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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this 
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week's edition include:

**  New problem at de Young: pigeon decorations
For those of you who don't know, pigeons - like all wildlife - are pretty 
much a protected species here in San Francisco, and getting rid of them has 
long been a prickly political problem

**  David's toe smasher at work again
Curators and guardians of Italy's artistic heritage, much of it on open 
display, will be on high alert this week following the discovery that the 
country's most persistent art vandal is back in action

**  Birds battle buttocks, bike for top UK art prize
A pink hummingbird battled with a weather-beaten shed Monday for the Turner 
prize, one of the world's most contentious art awards, but they face stiff 
competition from a pair of pallid buttocks

**  Computer Museum Getting $15M From Gates
The Computer History Museum, the world's largest institution dedicated to 
preserving Information Age artefacts, is getting a hefty financial boost 
from one of the biggest names in the computing industry

**  Discussing art relieves constipation: study
Viewing and discussing art not only soothes the soul, it also helps cure 
ills like high blood pressure and constipation, according to a Swedish 
researcher

**  Troubles at the Getty Museum ripple through the art world
The internationally renowned Getty finds itself deflecting a barrage of 
questions about how it amassed its world-class collection of Roman, Greek 
and Etruscan works
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**  Museum that houses rare butterflies
A museum in the Tamil Nadu hill town of Kodaikanal houses rarest of the rare 
butterflies, most of which have been preserved for over 80 years

**  Iron Age coins go on display
The public has the chance to view the much talked-about discovery, as the 
coins and the cow's leg bone in which they were hidden have gone on display 
at the Town House Museum

**  Michelangelo drawing goes to auction
A Michelangelo drawing, one of the few to survive the artist's attempt to 
destroy them, will be auctioned off next year, when the 450-year-old work 
will likely fetch some $5.26 million

**  Woman Used Child to Help Snatch Purse at Museum
Children's Museum officials are disturbed by the theft, but they emphasize 
the safety of their museum

**  The race to win Nelson's goblet
Two days of frantic activity, including a last-minute dash to showrooms in 
London by the chairman of Adnam's, has secured an exquisite goblet crafted 
in Yarmouth and presented to Nelson in the town on his return from battle

**  Museum without walls shows finery
Back in his native Wales after a spell working in the Midlands, Mr Mastoris 
wants to spell out that this is not just an old warehouse full of rusting 
machines
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**  Going for Cosy Glamour in San Francisco
But the new de Young Museum, designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de 
Meuron, is proof that despite the naysayers, a museum can be both gorgeous 
to look at and a cosy place to view art

**  Museum Sells Two Photographs For $1.6 Million
The museum will use what it earned from the auction for storage equipment 
for other historic photos among other things

**  Indian artefacts stolen from Meredosia museum
Hundreds of American Indian artefacts have been stolen from a volunteer-run 
museum in central Illinois

**  UK returns historic sword to Ethiopia
Historian Richard Pankhurst, who flew to Ethiopia with the weapon, said it 
had been in the possession of a theatrical props company in London

**  Scientists plan to clone extinct Tasmanian tiger
Australian scientists have revived a project to try to bring an extinct 
animal, the fabled Tasmanian tiger, back to life, the team leader said

**  Bone collection backs up
Claims that tiny, hobbit-like humans once roamed the island of Flores in 
Indonesia have been bolstered by the discovery of new bones and artefacts on 
the island

**  Vatican manuscripts at Israel Museum
The exhibition, titled 'Rome to Jerusalem', has been seen as an important 
cultural and diplomatic step between the Vatican and Israel

**  Mother of All Potatoes
US scientists have found that all modern varieties of potatoes can be traced 
back to a single source - a spud grown in Peru over 7,000 years ago

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**  Celebrated American Artist Unveils New Museum Project at Hood Museum of 
Art

**  Behind the Lines

**  Writing Basic Museum Contracts

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