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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:
>
> ** Museum worker 'took 100 exhibits'
> The curator of a Copenhagen art museum has been charged with stealing 100
> exhibits from the museum, worth a total of one million Kroner
>
> ** Georgians Claim to Unearth Ancient Skull
> Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have unearthed a
> skull they say is 1.8 million years old - part of a find that holds the
> oldest traces of humankind's closest ancestors ever found in Europe
>
> ** Museum's official reopening
> Convict life from the landing of the First Fleet to the 21st century is on
> display at the new Department of Corrective Services Museum
>
> ** Police in Norway hunt eight new suspects in "The Scream" heist
> Norwegian police said they were hunting for eight new suspects believed to
> have been involved in the spectacular heist of Norwegian painter Edvard
> Munch's world-famous painting "The Scream" a year ago
>
> ** Commissioners angered by late investigation of museum director
> The failure to deliver the long-awaited investigative report on the Douglas
> County Museum caused Commissioner Dan Van Slyke to call for the firing of
> the attorney conducting the inquiry
>
> ** Museum gets 1,800-year-old pan
> Buried only a foot underground, the so-called Staffordshire Moorlands Pan
> was unearthed in 2003 by Uttoxeter metal detector salesman Kevin Blackburn
> and three friends
>
> ** WWII Prison Kids Revisit China War Camp
> The local government has converted part of the facility into a museum to the
> internment camp, with books, photos, clothing and other items donated by its
> survivors
>
> ** All discoveries no longer transferred to Museum
> For several years, newly discovered items which are considered part of the
> national heritage and representative of Iranian art have not been
> transferred to the museum, the curator of the National Museum of Iran says
>
> ** Record price despite tale of dog's paws
> The paw prints are still visible on the work, which is expected to sell for
> up to $1.2 million, setting a new record for indigenous art
>
> ** Flights of fancy for fragile museum insects
> Over the next few months more than 28m dried and pinned specimens, including
> some that are more than 300 years old, will move out of their dark
> storerooms in the Natural History Museum to make way for a £66m building
> programme
>
> ** Museum's million milestone
> The Imperial War Museum North has welcomed the millionth visitor through its
> doors since it opened three years ago
>
> ** Herreshoff museum hosting regatta and clambake
> The Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame is inviting
> members and friends to the Herreshoff Regatta 2005
>
> ** Records show financially troubled museum paid bonuses to four
> The Milwaukee Public Museum paid $47,500 in bonuses to four vice presidents
> as its finances deteriorated during the last two years and is scheduled to
> hand out another $7,500 to two of them, even though they have been laid off,
> records show
>
> ** A Look at the Past Recounted in Miniature
> The sleeper hit in New York this summer is "Cameo Appearances," an
> exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
>
> ** Tony Blair waxwork sheds suit for casual holiday look
> British Prime Minister Tony Blair's holiday destination is being kept under
> wraps, but that hasn't stopped Madame Tussauds wax museum imagining him on a
> sun-dappled beach
>
> ** Moscow air force museum burning out of control
> Over 300 sq.m. of the Central Air Force Museum in Monino is on fire, an
> ITAR-TASS correspondent was told by the Moscow Region fire service
>
> ** Rare Jewish relics on display
> One of them, an ancient menorah, provides historical evidence that supports
> the theory that Jews were brought to the Slovak territory some 2,000 years
> ago as slaves
>
> ** Wartime Letters Tell Similar Stories
> The Civil War era letters are hard to read, with aging paper, occasional
> poor spelling and grammar, and words wrapped in the formal cursive of the
> time.
>
> ** Bulgarian archaeologists uncover treasure of thousands of golden
> ornaments
> Archaeologists working a dig in central Bulgaria have unearthed some 15,000
> miniature rings and other gold ornaments that date to the end of the third
> millennium BC - a find they say matches the famous treasure of Troy
>
> ** Riding for the Brand
> In the course of her 30-year career fighting archaeological crime, Lynell
> Schalk showed grit and determination in her mission to preserve this
> country's Native American cultural heritage
>
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