Stolen 1917 1924 Notebook From Picasso Museum
The Culture Ministry says a 1917 to 1924 sketchbook titled Album vanished from a second floor display at the Picasso Museum between Monday and Tuesday. It weighs in at about $11 million and was kept in a glass case that opens only with a special instrument. A museum employee found the notebook missing Tuesday morning. no surveillance was present in the room. The museum is closed on Tuesdays. A police official confirmed the case and that the item is called Album.
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WHO official weighs timing of pandemic declaration
Margaret Chan said a pandemic declaration hinges on confirming whether the H1N1 virus has become established outside North America. She noted reports of nationwide spread, with North America and Australia reporting surges as the virus spreads to 73 countries.
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First Gitmo inmate Ghailani appears in U.S. court
The first Guantanamo detainee, Ahmed Ghailani, appeared in a New York court amid security as he faces trial for al Qaida linked embassy bombings that killed 224 people. He pleaded not guilty and urged the judge to skip reading the indictment. Prosecutors call the case a test of President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo and try detainees in U.S. courts.
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Sullenberger: Bird warnings unlikely to help pilots
Federal safety hearings into the US Airways Flight 1549 accident focus on bird strike prevention and engine resilience after the Hudson landing. Capt. Chesley Sullenberger testified that warnings would not have prevented the ditching, citing a Canada goose strike that damaged both engines and forced water landing with 155 aboard surviving.
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Journalists face potential leniency after North Korea trial
Laura Ling and Euna Lee were sentenced to 12 years of reform through labor for crossing into North Korea. Analysts doubt hard labor will be imposed. diplomats seek humanitarian release, with reviews of possible U S envoy involvement and negotiations amid North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile threats.
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Charitable giving slows in 2008 recession year
New York report shows U S donations fell 2 percent in 2008 as the recession deepened. Social service charities bore a 12.7 percent drop amid rising demand for aid, with Giving USA noting the downturn followed only the 1987 stock crash in the past decades.
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