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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:
> 
> **  Museum worker 'took 100 exhibits'
> The curator of a Copenhagen art museum has been charged with stealing 100 
> exhibits from the museum, worth a total of one million Kroner
> 
> **  Georgians Claim to Unearth Ancient Skull
> Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have unearthed a 
> skull they say is 1.8 million years old - part of a find that holds the 
> oldest traces of humankind's closest ancestors ever found in Europe
> 
> **  Museum's official reopening
> Convict life from the landing of the First Fleet to the 21st century is on 
> display at the new Department of Corrective Services Museum
> 
> **  Police in Norway hunt eight new suspects in "The Scream" heist
> Norwegian police said they were hunting for eight new suspects believed to 
> have been involved in the spectacular heist of Norwegian painter Edvard 
> Munch's world-famous painting "The Scream" a year ago
> 
> **  Commissioners angered by late investigation of museum director
> The failure to deliver the long-awaited investigative report on the Douglas 
> County Museum caused Commissioner Dan Van Slyke to call for the firing of 
> the attorney conducting the inquiry
> 
> **  Museum gets 1,800-year-old pan
> Buried only a foot underground, the so-called Staffordshire Moorlands Pan 
> was unearthed in 2003 by Uttoxeter metal detector salesman Kevin Blackburn 
> and three friends
> 
> **  WWII Prison Kids Revisit China War Camp
> The local government has converted part of the facility into a museum to the 
> internment camp, with books, photos, clothing and other items donated by its 
> survivors
> 
> **  All discoveries no longer transferred to Museum
> For several years, newly discovered items which are considered part of the 
> national heritage and representative of Iranian art have not been 
> transferred to the museum, the curator of the National Museum of Iran says
> 
> **  Record price despite tale of dog's paws
> The paw prints are still visible on the work, which is expected to sell for 
> up to $1.2 million, setting a new record for indigenous art
> 
> **  Flights of fancy for fragile museum insects
> Over the next few months more than 28m dried and pinned specimens, including 
> some that are more than 300 years old, will move out of their dark 
> storerooms in the Natural History Museum to make way for a £66m building 
> programme
> 
> **  Museum's million milestone
> The Imperial War Museum North has welcomed the millionth visitor through its 
> doors since it opened three years ago
> 
> **  Herreshoff museum hosting regatta and clambake
> The Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame is inviting 
> members and friends to the Herreshoff Regatta 2005
> 
> **  Records show financially troubled museum paid bonuses to four
> The Milwaukee Public Museum paid $47,500 in bonuses to four vice presidents 
> as its finances deteriorated during the last two years and is scheduled to 
> hand out another $7,500 to two of them, even though they have been laid off, 
> records show
> 
> **  A Look at the Past Recounted in Miniature
> The sleeper hit in New York this summer is "Cameo Appearances," an 
> exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
> 
> **  Tony Blair waxwork sheds suit for casual holiday look
> British Prime Minister Tony Blair's holiday destination is being kept under 
> wraps, but that hasn't stopped Madame Tussauds wax museum imagining him on a 
> sun-dappled beach
> 
> **  Moscow air force museum burning out of control
> Over 300 sq.m. of the Central Air Force Museum in Monino is on fire, an 
> ITAR-TASS correspondent was told by the Moscow Region fire service
> 
> **  Rare Jewish relics on display
> One of them, an ancient menorah, provides historical evidence that supports 
> the theory that Jews were brought to the Slovak territory some 2,000 years 
> ago as slaves
> 
> **  Wartime Letters Tell Similar Stories
> The Civil War era letters are hard to read, with aging paper, occasional 
> poor spelling and grammar, and words wrapped in the formal cursive of the 
> time.
> 
> **  Bulgarian archaeologists uncover treasure of thousands of golden 
> ornaments
> Archaeologists working a dig in central Bulgaria have unearthed some 15,000 
> miniature rings and other gold ornaments that date to the end of the third 
> millennium BC - a find they say matches the famous treasure of Troy
> 
> **  Riding for the Brand
> In the course of her 30-year career fighting archaeological crime, Lynell 
> Schalk showed grit and determination in her mission to preserve this 
> country's Native American cultural heritage
> 

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