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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 U.S. Says Was a Nazi Is Stripped of His Citizenship
Part of the government's case was an analysis by Peter Black, a senior
historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, who
concluded that the records showed Mr. Palij "served as an armed guard of
civilian prisoners at a forced-labour camp for Jews at Trawniki."
** Baghdad museum to send treasures to US
The Baghdad museum, recovering from a wave of looting that followed the
downfall of Saddam Hussein, will send some of its greatest treasures to the
United States for the first time
** The pictures that reveal UK's hidden history
It's strange to think that a photograph that captures so much suffering can
be a rare historical treasure
** 3,000-year-old Earthenware Restored to Original Splendour in Southwest
China
Some 700 pieces of earthenware made in the ancient Shu Kingdom have been
unearthed by archaeologists after they were buried thousands of years ago at
the Sangxingdui Ruins
** Museum's refusal
A British museum director yesterday refused to return the remains of about
450 indigenous Australians to tribal elders but denied having a "nasty
attitude" towards Aborigines
** Professor Seeks Candidates for Body Parts Exhibition
Professor Gunther von Hagens is coming to the home of bodysnatchers Burke
and Hare to find candidates for his gruesome Body Worlds exhibition
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** Submarine To Become Moscow Museum
The decommissioned Novosibirsky Komsomolets diesel submarine has been fully
prepared for its transport to Moscow where the city authorities plan to
convert it into a submarine fleet museum
** This exhibition is stuffed, but worth a flying visit
The birdman of Melbourne - Museum Victoria ornithologist Wayne Longmore -
woke very early yesterday
** Egypt Wants Rosetta Stone Back - at Least for A Visit
British Museum officials also spoke of "excellent relationships with all our
professional colleagues in Egypt", but said: "The Rosetta Stone will stay in
London to be seen by the widest possible constituency of international
visitors."
** Blaze hits Berlin museum
An overnight fire left Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof museum damaged, destroying
at least one artwork and casting doubt on whether the institution will open
to the public on time this week
** Like a Virgin Queen: Portrait P.R.
The vast majority were cheap copies of approved paintings or engravings,
churned out under the watchful eye of the court's efficient propaganda
machine
** East German Art Show Opens in Berlin
The biggest-ever exhibition of East German art opened but pointedly excluded
the bombastic Socialist Realism favoured by the former regime
** JFK's wartime underwear causes a stir in Dublin
John F. Kennedy's boxer shorts from his days in the US Navy during World War
II were causing quite a stir at a well-known Dublin tailor's shop.
** Explorers rub hands over ancient Roman cream
A small tin can hidden in a ditch at a Roman temple as an offering to the
gods was opened for the first time in nearly 2000 years yesterday to reveal
what appeared to be smelly face cream
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** This Week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius: (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) This will be a very romantic period for
Sagittarius, which beats the hell out of the weepy, self-absorbed
pre-Raphaelite period you've been going through.
** Germany's dog-eating catfish found dead
Kuno became a local celebrity in 2001 when he sprang from the waters of the
Volksgarten park lake to swallow a Dachshund puppy whole
** Museum planned for prehistoric cave art
The art - first revealed in June - consists of 12,000-year-old engravings of
birds and an ibex carved into the stone walls at Creswell Crags, on the
border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
** Auctioneers to Sell Museum's Collection
He admitted that some of Potter's signature taxidermy pieces - stuffed
animals put into human poses - could be considered "a horrible idea."
** Proud Statue Gets Royal Cover Up
Officials decided to spare attending dignitaries, including the Prince of
Wales, any embarrassment by boarding up the offending artwork
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Call For Papers
The Society for Late Antiquity will be sponsoring three sessions at the
International Medieval Studies Congress, May 6-9, 2004
** Whistler Centenary Conference: Gilmorehill Centre and Hunterian Art
Gallery
** Georgia is celebrating Georgia Archives Week from October 5-11.
** " When the Public Comes First, What Follows? "
** Come to the Cabaret, Again
** A $250,000 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library
Services to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science will
continue the Museum's successful Proyecto Futuro science and math program
for students and their parents.
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