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week's edition include:

**  SA museum dons Saddam's memorabilia
A South African soldier's passion for military memorabilia led him to buy a 
set of medals belonging to the executed Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein - and 
they are now on display in Johannesburg

**  Knights of the Sky
The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre collection is managed by the 14-18 
Aviation Heritage Trust, which is chaired by film director Peter Jackson, 
and has been brought to life in a series of theatrical dioramas constructed 
with the artistic talent and technical expertise of some of New Zealand's 
most talented storytellers and special effects wizards

**  Gates at India's Taj Mahal get facelift
Archaeologists and conservationists have starting giving the massive gates 
of the Taj Mahal a facelift to repair weather damage to the majestic 
17th-century monument

**  Ancient stone tools found in N.America
What appear to be crude stone tools may provide evidence that people lived 
in Minnesota 13,000 to 15,000 years ago, which if confirmed would make them 
among the oldest human artefacts ever found in North America

**  Unknown documents on President Ho collected in Russia
On a recent visit to Russia, a Ha Noi-based museum collected valuable 
documents on the late President Ho Chi Minh, with many of them having never 
before been made public

**  Hunt for Da Vinci Painting Will Resume
A real-life Da Vinci mystery, complete with tantalizing clues and sharp art 
sleuths, may soon be solved, as researchers resume the search for a lost 
Leonardo masterpiece believed to be hidden within a wall in a Florence 
palace
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**  Poor old Walter Sickert
While Walter Sickert married three times, he was, like his grandfather, in 
many ways a lifelong bachelor and, in a long life, it's a moot point whether 
he had more mistresses than he had studios, which he changed with insouciant 
rapidity

**  Art theft perfect crime for our time
The excitement is emblematic of the growing focus on stolen art and 
artefacts by law enforcement agents, litigation lawyers and freelance 
sleuths

**  Plans to test Aboriginal remains unchanged
The Natural History Museum in London says it is going ahead with tests on 
the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines

**  The Da Vinci codex versus the museum code
To help bankroll the institution's exhibitions and programs, the Hammer 
board of directors and Philbin have been relying on interest income from the 
sale of Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester to Microsoft founder Bill Gates 
for $30.8 million in 1994 - a move that, at first glance, conflicts with the 
code of ethics

**  Billionaire sues insurer after puncturing Picasso
Steve Wynn, who left the artist's 1932 work Le Reve with a "thumb-sized 
flap" in the canvas, has sued insurer Lloyd's of London, accusing the 
company of failing to act properly on his claim for the alleged lost worth

**  Scientists Create World's Largest Novelty Atom
Scientists have long been labelled as overly serious, narrowly focused 
individuals who don't have time for fun
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**  Mystery "men of the clouds" mummies arrive in Lima
Mummies of the Chachapoyas, known as the "men of the clouds" and objects of 
cult worship in pre-Columbian Peru, are being exhibited to the public in 
Lima after a successful European tour

**  Museum of Natural History Developing Gallery Of Korean History
It will have as many as 4,000 artefacts, with many coming from the 
Smithsonian anthropology department's collection

**  Italian Art Thief Says Tomb Raiders Provide Important Service
A retired Italian antiquities thief told a Rome court that tomb robbers 
provide an important service by saving ancient art and helping to preserve a 
historical record

**  Chinese broadcaster reignites debate over Forbidden City Starbucks
Thousands of Chinese netizens have backed a campaign by a China Central 
Television anchorman to banish an outlet of American coffee giant Starbucks 
from the Forbidden City

**  MoMA Debuts Movie Project on Outer Walls

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