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Cairo museum in Van Gogh theft usually had single guard

Cairo museum in Van Gogh theft usually had single guard - 2010-08-29

CAIRO- A single security guard usually worked in the Cairo museum from which a Van Gogh was stolen and most of its cameras were out of order since 2006, the state news agency MENA reported on...

Gynaecological, surgical instruments discovered at Auschwitz - 2010-08-27

WARSAW- More than 150 gynaecological and surgical instruments from the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp have been found in a nearby house in Oswiecim, southern Poland, an Auschwitz museum spokesman...
Egypt clamps down on security after museum theft

Egypt clamps down on security after museum theft - 2010-08-25

CAIRO, Riad Abu Awad- Egypt pledged on Tuesday to implement strict measures to protect its cultural and archaeological riches after the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece in broad daylight from...
Egypt steps up hunt for stolen Van Gogh painting

Egypt steps up hunt for stolen Van Gogh painting - 2010-08-22

CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- Egypt on Sunday stepped up the search for a Van Gogh painting valued at 55 million dollars stolen in broad daylight from a Cairo museum where the surveillance cameras and alarms...

Tibetans protest China 'propaganda' in Taiwan exhibition - 2010-08-15

TAIPEI- Dozens of Tibetans and their Taiwanese supporters protested against China Sunday, accusing Beijing of using an exhibition of "looted" Tibetan artifacts as political propaganda. More than...
Egypt's Islamic art museum reopens after 8-year restoration

Egypt's Islamic art museum reopens after 8-year restoration - 2010-08-15

CAIRO- The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year restoration project. However, the...

S.Korean Elvis fan follows his dream with own memorial hall - 2010-08-10

PAJU, Nam You-Sun- More than 30 years after the untimely death of Elvis Presley, devotees worldwide are still paying fervent tribute to the King of Rock'n Roll. They don't come more ardent than...
Largest Picasso painting exhibited in London

Largest Picasso painting exhibited in London - 2010-08-05

LONDON- Pablo Picasso's largest-ever painting, a 10.4 metre-by-11.7 metre cloth used in a performance of the Ballets Russes in 1924, went on exhibition for the first time in London on Thursday....

Eerie Munch prints get US National Gallery retrospective - 2010-07-31

WASHINGTON- From "The Scream" to "The Kiss" and a series of Madonnas, the National Gallery of Art opened an exhibit Saturday exploring the haunting imagery and motifs of Norwegian artist Edvard...
Arabia's ancient past on show at the Louvre

Arabia's ancient past on show at the Louvre - 2010-07-13

PARIS, Pascale Mollard Chenebenoit - For the first time, the ancient past of Saudi Arabia is at the heart of an exhibition at the Louvre museum in Paris, which is showing works that have never left...
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Michael Douglas optimistic despite serious throat cancer

Michael Douglas optimistic despite serious throat cancer
NEW YORK- Hollywood star Michael Douglas has admitted his throat cancer is more serious than first thought, but says he remains optimistic as he undergoes intensive treatment. "It's a stage four, which is intense, and they gotta go at it,"...