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Ok, now this is getting good.  First Italy demands "stolen artifacts" from the US.  Now, it appears that Egypt may have its own demand of Italy.  How far will it go?  Peru is going after things from Machu Pichu, and more.

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This could be monumental 
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Motivations get tangled as countries tussle over the return of artifacts. A telling case in point: the Obelisk of Axum.

By Christopher Reynolds
Times Staff Writer

Jan 6 2006

Elias Wondimu has heard that Italian leaders want North America's museums to hand back dozens of artifacts that came from Italian soil, and he's not ready to argue about that. 

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-axum6jan06,0,6134201.story

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