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February 28, 2001 - Museum seeks help to upgrade security - Iran strongly condemns
destruction of ancient Buddhist statues by the hardline Taliban militia in Afghanistan - Italy
Moves To Save Ancient Artifacts from Looters - Wrong case made against museum

February 27, 2001 - Mexicans look into art works - Afghan statues face destruction -
Machu Picchu in grave danger, Japanese researchers warn

February 26, 2001 - THIS WASHINGTON A $20 MILLION MAN - Vandals rush in where art
critics fear to tread - Antiquities-smuggling in Crete - Theft of Gem Artist's Statue in Tucson
- Terra founder's deeds may not reflect desires - Gallery haunted by spectre of Nazi looted
artworks

February 24, 2001 - Re: crisis plan armed robbery - Judge Rejects Most Claims by Law
Firms in Auction Suit - Malevich sale halted by bribes - Swede arrested in connection with
Rembrandt heist - Bond for dealer who sold fake art - Owner sturs furor, razes $12 million
historic home - critic' nabbed in Brooklyn Museum - Terra's son sues to keep museum from
relocating

February 23, 2001, part II - FBI Art Theft Program live-on-line session - query: crisisplan
armed robbery - Dinosaur Egg Protection Area Established - query: Due Diligence - The Art
Newspaper, This week's top stories

February 23, 2001 - Ancient Mayan cities looted - Judge Approves Auction House
Settlement - Auction of Marilyn Monroe pinups causes concerns among dealers - George
Washington letter, stolen from archives, is recovered

February 22, 2001 - Conflict Over Exhibits Goes on Display - March stories in Invaluable &
Trace magazine - re: query about motion detectors microwave - Vietnam Says Archaeology
Proves Its Spratlys Claim - 'Last Supper' Painting Stirs Tempest in Illinois

February 21, 2001 - International congress Catastrophies and Catastrophy management in
Museums Sarajevo, April 17 - 21, 20001 - query: Loan form - New Getty web site - Operator
of Web site goes on trial in China for sedition (Huang Qi's site published material on
sensitive topics. His case raises questions about controlling the Internet)

February 20, 2001 - Re:HSE vs Natural History Museum - GST will test the mettle of art
collectors - Employee held in armed heist at the Shedd - IFCPP 2001 Conference - Fraud
squad inquiry at British Museum - Lawyers help arts to thrive - Hungary: Getting antiques
out of the country legally - Okla. City Museum Stirs Emotions

February 19, 2001 - ART VANDAL PROPOSES ACTION AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL
PHOTOS - Hitler painting withdrawn from sale after protests - Re:Motion Detector
Availability - Vandals smash historic mission's statues, spray- paint walls - Springdale man
admits stealing Civil War relics

February 17, 2001 - query: Motion Detector Availability (Steve Keller) - UK museum faces
fine over radiation - Giuliani angered by nude female Jesus exhibit - The Art Newspaper, this
week's top stories - On-Line Seminar - February 20: Sprinkler drawings are the guide for
everyone - Conference Security Issues in Libraries, Museums, and Archives - Valencia
Accuses Catalonians of Retaining "L'arquer De Tírig"

February 16, 2001 - FBI & Chilean stolen art web-sites - New URLs - DISASTER
MITIGATION FOR CULTURAL COLLECTIONS - Canaletto paintings to help save Venice -
East Timor: UN agency, peace mission team up on national museum project - Court hears
Mount digging fears unfounded - Holocaust Survivors Sue Yahoo! Over Nazi Auctions

February 15, 2001 - Czechs uncover icons in train roof - Artist posts facsimile of stolen art
on Web to help Colby catch thief - University museum returning remains (Institutions are
required to return cultural objects to Native people) - Officials Fear Artifact Thefts From Dry
Lake (Lack Of Rain Reveals Past Civilizations) - Fine Art of Controversy (Brooklyn Museum,
again) - Art Scandal: Art World Shake-Up? (This is a critical moment in the Michel Cohen
multimillion-dollar art swindle.)

February 14, 2001 - A serious theft has occurred at the Copenhagen Royal Library - Re:
museum security (Steve Keller) - Man Killed in Fall at Metropolitan Museum

February 12, 2001 - New V&A chief faces growing hostility - Buying Antiques Without
Getting Taken - Union fury at museum staff notice - Anti-art forgery bill proposed - 1948
LETTER BACKS CLAIM OF NAZI THEFT

February 10, 2001 - Xu Zhukang's Ming Dynasty House Qinshiduizhaoting Destroyed - The
Art Newspaper, this week's top stories - Legionella traces found in Melbourne Museum -
Denmark sentences three in theft of Rembrandt - Marc Rich: Ruthless fugitive or shy arts
patron? - Painting Stolen in 1989 Back at City Museum

February 9, 2001 - British Museum issues entrance charge threat - Sotheby's says art
dealer duped it for $10 million (Missing dealer 'cheated art world out of $75m') - Low morale
blamed on museums chief - Disputed Bacon art works go on display - Steve Keller about
Robert Burke Award

February 8, 2001 - US National Award for Excellence in Cultural Property Protection goes
to MSN

February 8, 2001 - Catlinite Tablet Stolen from Pipestone County Museum - Study to probe
theft at historic sites - The Great $50 Million Art Swindle - Rebel attack unveils historic art -
Online auction shaking up art market - Bizarre Khmer Rouge museum planning for
Cambodia - Venetian museum developer fires back at critics of LV art - eBay Beefs Up
Dutch Auction Requirements

February 7, 2001 - Job announcement - query: Fire suppression systems - query: looking
for show case detection device - Quake takes heavy toll of 'Kutchhi' art - Confucius relics
damaged in clean-up - Auction houses face London writs

February 6, 2001, SPECIAL - 358 Artworks Worth $400,000 Missing From L.A.'s Collection
With inventory of the city's holdings half done, police are asked to investigate. Some pieces
may have been lost, stolen, or just forgotten.

February 6, 2001 - THIEVES GO ON A BEANO AT BRITISH LIBRARY - Museum loses
rare sword in move

February 5, 2001 - JAPANESE MUSEUM RETURNS NAZI LOOT TO RIGHTFUL OWNER -
Sotheby's Guilty Plea Brings Collusion Case Closer to End

Februari 4, 2001 - Wyeth painting resurfaces 33 years after Chicago theft - Optician faces
charges in antique store thefts - Ex-caretaker sentenced for art associaton thefts - Spanish
fury as Columbus replicas are left to rot

February 3, 2001 - The Art Newspaper, This week's top stories - Assisi Restoration Opens
To Visitors - Court Accepts Sotheby's Guilty Plea in Price Fixing - Court orders review of
Temple Mount excavations - Royal Ontario Museum statue may be a fake

February 2, 2001 - Christies art experts miss possible Holocaust loot - Treasure seekers at
both ends of a tunnel hunt the fabled Amber Room - Online Auctions Top Internet Fraud List

February 1, 2001, part II - Thieves cart off aboriginal artifacts - query: Aboriginal Artifact
Theft - RE: Protection Officer training - Heritage of centuries destroyed in minutes by Indian
earthquake - MET FAKES UNEARTHED? - Follow that hot horn (bronze sculpture of Louis
Armstrong stolen from amphitheater in Old Town Square)

February 1, 2001 - Museum Security Guidelines Now Available Free - India Quake
Crumbled Monuments


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