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Oh, so if the shoveling looters were implicitly approved of, I guess there is little hope of prosecuting them. Meanwhile the police have cataloged the prime activists in the square for a surprise homecoming when they stand down - maybe never to be seen again.

 

And the repatriation of artifacts to questionable caretakers goes on http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/02/07/us/AP-US-Artifacts-Battle.html?_r=1&ref=us . A stream of artifacts go back to Alaska, home of one of the most tsunami prone regions due to being on the earthquake rim of fire.

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King Tut statue among missing Egypt treasures...

 

At least 17 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo are missing following a break-in, the country's minister of antiquities said Sunday. The missing objects include a gilded wood statue of King Tutankhamun being carried by a goddess; parts of a gilded wood statue of Tutankhamun harpooning; a limestone statue of Akhenaten; a statue of Nefertiti making offerings; a sandstone head of an Amarna princess; a stone statuette of a scribe from Amarna; 11 wooden shabti statuettes of Yuya; and a heart scarab of Yuya... via CNN

 

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