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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Remainder of museum destroyed in weekend roof collapse
A Mont Vernon museum that was heavily damaged by a roof collapse last month
was destroyed when more of the roof fell in during the weekend
** To collectors' delight, exhibit is all over map
Maps made sense out of their comings and goings, helped them imagine distant
lands and peoples, showed them their place in the world and even directed
them toward salvation in the next
** Old tram becomes toast of town
Melbourne's oldest surviving "toast rack" tram has become the first vehicle
to be included on the Victorian Heritage Register along with three more
underground public toilets and an operating cast-iron urinal
** Louvre Shows Babylon Treasures
The Louvre says it had hoped the National Museum in Baghdad would contribute
to the exhibit, "Babylon," but the plan failed: Baghdad's security status is
still too perilous to transport priceless treasures to the airport and put
them safely on a plane
** Dubai plans first Prophet museum
Dubai has announced its plans to build the world's first museum dedicated to
the life of the Prophet Mohammed
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** Heir sues Ringling Museum over Dean photographs
The lawsuit does not give specific descriptions of the disputed images in
Ringling's possession, although it does refer to a deed that purports to
grant the museum title to "not more than 77 images"
** Madame Tussauds snubs waxwork Brown
Madame Tussauds is not going to commission a waxwork of Gordon Brown,
because he hasn't made enough of an impact as Prime Minister
** Collector Gives Denver Museum Psychedelic Poster Stash
David Tippit thought his obsession with psychedelic posters from the 1960s
era of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll was a personal quirk
** $60 million overhaul planned for the Alamo
Some 2.5 million people each year visit the site of the pivotal battle in
Texas' revolt against Mexico, which took place 172 years ago this month
** Spoils of War: Looted Art
Gray and unglamorous, with black-rimmed glasses that gave her a perpetual
frown, she was virtually invisible to the Nazis who, in 1940, were using the
Jeu de Paume museum in Paris as a depot for thousands of plundered art
masterpieces on their way to Germany
** Ned Kelly's burial site found
Scientists in Australia believe they have found the grave of 19th Century
outlaw and national icon Ned Kelly
** One is jamming: Charles and Camilla give the bongos a whirl
The house, which has converted into a museum, was filled with memorabilia,
artefacts and mementoes of Marley's life and music from gold and platinum
discs to his bed and hammock
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** Series of blunders turned the plastic bag into global villain
Professor Geoff Boxshall, a marine biologist at the Natural History Museum,
said: "I've never seen a bird killed by a plastic bag"
** Curing headaches can be such a pain
Back in the 1600s, the rather more invasive cure for migraines involved
drilling a hole in the patient's skull to release evil spirits lurking
within
** Antiques Roadshow appraiser sees the good, the bad, the fake
The woman came to an appraisal session with a fitted wooden case labelled
"Vampire Killing Kit."
** Distant Native languages bridge Bering Sea
A remote population of a few hundred indigenous Siberians who live thousands
of miles west of Alaska speak a language that appears to be an ancient
relative of more than three dozen Native languages in North America
** Treasure House of history to shed light on millions of museum's secrets
Throughout this northern suburbs block are shelves of exotic stuffed
animals, precious fossils, and even whitegoods of yesteryear
** Neanderthal treasure trove 'at bottom of sea'
Academic interest in what are being described as drowned Stone Age hunting
grounds is likely to increase dramatically after the discovery of 28
Neanderthal flint axes on the sea bed off the East Anglian coast
** Oceanic Art Symposium
Port Vila, Vanuatu, 6-8 May 2008
** Landscape Heritage Franco-British Workshop
Landscape Research Group are cooperating with CEMAGREF to hold the first of
a series of seminars in Lille on 3rd - 4th April.
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