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FREE online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org The international headlines in this week's (for the full story visit the webzine) edition include: ** Taliban Opens Kabul Museum Taliban soldiers unlocked the bullet-scarred doors of the Kabul Museum on Thursday, opening the war-ravaged building for the first time since Afghanistan's hard-line rulers ordered all pre-Islamic statues destroyed ** Remains Excavated From Historic Confederate Sub Digging by hand through sludgy sediment that filled the 43-foot vessel, archeologists this week uncovered several ribs and vertebrae from one of nine crewmen believed to be entombed in the submarine ** Egyptian Oasis Yields 11 Mummies Archaeologists have found 11 mummies in Egypt's Western Desert, including one of a child entombed with his parents and wearing a mask that shows him in tears ** Turkey baffled by stream of doubtful smuggled Picassos Eight paintings attributed to Picasso have been recovered by the Turkish authorities in the past year ** Virtualmuseum.ca links all Canadian museums With a $75-million investment from the federal government and a number of corporate sponsors, the elaborate site combines the exhibitions, galleries, archives, calendar events, stories and photographs from 600 museums across the country into one site ** Blair rejects Elgin Marbles demands Blair says that the marbles belong to the British Museum, despite a pledge by the Labour Party to return them when they were in opposition ** Foot-and-mouth crisis affects the arts The news comes in the wake of concerns that rural museums could face ruin if the outbreak worsens ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Global Museum Travel for affordable Conference Travel and Hotels: remember: Barcelona July 1-6 ) Rail passes, hotel reservations, airline discounts, weather forecasts, car rentals. . 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CLICK http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.html ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ ** New berth for the best maritime art London, almost bursting at the seams with art galleries, is to have another ** Siren Cleopatra twice the girl we thought she was Mysterious Cleo: Was she like screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor or was she short and fat with bad teeth? ** Fresh plea on `missing' artifacts admitted The Delhi High Court has accepted for hearing a fresh petition by the National Archives and Museums Employees Union seeking a probe into the alleged replacement of certain valuable artifacts in the National Museum with fake ones ** Museum for Maria Callas's effects The relics to be housed in the museum also include a pair of gloves she wore during performances, the wig she donned when playing Luigi Cherubini's Medea and a chinchilla-lined coat she loved ** Tutankhamun clothing at Royal Museum In short, the tomb contained the richest single collection of clothing to come out of ancient Egypt ** Paul Robeson exhibition set for Welsh national museum The legendary actor, singer, writer and civil activist developed a special bond with Wales and its people ** New Orleans sculpture collection to get higher profile Three decades ago Sydney Besthoff, a drugstore chain owner, began filling his downtown office building with contemporary sculpture. ** Marble 'grown' to save statues Scientists have discovered a revolutionary technique that allows them to grow marble in days from bacteria ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ Advert: AMERICA'S #1 TOURING SCIENCE MAGIC SHOW THE DR. 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