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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:
** Finder of 5,300-year-old iceman may have suffered similar fate
The German man who discovered the frozen corpse of a prehistoric iceman in
the Alps 13 years ago is thought to have suffered a similar fate to his
famous find after he disappeared in the same mountain range last weekend
** Mayor of Rio seeks to build Guggenheim museum
A municipal commission investigated alleged irregularities in the contract
between the city and the Guggenheim foundation, which triggered the
controversy surrounding museum construction
** Artefacts stolen from mining museum
State museum officials said 60 artefacts, including furniture, kitchen
utensils and toys, were stolen from Eckley Miners' Village in Luzerne County
** British Museum eases grip on religious treasures
No member of the museum staff - including director Neil MacGregor - is
permitted to enter the room
** Director of Getty Art Museum Quits
Gribbon, the latest to join an exodus of top officials from the
world-renowned museum, announced that she would leave at the end of the
month
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** Most state money allocated for King-Chavez museum unaccounted for
The California Department of Parks and Recreation, which gave the money to
Colour Me Freedom at the Legislature's direction, "had no formal policies or
procedures to track the status of projects after advance payments were
made," according to Westly
** Chirac gifts museum is shunned by visitors
There are blue cowboy boots from Bill Clinton, a copper-edged porcelain bowl
from Tony Blair, a chess set from South Africa, with Nelson Mandelas as the
kings and Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the bishops, and a range of items
depicting one of the President's favourite spectator sports, Japanese sumo
wrestling
** Pre-Incan cloaks robbed from south Peru museum
The 800-year-old Paracas textiles were fine examples of pre-Incan Peruvian
culture due to the richness of their colours and patterns
** British Museum Censors Bin Laden Art Film
Controversy has been the lifeblood of Britain's top award for modern art,
and this year is no different: One nominee is too sensitive to display in
full
** Veteran Crews Pay Tribute to the Wooden Mosquito
The group met at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, north west London and
spent the day reminiscing and inspecting one of the planes they used to fly
** Long-Lost Jules Verne Short Story 'The Camera-Phone' Found
"This story of a hand-held communications and picture-taking device that
leads to social upheaval in 21st-century France provides yet another example
of Verne's celebrated prescience."
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** Museum founded by Mr H*orniman hits trouble in age of Internet filters
When Victorian tea merchant Frederick H*rniman decided to name the London
museum he set up after himself, little did he realise the trouble this might
cause in the era of e-mail and internet
** 'Lost' El Greco on show in Poland
The work, titled Ecstasy of St Francis, was discovered in a small church in
east Poland during a routine check of historical artefacts in 1964
** Cops 'closing in' on Scream robbers
Police said they had identified a group of people linked to the getaway car
used in the bold daytime robbery of a version of one of the world's most
famous paintings in late August, the first armed theft at a gallery in
Norway
** National Gallery Opens New Photos Halls
A British lawyer, Fenton documented the Crimean War that pitted Russia
against Britain, France and Turkey 150 years ago
** A Tribute to Spam, the Meat
The Cyberdiner exhibit raises the obvious question: How does Hormel feel
about its fine pork product being connected - if only by name - with e-mail
offering p*rn, dr*gs and bogus investment schemes?
** New nature museum exhibit offers undignified look at animals
But the exhibition is also built in a way adults can stomach, even after a
hearty breakfast
** Subway Founder Leaves Rare Ruby To Museum
A nuclear scientist who made millions as the co-founder of the Subway
sandwich chain has left a rare piece of jewellery to the Smithsonian's
Museum of Natural History
** Residents suing museum over Paddlewheel plans
Plans to dock a triple-deck, 120-foot paddlewheel boat at Madisonville's
maritime museum along the Tchefuncte River may be sunk by riverfront
residents
** Trustee quits over museum revamp
Tom Stallard, a founding trustee of the California State History Museum,
said that he resigned from the board over his disagreement with first lady
Maria Shriver's plan to transform the facility into a California Women's
History Museum, and that two other board members have stepped down for
similar reasons
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