Lost art sold for $6m Straits Times Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:19 PM PDT PARIS - THE stash was hidden away in a Paris bank vault at the start of World War II and forgotten for decades. On Tuesday, the long-lost treasure trove of Renoirs, Cezannes, Degas, Gauguins and Picassos brought in 3.5 million euros (S$6 million) at auction in Paris. Sotheby's offering of 139 works amassed by visionary Paris art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who turned unknown artists into stars, was ... | McChrystal fails in the art of the leak New Straits Times Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:15 PM PDT WELL, Stanley McChrystal didn't and can't complain. It's actually quite funny; he and his team were stuck in Paris by Iceland's volcano, and finally taking a van to Berlin, with a reporter as it were embedded, they of course started drinking. And forgetting that they were on the record. | World's smallest whale population faces extinction Philippine Daily Inquirer Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:26 PM PDT PARIS, Franceâ"The world's smallest known whale population has dwindled to about 30 individuals, only eight of them females, according to a study released Tuesday. | Jeanloup Sieff's iconic images go under the hammer Independent Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:24 PM PDT A collection of work by iconic fashion photographer Jeanloup Sieff, including a photograph of Alfred Hitchcock posing as a zombie with model Ina Balke during filming for 'Psycho', is due to go under the hammer at Christie's Paris auction house today. | Giro '10: Roadside Wrap PezCycling News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:21 PM PDT It's not all just business, work, and deadlines when PEZ descends upon Paris for the Tour Presentation. Ed Hood and his lovely lady, Marlene, took some time out of a tight bike-centric schedule to enjoy the City of Lights. | | |
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