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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this
week's edition include:
** Man Charged With Bribing Museum Head
A Production house director who allegedly bribed a former museum director
was yesterday charged with two counts of corruption
** Audience for Islamic art is growing
Often called a cradle of Western civilization, Iraq has been home to great
civilizations- Mesopotamia, Sumer, Babylon and Persia - and their history is
entrenched in the region's cultural heritage
** Madrid auction house claims to find two Goya paintings
Alcala Subastas says Prado is keeping silent because it intends to bid for
the works and does not want to drive up the price by saying they are indeed
Goyas
** Neanderthals as nimble-fingered as humans
Neanderthals were not the clumsy cave dwellers once thought - new computer
simulations show they were as nimble-fingered as their human cousins
** Mystery donor pre-empts appeal to save painting
Sir David Attenborough was comprehensively upstaged yesterday, for possibly
the first time in his life
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** Former prostitutes want to turn brothel into museum
"Cowboys, lawyers, doctors, politicians, pro football players -- you name
it, they all came through there,"
** 'Peanuts' Lawsuit Is Settled
The "Peanuts" trust's lawsuit against the International Museum of Cartoon
Art (IMCA) has been dismissed
** Meaning of 40-Million-Year-Old Fossils Debated
Fossils recently discovered in Egypt fill one of the gaps in the
evolutionary tree of primates and double the known age of one of its main
branches
** Unpublished Puccini score found in Tuscany
She decided not to reveal her discovery until the score, which was in a poor
condition, had been restored, which necessitated lengthy and painstaking
work.
** This Week's Horoscopes
Gemini: (May 21 - June 21): You will nearly drown when your classically
educated mother submerges you in the Ohio River to give you invincibility
** 380,000 eyes fulfil a sculptor's vision
Hu Li Qin, a 53-year-old grandmother, is tending her rice plants and
vegetables in the fields of southern China when a lanky Englishman arrives
to ask if she will help him make a work of art
** Brave leap of faith in pioneer aviator
Many claim that Pearse, a South Canterbury farmer, beat the Wright brothers
into aviation history and became the first to fly in March, 1903 - eight
months before the Wrights' exploits at Kitty Hawk
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** Museum visitors journey to a spirited and spiritual land
Except for a photo here and there recalling the war-torn land that was
Vietnam some 30 years ago, this show is very much about today
** History in harm's way
Nebuchadnezzar II has been dead for more than 2500 years but his cult status
remains current in Iraq
** Abstract art used in wartime torture chambers in Spain
It was torture with a creative flair - build tiny cells that kept prisoners
from sleeping, sitting or pacing, and decorate the walls with mind-bending
art
** In war, Peace Museum's fund runs out
In the midst of war, the 21-year-old Peace Museum is all too quiet on the
financial front: It has so little money it is canceling upcoming shows
** Good Enough to Eat
'Icing on the Cake' at COPIA demonstrates how modern cake decorating
embraces tradition but continues to push the envelope
** Sultan opens museum
Among the items displayed at the museum include pre-historic artifacts,
manuscripts on the state's legends and history, Kedah Royal family history,
traditional weapons and cultural items
** Botanical Art on Display at Smithsonian
From fungi to roses, the world's plants are on vivid display in an art
exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History that shows
their complexity and beauty
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** "Identification and Care of Videotapes", focusing on the preservation of
this problematic modern medium
** Double Helix - Celebrating 50 years of DNA
** ERPANET Seminar Preservation of web material
** The 2003 Folklife Field School
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