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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:
** Was Rocket man Robert Stephenson the first victim of executive stress?
A locket of thick but greying hair was handed over yesterday for a battery
of tests to decide whether one of Britain's greatest engineers was a drug
addict, driven to an early grave by executive stress
** Fijians Apologise for Eating Vicar
Minister Thomas Baker was served up to villagers with a sweet tomato relish
following his fatal error in 1867
** Chinese cultural relics to be shown in Versailles Palace
Most of the treasures, from the grand, elegant bronze items to the ancient
wooden furniture, were made in the period of the Kangxi Emperor, Qing
Dynasty (1644-1911), and used by the emperor himself
** Scientific community makes sure Leakey's legacy lives on
Leakey believed that palaeontology should be a year-round enterprise, which
it never was when he was searching for fossils in East Africa
** First six English science centres announced
Each regional centre, due to open in 2004, will have newly furbished labs
and advanced ICT equipment
** Auto Racing Museum Limps into Pits
A study projected more than a quarter-million fans of the hottest sport in
America would visit the museum
** Erotic art, cartoon flowers await visitors to Mori museum
Paintings that depict Chinese people drawn in a picture-book propaganda
style juxtaposed with modern items such as a Coca-Cola bottle, a hamburger
and a Motorola gadget by the Luo Brothers are on display
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** Priceless bronze pig head returns home
A priceless bronze pig head dating from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
returned to its home in Beijing Thursday for the first time since being
removed by invading foreign troops 143 years ago
** Gorilla's glare takes top wildlife image award
A striking image of a captive gorilla watched through the glass of his
enclosure by a small boy has won the prestigious 2003 Wildlife Photographer
of the Year Competition
** Dallas gets amazing sculpture museum
The collection rich with the works of Rodin, Picasso and Matisse is
considered the world's most important private collection of modern sculpture
** Museum to Chronicle History of Funerals
The museum, which sits next to the funeral home, houses items collected over
the past 155 years, including funeral carriages, caskets and old embalming
equipment
** Fears over Damaged Iraqi Museum Treasures
Experts at the British Museum have concluded that the conflict in Iraq has
caused substantial damage to Baghdad's National Museum, particularly to its
trove of ivory, stone and ceramic items
** Natural History Museum Displays Artifacts of Ancient City Petra
On exhibit are sections of colossal tombs and temples once carved into the
harsh, red sandstone cliffs of southern Jordan, three hours south of modern
Amman
** Welsh academic uncovers 'new' Darwin
A Welsh professor has bought to light new evidence suggesting that a
Scottish geologist came up with the theory of natural selection long before
Charles Darwin
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** Museum will return ancestors' bones to Haida
How would you feel, Nika Collison asks, if someone took a shovel to the
cemetery and made off with your great-grandmother?
** Museum curator out of work
"I think it's very unfortunate that the organization doesn't have the
funding to hire curators," she said
** Royal Marines acquire Elton John painting at Auction
It's not really the place you would expect to find memorabilia that might
interest a museum dedicated to one of the toughest military units in British
history
** Changi Museum plans to protect Singapore's heritage
When the Singapore government announced its plans to demolish the historic
prison, it became a talking point both in Singapore and Australia
** News Update
The latest position of the Borobodur Ship Expedition - the Indonesian
heritage vessel making slow but positive progress towards Madagascar
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** The Meaning of Things: Ordinary & Extraordinary Objects in American
Culture
** Humanism in China - A Contemporary Record of Photography
** John Wesley Powell Prize (Historic Preservation and Historical Display)
** Telling Tales: Interpretation in the Conservation and Design Process
** The Future of Maryland's Past
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