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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Manure sculpture provides place for meditation
A sculpture made of manure has been erected in Bulgaria to provide a place
for people to meditate
** Miami museum seeks Internet help in identifying Nazi plunder
Museum staff disclosed last week that a 500-year-old painting in its
collection really was stolen during World War II
** Kelly gang mystery still unsolved
The mystery behind what happened to Ned Kelly's notorious gang of
bushrangers deepened yesterday
** Russian Museums Plan Union
There are nearly 3,000 official musuems in Russia, preserving and exhibiting
more than 50 million cultural artifacts
** Locals hope flour sack first step to museum
During the 1930s, there was a catchy jingle for Cambric flour: "Eat the
Flour, Wear the Sack; If not Satisfied, your Money Back!"
** Trade Centre ruin likely to form memorial
The last piece of the World Trade Centre to be pulled down looks certain to
be preserved as a memorial
** Can aviation museum take flight here?
Organizers say the theme park could annually pump more than $100 million
into the economy
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** Roman water wheels unearthed
Archaeologists have unearthed two Roman water wheels, which were preserved
by London's rising water table
** Eggs, embryos reveal dinosaur nesting habits
It was a dinosaur style of parenthood that worked for millions of years -
except when the nearby river flooded
** Ghibli Museum spirits visitors away to Miyazaki's world
The Ghibli Museum--a museum that pays tribute to anime master Hayao
Miyazaki--will open as scheduled on Oct. 1
** Fossilised dinosaur lunch discovered
The fossilised remains of a dinosaur's last lunch dating back 110 million
years have been found in Australia
** Brazil withholds exhibit from NY over attack fears
Under the contract between the Guggenheim and BrasilConnects, the museum can
cancel the show if the altarpiece is not delivered
** 'Astounding' visitor numbers
Nearly triple the number of people who had been expected to visited the new
millennium project in Birmingham on its opening weekend
** Crude Tools Found in China
Archaeologists say crude stone tools indicate that humans lived in north
China as early as 1.36 million years ago
** 150 kW of Solar Power Systems On Three Chicago Museums
These systems are part of a commitment by a number of organizations to
produce clean energy in Chicago
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** Archeologist admits faking finds at more than 30 sites
The association held a press conference but did not announce the names of
the sites he admitted fabricating discoveries at.
** Firefighters douse blaze at Museum
The fire was in a vacant building undergoing renovations and did not spread
to museum galleries
** 'Soap Lady' mummy undergoes CT scan
Sometime in the 19th century, a fat woman died and her body changed almost
entirely into soap
** Postcard Purveyor to Sign Off
Looking like a vintage postcard character in his electric-blue lounge-lizard
suit, Wyatt Landesmann paces his North Beach shop
** Historic Lighthouse Inn to Receive $1 Million Restoration
The 99-year old Lighthouse Inn in New London, Connecticut will undergo $1
million in restorations to fully restore the hotel to its original grandeur
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** "How Does Culture Matter?"
** Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI)
** NYCMER Come Together
** Know your Rights
** New Web Resource Of Posters And Artists Released
** National Museum of Health and Medicine Uncovers "The Truth Behind The
Legends"
** International Comittee for Regional Museums Conference: Croatia 2002
** The Midwest Archives Conference
** Archaeo-Astronomy, Myth and the Ancient Wisdom Tradition
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