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Israel calls off UNESCO Jerusalem tour, blaming Palestinians
ReutersJERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it had cancelled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem's Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicise a conservation mission....Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, International Organizations, Religion and Belief, Israel
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
Tags: Theft, University of Miami, University of California, Los Angeles, Artists, Museums
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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: Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Arts
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Letters: Hawaii issue sets memories afloat
Mahalo nui loa ("thank you very much") for the Special Hawaii Issue [April 21]. Fabulous memories of several visits to the islands in paradise were made vivid by the stories, pictures and maps of Oahu, Molokai and the cruise with stops at the Big Island,...Tags: Trips and Vacations, China, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Politics, Hotels and Accommodations
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Mexico: AeroMexico to fly new route from LAX to La Paz
It will be easier to get from Los Angeles to La Paz, Mexico, after June 20, when AeroMexico launches a new route. The twice-weekly flights will allow passengers to leave LAX at 2:20 p.m. Thursdays and return about noon on Sundays. Or fly south to La Paz...
Tags: Aeromexico, Los Angeles International Airport
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Orlando Ballet students take 2 medals at Youth America Grand Prix
Orlando Ballet was the only American organization to bring home two medals from the annual Youth America Grand Prix competition, which took place in New York earlier this month. Youth America Grand Prix, the world's largest student ballet scholarship...Tags: Arts and Culture, New York City, Entertainment, Education, Awards and Prizes
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Intersections: Increased demand for Armenian language skills
On a Saturday morning in a brightly lit classroom at the Burbank Adult School, a group of students are practicing their language skills. Except it's not English they're learning. It's not even Spanish. It's Armenian. Though its Western counterpart...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Education
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He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook
By some measures, Matthew Karanian was a Connecticut Yankee: a 34-year-old litigator in Hartford, American-born and bred. But he had a wild idea. So he took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Hate Crimes, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Uruguay: Coastal reveries, away from it all
COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO, Uruguay — Straddling the crest of a sand dune, my back to the Atlantic Ocean, I watched a Uruguayan boy net fish in a river lagoon. He waded through the chest-high water, dragging behind him the reflection of the setting sun....
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Argentina, Gelato, Foods and Beverages, Gaming
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in little-known Amphawa, Thailand
ReutersAMPHAWA (Reuters) - Little known to foreigners visiting Thailand, the riverside town of Amphawa, just an hour outside of Bangkok, has long been a secret among city-dwelling Thais looking to get away from it all. Home to a quaint floating market quite...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Buddhism, Religion and Belief, Foods and Beverages, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Chinese poaching of rare mammal exposed by boating accident
A boating accident off the Philippines coast has exposed Chinese poaching of a protected species of scaly anteater, or pangolin, prized in traditional medicine. A 500-ton Chinese fishing vessel, the Min Long Yu, crashed into a coral reef April 8. When...Tags: U.S. Navy, China, Asthma, World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife
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Hopi masks auctioned in Paris amid outrage and legal objections
This post has been corrected. See below for details. The gavel came down on 70 sacred Hopi Indian masks at the Drouot auction house in Paris on Friday, generating $1.2 million for the owners and auctioneers – and anger and emotional cries from...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Smithsonian Institution, Auction Service, Museums
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