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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: looting

looting stories: 7 news summaries

 Auction Winner 
 Won't Pay for 
 Chinese Relics 

Collector says he bid $36 million on antiquities as protest

Mar 3, 09 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Among the most closely watched lots at last week's Paris auction of Yves Saint Laurent's art collection were two imperial Chinese bronzes that each sold for $18 million. Beijing spent months insisting that the sculptures were looted in the 19th century and should be returned to China, but failed to... More »

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China • art market • art • Christie's • looting • Yves Saint Laurent • art auction • antiquities

 Looted Iraq Museum 
 Partially Reopens 

PM backs controversial move; much of building still shut

Feb 24, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq’s National Museum reopened yesterday for the first time since its 2003 looting made it a symbol of post-invasion bedlam, the New York Times reports. But with only eight of 26 rooms functional, its reopening symbolizes as much the long road ahead as it does Iraqi reconstruction thus far,... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • museum • looting • Iraq war • invasion

 Philly Phetes Series Triumph  

Thousands gather, mainly peacefully, to celebrate Phillies' first title since 1980

Oct 30, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The streets of Philadelphia were mobbed with celebrating Phillies fans into today’s wee hours, with some directing enthusiastic violence at cars and shop windows, the Inquirer reports. Firemen responding to street blazes had to turn their hoses on uncooperative revelers, and sporadic looting was reported. Still, the overall scene... More »

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Philadelphia Phillies • Philadelphia • looting • celebration • fans • baseball • fire • 2008 World Series • overturned car

 Texas Battles 
 Ike Blackouts, 
 Floods, Looting 

FEMA struggles to keep Houston, Galveston supplied

Sep 15, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials were working yesterday to move emergency supplies and fresh water to distribution centers in beleaguered Houston, where residents were struggling to cope with continued flooding, blackouts and looting. Millions are still without power and a curfew is in force, reports the Houston Chronicle. Officials in Galveston, meanwhile, appealed... More »

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Dallas • Louisiana • Houston • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • FEMA • looting • curfew • Galveston • Hurricane Ike • Mayor Bill White • Beaumont • CenterPoint Energy • Texas-New Mexico Power Co

Feds Raid Calif. Museums, Gallery in Stolen Art Case

Illegal artifacts donated for inflated tax deductions

Jan 25, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents raided four California museums and a private gallery in a smuggling investigation into stolen foreign antiquities, reports the New York Times. The gallery allegedly imported looted goods from Thailand, Myanmar, and China, and individuals got inflated tax write-offs for donating them to museums. No charges have yet been... More »

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California • fraud • art • museums • looting • artifacts • art heist

Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

Greek court clears
her of buying looted golden wreath

Nov 27, 07 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Greek judges cleared a former Getty Museum curator today of buying a looted golden wreath, the Los Angeles Times reports. They said the statute of limitations had ended on the charge that Marion True okayed purchasing the illegally dug up Greek artifact. But "at no stage of these proceedings... More »

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Italy • Greece • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting

Getty Sends Looted Art Home

Italy wins decades-long fight over illegally purchased antiquities

Aug 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy 40 works of art, including some of the finest in the museum's collection, following a decades-long legal battle. The museum has agreed to give up dozens of  masterpieces that Italy claims were looted, including its signature 5th-century marble... More »

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art • Italy • Los Angeles • museums • J. Paul Getty Museum • looting • Getty

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