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Bangladesh in Frenzied Search for Stolen Art

Priceless artifacts go missing before flight to Paris

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 24, 2007 11:34 AM CST

(Newser) – Bangladesh has mounted a massive hunt for two priceless artifacts that went missing yesterday at the Dhaka airport, Reuters reports. The statues of the Hindu god Vishnu, sculpted 1,500 years ago, were on their way to an exhibition at a Paris museum. Bangladeshi authorities...   Read full story »

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