Apr. 30th, 2008

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Stolen artifacts being returned to Iraq

From CNN:

Iraqi authorities welcomed back 701 ancient artifacts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The pieces, some up to 5,000 years old, were plundered in the chaotic aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion and eventually seized from traffickers in Syria.

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The article's kind of lame (what do you want, it's CNN) but it's still good news!
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