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Swiss museum pulls down works by artists like Monet, van Gogh as origin of Nazi-looted art examinedA Swiss museum on Thursday pulled down five paintings, including a van Gogh and a Monet, after the foundation that owns them called for a d...- Top European destinations to visit if you are planning a quick holidayIf you are based in the United States and planning to get away from the hustle and bustle of cities like Chicago, Washington or San Francis...
- British brothers jailed for stealing Ming Dynasty artifacts from Geneva museumAn international DNA database played a crucial role in solving the case, linking the DNA found at the crime scene to Stewart Ahearne, then ...
- British & Swiss police recover 15th-century Ming vase worth $2.5 mn in a sting operationBritish police have recovered a 15th-century Chinese vase worth £2 million ($2.5 million) and dismantled a criminal gang that stole the art...
- Street photography pioneer Sabine Weiss, who chronicled social change with unique gaze for eight decades, dies at 97Weiss said that she had wanted to immortalise people in her photos.
- Flawless jewels that belong to Napoleon's adoptive daughter up for auction next weekThe jewels date back to the early 19th century.
- FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museumFIFA said on Tuesday it suspected ``criminal mismanagement by FIFA's former management and companies appointed by them'' to work on the mus...
- Nearly 40-million-year-old 'sabre-toothed tiger' skeleton sells for more than $84,000Some palaeontologists insist animal or plant fossils are not decorative objects for collectors.
- 'Sabre-toothed tiger' skeleton sells for $70,000The skeleton, about 120 centimetres (nearly four feet) long, was snapped up by a private collector in just one minute at an auction in Gene...
- Ask the travel expert: Should one carry foreign exchange cards or are currency notes enough?Avoid queues while visiting popular tourist attractions by booking tickets online.
- US Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar's Suu KyiSuu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her long campaign against the country's military dictatorship, was awarded the Holocaust...
- Switzerland launches promo campaigns to woo Indian touristsIn a bid to attract more Indian tourists, Switzerland Tourism today launched promotional campaigns here.
- Old documentary on Mahatma Gandhi now in digital formatA documentary on Mahatma Gandhi containing "rarest of the rare" video footages has been digitised and will be availaible for public viewing...
- Luxury watches fetch record $44 million at Geneva auctionChristie's three-session auction of luxury watches in Geneva realised an unprecedented combined total of $43,985,467.
- Dagny and Jan Runnqvist at Christie's Paris this autumnEstimated at €4 million, this collection comprises over 280 lots, ranging from paintings, sculptures, lithographs and drawings to a selecti...
- Business meeting overseas: Fill your post-work hours with doses of local exploration and funLearn to ski and pick some basic tricks on how to maneuver through the icy sheets in style and impress people back home with pictures of yo...
- WHO declares US, Mexico swine flu a public health emergencyThe Geneva-based World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the US a "public health emergency of internatio...
- Google, UN unveil project to map movement of refugeesInternet search giant Google Inc unveiled a new feature for its popular mapping programs on Tuesday that shines a spotlight on the movement...
- Indian art lacks a clear picture on IP rightsThere’s an abiding discussion among art circles regarding intellectual property rights (IPR) in the Indian art scene.
- Lakeside legendsThough it is known as Olympic City, Lausanne had much more to offer non-sports buffs too.
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