Welcome back to Global Museum, your free webzine and museum compendium read weekly in more than 94 countries . Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org 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 Visitor accused of dismembering As he was led off to the cells, Markham told reporters that he loved America and had spent some of his time in New York visiting the Egyptian section of the city's Metropolitan Museum ** In melting glacier, a human vestige Three men hunting mountain sheep first noticed him, lying in a melting glacier high in Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park in British Columbia ** Museum plea for hackers as password is buried with worker A Norwegian museum is appealing for computer hackers to help crack the password to its electronic library ** Australia backs bid for Elgin Marbles Greece maintains British diplomat Lord Elgin illegally removed the 56 blocks of friezes and 19 statues from the Parthenon two centuries ago after bribing Ottoman officials ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Global Museum Travel - For Business or Pleasure: Hotel reservations, airline discounts, weather forecasts, car rentals. 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Destination Guides and CONDOS ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ ** Sicilian Puppets Pull History's Strings He was forced to sell the beloved puppets that he considered his own children when the theatre went into decline ** Numbers of Museums and Libraries Online While nearly all academic libraries (95%) and state library administrative agencies (97%) in the US have websites, only 75% of public libraries and 62% of museums do as well ** Project Will Collect Oral Histories of D-Day Concerned that history may be dying along with 1,500 American war veterans every day, archivists are launching an urgent effort to get their stories down on video and audio tapes for future reference ** Museum official says Taichung has long way to go The director of the Guggenheim says there's a lot to be done before a branch in Taichung can be realized, such as a US$2 million feasibility study ** Artefacts come home: islanders The group of ethnologists, linguists, doctors and psychologists stayed on the islands for seven months, collecting objects and information ** Godzilla Becomes High Art at Japanese Museum Don't be fooled by the zippered-up lizard suit, plastic-model skylines and stock footage of crowds fleeing in terror when Godzilla smashes into town ** Strike will force British Museum to close for day A strike by staff at the British Museum in London will prevent it from opening as normal for the first time in living memory ** Jonathan Davis Museum To Feature Serial Killers And Oddities Davis is an avid collector of memorabilia relating to gangsters and serial killers, and he's assembling artifacts for his Museum Of Justice and Oddities ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ Advertisement: THE DR. 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For schedules and rates (50% discount to nonprofits) click this link : www.drwilderness.com ____________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ ** Fossil remains of weird creature go on display The fossilised remains of a creature described as a snake threaded through the body of a turtle has been put on display nearly 20 years after its discovery ** World Biggest Military-Theme Park "Kiev" will be made a focal point of a warship museum attached to the park, with a number of other ex-military devices to be introduced ** Will the real Rodin please stand up? Did Rodin do it or didn't he? Not just his famous sculpture The Thinker, now on show at the art museum, but his other masterpieces too ** Museum Showcases Board Games It turns out the classic American board game Monopoly was not the first to have "greed is good" as its basic objective ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ Advertisement: Public Relations for Non-Profit Organizations . Learn innovative public relation techniques to use in your community and on the Internet. Author Michelle Bacharka shows you how in her book and workshops. Visit www.prblackbooks.com for more info ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ** Salvage of Galleon Resumes The team has unearthed over two tons of archaeological treasures including Ming porcelain, ivory carvings, gemstones and other artefacts that had been under the sea for 400 years ** Te Papa's 'Mama' in shock health resignation Dubbed "Chernobyl" by staff, she has a reputation for a fiery temper and a hostile manner ** Pilot killed when aircraft overshoots runway The crash is the latest in a series at Duxford, which is home to the Imperial War Museum's aviation headquarters ** This Weeks' Horoscopes: Libra: (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) There's probably an easier way to get through life, but at this point you've gotten used to using the shovel ** This Week's GLOBAL MUSEUM CAPTION CONTEST ** Learning through Museums and Galleries: how can we learn from our heritage and who and what is included? ** Call for Papers The Stephen A. 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