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Visitor breaks Ming; David's squint; Murder in the Colosseum; Museum adds mussel; King Zog's relics; Marshall to digitize



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The headlines:

**  Queen Elizabeth Opens Holocaust Exhibition
Britain's Queen Elizabeth Tuesday opened a permanent Holocaust exhibition in
London that was hailed by survivors and community leaders as a fitting
tribute to six million slaughtered Jews


**  Carolina museum buys back painting looted by Nazis
A North Carolina museum that was widely praised for returning to two elderly
sisters a 16th century painting the Nazis stole from their Jewish
great-uncle has bought the work back -- at a below-market price that
reflects the owners' gratitude



**  Greeks try charm but Marbles bid fails, again
A Greek charm offensive to persuade Britain to return the Elgin marbles to
Athens and the Acropolis foundered when Prime Minister Tony Blair ruled out
the idea and Opposition Tory MPs boycotted a British House of Commons
hearing for the Greek Foreign Minister to make his case


**  New Museum Commemorates 'The Longest Day'
The patriotism and sacrifice of the 156,000 troops who took part in the
Allied invasion of Normandy will now forever be remembered with the opening
of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans on the 56th anniversary of the
fateful day


** St. Louis museum exhibits rare Russian treasures
The exhibit, "Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World," includes
some 350 rare Russian art objects and artifacts


**  Antiquorum's Hong Kong Watch Auction Fetches $4.39 Million
The Breguet Museum purchased a rare 18-karat gold miniature Breguet watch
for $81,434. Only 16 examples of this watch exist


**  King Zog's relics: SA gets Albanian SOS
Albania's National Museum has requested that the family of the late King
Zog, now living in South Africa, send back the king's relics for display,
its director said on Tuesday


**  Turkish Cops Find Alleged Picasso
Police have recovered a painting believed to be a stolen Picasso and
arrested six people in the city of Izmir
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**  An ancient city awaits its watery grave