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** Hobbits may be earliest Australians
The tiny hobbit-like humans of Indonesia may have lived in Australia before
they became extinct about 11,000 years ago
** Dutch forger displays work after fooling artists
A master of his craft, painter Geert Jan Jansen was always happiest when his
works were mistaken for those of other artists
** Torture museum opens in SW Hungary
The exhibition entitled Methods of Torture and Humiliation in Feudal Hungary
shows the various types of execution and torture resorted to in the 14th to
17th centuries in Hungary
** S*x experts head to Wales to talk Egyptian
Dr Richard Parkinson from the British Museum is one of four eminent
Egyptologists who will put forward four conflicting theories about the
relationship between the two brothers at the conference
** Terror victims go after museum pieces
Five U.S. citizens who were injured in a terrorist bombing in Israel are
attempting to seize Iranian antiquities in major U.S. museums
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** Old Beijing on show at new museum
Beijing's hutong, Peking opera and local folk culture are just some aspects
of the capital's life on show at the new Beijing Museum, which re-opens next
Friday
** 24-hour boozing through the centuries
The Museum of London has new evidence that in 12th century London, poor
quality drinking water forced people to drink a gallon of ale a day
** Chasing Down History and the 'Thieves of Baghdad'
After the American invasion of 2003, looters took advantage of the Iraqi
government's collapse to steal priceless antiquities from the Iraq Museum.
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** Former museum director sues county
The action came after the commissioners claimed McLaughlin had retaliated
against museum employees and had made working conditions at the museum
unbearable
** Man Charged in Elvis Museum Jewellery Heist
A man charged with stealing more than $300,000 worth of Elvis Presley's
jewellery from the Elvis-A-Rama museum says he's afraid he won't get a fair
trial
** Long-dormant Petit Palais set to reopen
The Petit Palais, a long forgotten gem among Paris museums, is reopening
this weekend after an $84 million renovation that has restored the full
splendour of a structure originally built for the 1900 World's Fair
** History Museum Exhibit Features Rare Money
As long as there's been money, there have been counterfeiters and an exhibit
at the National Museum of American History reinforces that axiom
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** Insurance company blames museum for theft
Essex Insurance Co. filed the suit in Minneapolis, saying it should not have
to pay the $1 million claim filed for the shoe heist because the museum's
burglar alarm had been deactivated at the time of the August theft
** Domino-Busting Sparrow Gets Spot in Museum
A sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes and almost derailed a world
record attempt before being shot dead will be enshrined in the Rotterdam
Natural History Museum
** This Week's Horoscopes
Taurus April 20 - May 20: The Sistine Chapel panel that depicts the creation
of the sun and moon never fails to hold spectators captive with its beauty
and vast scope, allowing you plenty of time to search through their purses
and pockets for money
** Minority curator shortage tackled
A new initiative aimed at tackling the shortage of ethnic minority curators
in London's major museums has launched two-year placements for five people
** Nero's palace in Rome closes for safety reasons
The palace of Nero, one of Rome's most popular tourist sites, risks falling
apart and must close for emergency repairs
** Te Papa strike unusual deal with Jackson
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa has bumped a New Zealand art exhibition aside
to make way for a money-spinning Lord of the Rings repeat, in a deal secured
with a highly unusual payment
** Safecracker to tackle 2 on old U.S. sub
A professional New Jersey safecracker has been commissioned to open two
safes locked aboard a World War II submarine for more than 60 years
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