Louvre Exacts Theft Of Corot Landscape From Paris Museum
A guard at the Louvre discovered the 13 by 19 inch landscape The Sevres Road by Camille Corot missing and the museum was closed at 3 p.m. Police fingerprinted the frame and searched several hundred visitors as museum personnel were questioned. Corot, a 19th century French landscape painter, is the painting's namesake. The value remains undetermined.
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Bus ambush kills 13 in Assam tribal clash
In Assam, a mob of Bodo tribesmen attacked a Santhal passenger bus, killing 13 and wounding five. Police cite possible revenge for earlier Bodo deaths, noting long running feuds and prior riots that left hundreds dead.
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Government Firing 1000 Striking Doctors in Uttar Pradesh
The government of a northern Indian state fired 1,000 junior doctors amid a two week strike that has disrupted government clinics. Press Trust of India quoted Health Minister Shiv Kant Ojha stating the move came over the weekend due to salary demands, with doctors seeking a doubling of pay.
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Brazil drought fuels threat of looting and aid push
In Arcoverde Brazil Waldack de Souza clutches his infant as a 10 million strong drought hunger crisis grows. MST coordinator Jaime Amorin says looting could spread across the Northeast to force government relief. The government counters with a $123 million drought relief plan including 1 million emergency food baskets and work programs.
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U.N. sanctions cost Iraq about 140 billion dollars
Trade Minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh said on Sunday that U.N. trade sanctions since 1990 have cost Iraq about 140 billion dollars and cap oil exports at two billion dollars every six months. He cited losses in goods and services and noted 1.5 million Iraqis, mostly children, have died due to embargo shortages.
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Cambodian leader says killing fields are over
Cambodian premier Hun Sen told a Sunday televised address that the war is ending and the killing fields should not return. About 10,000 Cambodian refugees streamed into Thailand on Sunday as Khmer Rouge forces reportedly hold some ground near the border. Refugees arrived at a camp in Pusing inside Thailand, joining tens of thousands already displaced, while aid workers report landmine injuries and disease among the evacuees.
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Automaker offers to scrap Diana lookalike ad
Kia Motor Corp will scrap a commercial featuring a Diana lookalike pursued by paparazzi if executives find it offensive. The ad, shot in Boston, used model Nicky Lilley as a stand‑in, and was to be shown only in Korea but will not air anywhere if it causes offense.
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