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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this 
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week's edition include:

**  Museum facing allegations PNG artefacts were stolen
Officials at San Francisco's M-H de Young Museum are examining a collection 
of rare tribal artefacts from Papua New Guinea to determine if they were 
stolen from the impoverished island nation

**  Researchers probe ghost sightings on ship
A five-member team from the Rhode Island Paranormal Research group visited 
Mystic Seaport on Friday night to spend time on the Charles W. Morgan, a 
wooden whaling ship where several visitors have reported seeing the 
apparition

**  Visit to museum a sobering experience
In 1993 the National Museum of Chernobyl in Kiev, Ukraine, opened its doors 
to welcome visitors and tell them the story of the world's worst 
nuclear-power disaster

**  Jason's 'Argo' to be recreated in Greece
Shipbuilders in the small Greek port of Volos are struggling with handmade 
tools and methods used millennia ago to recreate the Argo, the legendary 
vessel of Jason and the Argonauts

**  Canada's 'unique treasures' gather dust
Thousands of artefacts showcasing Canada's achievements in science and 
technology are gathering dust in rented warehouses while the Canada Science 
and Technology Museum waits for the government's green light to build a new 
museum

**  Stolen art haul worth £80 million
The true value of art and antiques stolen from property tycoon Harry Hyams' 
country mansion is believed to be £50 million higher than was first 
estimated

**  Ceramic works of Renaissance remain vivid today
Inspired by Islamic-produced wares from the Ottoman Empire, Maiolica 
ceramics emerged in Europe during the Renaissance

**  Cool job - Art museum registrar
Matthew Leininger grew up hearing his mother imploring him not to touch 
items on store shelves

**  Monet talks
But what is it that's so appealing, so comforting, about waterlilies and 
poppy fields, about hazily rendered girls with big hats and flouncy cuffs?
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**  Modern building rises in heart of ancient Rome
Renowned U.S. architect Richard Meier was on hand for the inauguration of 
the Ara Pacis museum, a steel, glass and marble structure that has fired 
Roman passions with one critic comparing it to a giant petrol station

**  State museum to return sacred Kenyan artefact
A kigango, the singular of vigango, generally is not erected immediately 
after someone in the Gohu Society dies, but after there is ill fortune in 
the household of the deceased male

**  Skeletons reveal secrets of 9,000-year-old dentistry
Treatment was carried out in an area of what is now Pakistan, using tiny, 
flint-tipped wooden drills, that rotated at about 20 times a second, say 
scientists who reconstructed the implements

**  $15 million super museum for MCG
This will make the MCG not only the greatest arena in Australia, but the 
greatest historical sports trust in Australia and one of the greatest 
tourist attractions

**  This Week's Horoscopes
Aquarius January 20 - February 18. Your 10-hour shift would go by a lot 
faster if you didn't keep looking up at the clock every five minutes, but as 
head surgeon, it's your responsibility to record the time of death of 
patients.

**  Oldest FA Cup presented to museum
The oldest surviving FA Cup trophy, made for the 1896 final, is to be handed 
to the National Football Museum in Preston

**  Death camp museum cancels rock opera plans
The museum at former Nazi death camp Majdanek in Poland has cancelled plans 
to host a production of Jesus Christ Superstar after criticism of the idea
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**  Broken hearts welcome, and spare limbs too
Zagreb's new Museum of Broken Relationships houses love letters, engagement 
rings, massage oils, a scooter and even an artificial leg

**  Stolen cannon turns up in storage
A 200-year-old cannon reported stolen from outside a Hampshire military 
barracks has been found after a council admitted it had been put into 
storage

**  Nazi secret files open
After decades of refusal, German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries announced 
her country would work with the US to open the World War II archives

**  DNA Technologies for Chinese Herbs Authentication

**  ACA Workshop - Awareness And Advocacy

**  NYCMER Annual Conference - Changing Communities, Changing Museums: 
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