Friday, September 17th, 2010
Iran threatens to keep artefact
http://www.smh.com.au/world/iran-threatens-to-keep-artefact-20100916-15emw.html
September 17, 2010
LONDON: It was not an easy decision for the British Museum to lend one of its most treasured artefacts to a country with which Britain has a notoriously prickly relationship.
So curators in London are paying close attention to an Iranian threat not to ...
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Floods threaten Pakistan heritage sites
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/floods-threaten-pakistan-heritage-sites-20100816-12732.html
August 16, 2010
AFP
Pakistan's devastating floods are now threatening ancient archeological sites, on top of leaving millions of people dependent on humanitarian aid to survive, an antiquities official said on Monday.
Pakistan has been ravaged by nearly three weeks of monsoon rains. Flooding has affected one-fifth of ...
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