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| International Top News
			 Supreme Court in Japan Upholds Mapplethorpe
 
			The Supreme Court of Japan on Tuesday overruled a 2003 Tokyo High Court decision and decided that “Mapplethorpe,” a book of erotic photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-89), shown at right in a self-portrait, did not violate obscenity laws, The Associated Press reported. The decision should pave the way for sale of the book in Japan for the first time in eight years. (The New York Times, February 20, 2008) Read more >> Italian Police Recover Dozens of Looted Items
			Police in Rome have recovered dozens of looted artifacts as part of an investigation of 31 people who allegedly operate a European art-trafficking ring in Italy and France, reports the Associated Press. Among the recovered objects is a fresco stolen in the 1970s and believed to belong to the first century A.D. villa of the Emperor Nero’s wife Poppea near Pompeii. (Artinfo, February 20, 2007) Read more >> 
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February 20, 2008
                    	Date posted: February 20, 2008
                    	Author: jolanta
                    
					

 
 
 
 

 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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