the Jackie Kennedy of the Middle East, about works by the likes of Bacon, Warhol and Picasso stored in the vaults of a Tehran museum. “The first time I met Andy Warhol was in Washington, at the White House,” says Farah Pahlavi, the exiled widow of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Read More...

U.S. at front of death penalty debate after Alabama execution uses nitrogen gas, the first ever

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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man put to death using nitrogen gas appeared to shake and convulse on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that once again placed the United States at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. Thursday at an Alabama prison after breathing the gas through a face mask to cause oxygen deprivation. It marked the first time a new execution method was used in the U. Read More...

Who is his twin brother?

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Dr. Patrick Graves Jackson is the husband of Joe Biden’s latest Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. They met in college, married, and had two children together. Fans have been yearning to find out who William Jackson is since he was discovered as Patrick G Jackson’s twin brother. So continue reading as this article addresses just that. Patrick G. Jackson siblings: Who is his twin brother? William Jackson was born in 1969. Read More...