Pearl Maiden set up homeless charity Mark's Pit Stop eight years ago in Wellington, Shropshire, with Janet Groves.

BBC: Mark's Pit Stop homeless charity finds new base

The enamel, gold and pearl-set fan is estimated at 300, 000 francs-500, 000 francs.

WSJ: Collecting: Marking Time With Rare Watches

The Beijing News backs a proposal by the capital's mayor to follow the example of the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions and set up a joint air pollution control system between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

BBC: China media: Death of Chavez

One of the lots at Christie's is a stunning and unusual set of diamond and pearl ear pendants.

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The two-hour Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack is set to air May 27 on National Geographic's newly launched cable channel and the same night on NBC.

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For his discovery the man was set free, and the largest pearl in the world began the journeys, or peregrinations, that would endow it with its name: La Peregrina.

WSJ: Pearls Gone Wild

The baroque drop-shaped natural pearl weighing 239.7 grains (59.92 carats) is set with a diamond foliate surmount and comes with a 42-cm. long diamond chain.

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Pearl, formed from a public company that trades on the slippery Toronto Venture Exchange, set up a subsidiary in New Jersey to avoid laws in other states that prevent nonlitigants from financing lawsuits and to give it a U.S. home base.

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