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Metropolitan Museum says it will return Cambodian statues
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to return two ancient statues to Cambodia after receiving convincing evidence they had been looted and smuggled out of the country illegally. The 10th century Khmer statues, known as the Kneeling Attendants,...
Tags: UNESCO, The New York Times, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Sculpture, Arts
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FDR's Holocaust lapse
Responding to Rafael Medoff's Op-Ed article Sunday detailing FDR's reaction to Jews facing persecution in Nazi Germany, reader Robert Ouriel wrote in a letter published Friday that "as an American and a Jew, I found [Medoff's] criticism of Franklin D....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Immigration, U.S. Department of State, Judaism, Massacres
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Letters: FDR, Jews and the war
Re "What FDR said in private," Opinion, April 7 As an American and a Jew, I found Rafael Medoff's criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt for his private comments about Jews most unfair. FDR understood that the best way to end the Holocaust was to defeat...Tags: Judaism, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Politics, African Americans
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Travel films & events: Presentation on Tour du Mont Blanc trek
FRANCE, ITALY AND SWITZERLAND Presentation Tricia Holbrook will look at hut-to-hut trekking through France, Italy and Switzerland on the Tour du Mont Blanc, and from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn along Switzerland's Haute Route. When, where: 7:30 p....Tags: Armenia, Travel, Services and Shopping, Swiss Confederation, Photography Supplies and Services
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Mexico trying to stop antiquities sale at Sotheby's in Paris
Another antiquities auction has turned into another international art dispute. This time it’s the sale, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Sotheby’s in Paris, of the Barbier-Mueller Collection of Pre-Columbian art from Mexico and Central...Tags: Arts, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Theft, Politics, New York City
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Khmer Rouge leader dies, eluding war crimes verdict
NEW DELHI -- The death Thursday of one of the last senior leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime before his trial concluded underscores flaws in the war-crimes tribunal process that threaten to undermine the pursuit of global justice,...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Amnesty International, Prosecution, Civil Rights, Defendants
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Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary dies during Cambodia trial
Ieng Sary, who co-founded Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people, died Thursday morning. He was 87....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Revolutions, Prosecution, International Court or Tribunal
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Clinton's final lap turns into a sprint
Tribune Washington BureauWhen Air Force One landed in Myanmar on a muggy morning earlier this week, President Barack Obama made a point of having his secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at his side as he descended to the tarmac. The three-nation trip was likely the last...Tags: Hamas, Elections, Bhumibol Adulyadej , U.S. Department of State, Gaza Strip
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Crunchy critters are tasty traveler's treat
SKUON, Cambodia — This place gives new meaning to the concept of a roadside rest stop. We're talking about Skuon, better known locally in Cambodia as Spiderville. We're not sure how or why this place started serving up furry arachnids to weary...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Game, Foods and Beverages
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Pictures in the News | February 4, 2013
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Cambodians mourn King Norodom Sihanouk in lavish style
NEW DELHI -- Thousands of people lined the streets of Cambodia's capital Friday for the funeral of King Norodom Sihanouk, a controversial monarch who helped build the young nation after French rule before cozying up to the homicidal Khmer Rouge regime....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Massacres, Ceremonies, Movies
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Major art museum group bolsters rules for acquiring ancient art
The ethics for adding ancient works to American art museum collections became substantially more stringent five years ago when the Assn. of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) decided to set the bar higher -- prompted by complaints from Italy, Greece and other...Tags: The Getty, Values, Arts, Italy, Maxwell Anderson
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