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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:
** Hanging Hood Unveiled
Also on display was a beaded moccasin worn by Riel at his execution and
grabbed from his body by souvenir seekers
** Police Probe Fatal Museum Visit Coach Crash
The coach left Largs, a picturesque town of 11,000 people on the west coast
of Scotland on Wednesday morning for an annual week-long museum visit to
Barcelona, Spain
** A racket press adds to the treasure-trove
Wimbledon being Wimbledon, his words are preserved alongside a
treasure-trove of artefacts from the game's history at the Wimbledon Lawn
Tennis Museum
** Condemned: Bid to sell relics taken from Afghanistan
The ancient Buddhist manuscripts were smuggled to London and are being
offered for sale by a Norwegian businessman
** Missing half of stolen painting found
The lost half of a stolen German expressionist painting has been found in a
sack by the side of a road near Berlin
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** Ned's heavy metal gets it together
As Kelly's stature as a historical figure grew, so did interest in correctly
piecing together the gang's armour
** Famed NY Art Museum Opens Doors to New Neighbours
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, MOMA director Glenn Lowry called the opening
"a new cultural landmark for the state, the city and the borough of Queens,
where the arts are thriving"
** Spaghetti question
Can an exhibition on the significance of pasta in Italian life really be
worthy of a serious art gallery?
** The Tibetan treasure that's gathering dust
It has emerged that vast amounts of the Tibetan treasures are lying
gathering dust in the museum, having never been on public display
** 'Nessie spotted' in Cornwall
A distant relative of Scotland's famous Loch Ness Monster could be lurking
in the waters off the coast of Cornwall, it has been revealed
** Priceless Art Collection Donated to Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum is displaying 233 ancient paintings and calligraphic works
donated by the family of the late Chinese Philippine tycoon Ching Banlee
** Exhibition shows map makers' key role
The map maker who scrupulously included every other detail he knew about the
world in 1529, could not bear to mark the spot where the captain of the
Dauphin met his horrible death
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** Russian Museum Unveils Art Treasures
Dozens of artworks, some still pocked by shrapnel or charred from fighting
between Russian troops and Chechen rebels, went on display Thursday at a
renowned Moscow museum
** Two New Primate Species Discovered
The new species not only enhance our understanding of primates but also
indicate that Amazonia is brimming with flora and fauna yet to be discovered
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life next week. However, since it's one of several thousand worst days of
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** Museum Suit Dismissed
A State Supreme Court justice has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Nassau
County's hiring of a nonprofit group to run four of its museums
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** SAM acquires four rare 18th-century Flemish tapestries
Now known as Chinoiserie, the style presented the Chinese as angels, capable
of floating on clouds and drinking tea in heaven
** British Museum 'needs £10m boost'
The government must give the beleaguered British Museum an extra £10m a year
if it is to beat its financial problems, its director has said
** Catalogue of homes lost or decaying
With ever tighter health and safety regulations, many houses converted as
nursing homes, boarding schools and religious institutions are closing down
** Indian archaeologists find British shipwreck
The Princess Royal is thought to have disappeared without trace in the 18th
century while on its way to England from the Orient
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** Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the Stars
** Southern Land, Southern People
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