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The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the
webzine) edition include:
** Scorpion woman has fever after repeated stings - the sequel to last
week's story
A Malaysian woman who has vowed to live in a locked museum room with 2,000
scorpions for a month has fever
** Cave reveals spectacular secrets
The major archaeological find, near the small village of Cussac, was made by
an amateur cave explorer . Plus a BBC video presentation
** Museum Web Awards attract 51 nominations
Global Museum's 2001 Web Awards have so far attracted 51 nominations to date
and the international judging panel are reviewing them. Nominations close at
the end of July and may be submitted online.
** £Michelangelo drawing could fetch 8 million
Two exquisite drawings by arguably the greatest artists in history are to be
offered for sale at separate auctions in London
** Schindler Widow Wants List Returned
Oskar Schindler's widow said Tuesday that Israel should return to Germany
his documents, including a list of some 1,200 Jewish prisoners
** Bronze age village saved from the diggers
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a British Bronze Age village
dating back 3,500 years
** Clock expert keeps towers ticking
In a sweltering room high in the Bromo Seltzer Tower, the Clock Man peers
through bifocals at a gear the size of his hand
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** Divers preparing to raise engine from USS Monitor
The seawater soon extinguished the boilers' fire, cutting the power and
sending the ship 230 feet down to its grave
** Charles calls for cash to 'wean children off computers'
Speaking in the Round Reading Room at the British Museum in London, the
Prince spoke about the battle against video games
** Swamp yields moa haul in historic dig
Indications were that the forest swamp discovery - including many of the
200kg giant moa - was the most significant of the past 100 years
** Circus train arrives with its antique wagons for parade
Cheering spectators greeted a train carrying dozens of restored antique
circus wagons as it arrived Monday
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** Medieval Transylvanian city wins the right to host Dracula Land theme
park
Sighisoara has won the right to host a multimillion dollar Dracula Land
theme park
** Undersea bonanza
A rich covering of sediment in the hull of the ship, particularly in Semmes'
quarters, had kept artifacts in remarkable condition
** Lombardo's kin appalled by 'untidy' museum
The family of the late bandleader has ordered London to stop using his name
and likeness to promote the museum because it is "substandard," and "small
and untidy."
** Raised Confederate Sub Reveals Gold Mine of History
Through her rubber gloves, she could feel its round shape and the ridges
along its edge
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** Vandals damage monument at Devil's Rope Museum
The balls came tumbling down at the Devil's Rope Museum on Sunday night
** Testimony ends in dispute over moving Frick family archives
The archives document the Frick family's life, the rise of industry, art
collecting in the gilded age and the Victorian era
** Exhibition to Show Japan's War Crimes
A total of 918 pieces of evidence will be presented to let visitors review
the 1894-1945 history
** History Is Written by the Winners
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl's cardigan has gone into storage, replaced by
a leather jacket with pockets sturdy enough to carry rocks
** Mississippi museum unveils Gehry-designed, $16 million project
The centerpiece of the $16 million Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art will be a
gallery dedicated to the works of the "Mad Potter of Biloxi,"
** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST
** Feldberg Exhibition and Symposium at the University of Toronto
Self-portraits - Mirror or Mask?
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** From Negative To Positive
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** The National Gallery of Canada pays tribute to a friend
** Brilliant: Navajo Germantown and Eyedazzler Textiles
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