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>From News:

Nelson Mandela sues former lawyer over sale of prints
The statesman says unauthorised works are being sold in his name at
exorbitant prices- 

LONDON. Nelson Mandela is suing his former lawyer over a bitter dispute
involving the sale of art prints. The revered South African statesman claims
that he has been betrayed by Ismail Ayob, who... 
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>From Museums:

Art to Las Vegas, cars in Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts is reaping substantial profits from populist shows-
By Jason Edward Kaufman 

BOSTON. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) has extended its lease of
Impressionist paintings to Paperball, the for-profit company run by New York
gallery PaceWildenstein that operates a pocket-sized exhibition space in the
Bellagio casino in Las Vegas... 
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>From Archaeology:

Italians discover hoard of Roman statues
The works have been protected by a temple wall which collapsed during an
earthquake 1,600 years ago- By Edek Osser 

CYRENE. An Italian team of archaeologists has discovered 76 intact Roman
statues at Cyrene in Libya. The discovery is remarkable because the site,
once a thriving Greek and then Roman settlement, has been under excavation
for the last 150 years. With a nearby coastal port, Apollonia, serving it,
Cyrene was once... 
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