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curfew extended

Mar 2, 2010 4:43 AM CST

Chaos, Looting Spread in Chile

Quake survivors lack food, water, electricity

(Newser) - Chile extended a nighttime curfew to noon today as looting and crime intensified in earthquake-damaged cities. Troops struggling to gain control in Concepción fired teargas and shot at least one person dead; a supermarket collapsed in the city last night after looters set fire to it. Authorities warn that...

Anderson Cooper
Rescues Bloodied Boy

SANJAY GUPTA is haiti hero, too

Jan 19, 2010 9:50 AM CST

Anderson Cooper Rescues Bloodied Boy

He and Sanjay Gupta go from CNN reporters to heroes

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta went from reporters to heroes yesterday while covering the earthquake aftermath in Haiti. Cooper pulled a bloodied child away from looters who were hurling rocks and concrete, telling him, "It's OK. It's OK," as he carried the boy to safety. PopEater also points...

10,000 US Troops Head to Haiti

Jan 18, 2010 3:27 AM CST

10,000 US Troops Head to Haiti

Force aims to help keep the peace, aid relief effort

(Newser) - Some 10,000 new US troops are heading to Haiti to aid relief efforts and help calm a desperate nation spinning out of control. Ransacking of Port-au-Prince stores and homes mounted as looters were being lynched by crowds and shot dead by police. "Haitians are taking things into their...

Hey, Media:
Don't Call It 'Looting'

haiti earthquake

Jan 15, 2010 1:05 PM CST

Hey, Media: Don't Call It 'Looting'

Desperate, hungry people are just trying to feed their families

(Newser) - Reports of "looting" in Haiti are surfacing, and Jerry Lanson isn't happy about it. He's not upset with the so-called looters, but with the reporters who are using the term. He cites one story in which the New York Times said "officials reported looting at a collapsed grocery...

Auction Winner
Won't Pay for
Chinese Relics

Mar 3, 2009 9:32 AM CST

Auction Winner Won't Pay for Chinese Relics

Collector says he bid $36 million on antiquities as protest

(Newser) - Among the most closely watched lots at last week's Paris auction of Yves Saint Laurent's art collection were two imperial Chinese bronzes that each sold for $18 million. Beijing spent months insisting that the sculptures were looted in the 19th century and should be returned to China, but failed to...

Looted Iraq Museum
Partially Reopens

Feb 24, 2009 12:50 PM CST

Looted Iraq Museum Partially Reopens

PM backs controversial move; much of building still shut

(Newser) - Iraq’s National Museum reopened yesterday for the first time since its 2003 looting made it a symbol of post-invasion bedlam, the New York Times reports. But with only eight of 26 rooms functional, its reopening symbolizes as much the long road ahead as it does Iraqi reconstruction thus far,...

Philly Phetes Series Triumph

Oct 30, 2008 1:42 PM CDT

Philly Phetes Series Triumph

Thousands gather, mainly peacefully, to celebrate Phillies' first title since 1980

(Newser) - The streets of Philadelphia were mobbed with celebrating Phillies fans into today’s wee hours, with some directing enthusiastic violence at cars and shop windows, the Inquirer reports. Firemen responding to street blazes had to turn their hoses on uncooperative revelers, and sporadic looting was reported. Still, the overall scene...

Texas Battles
Ike Blackouts,
Floods, Looting

Sep 15, 2008 4:33 AM CDT

Texas Battles Ike Blackouts, Floods, Looting

FEMA struggles to keep Houston, Galveston supplied

(Newser) - Federal officials were working yesterday to move emergency supplies and fresh water to distribution centers in beleaguered Houston, where residents were struggling to cope with continued flooding, blackouts and looting. Millions are still without power and a curfew is in force, reports the Houston Chronicle. Officials in Galveston, meanwhile, appealed...

Feds Raid Calif. Museums, Gallery in Stolen Art Case

Jan 25, 2008 10:38 AM CST

Feds Raid Calif. Museums, Gallery in Stolen Art Case

Illegal artifacts donated for inflated tax deductions

(Newser) - Federal agents raided four California museums and a private gallery in a smuggling investigation into stolen foreign antiquities, reports the New York Times. The gallery allegedly imported looted goods from Thailand, Myanmar, and China, and individuals got inflated tax write-offs for donating them to museums. No charges have yet been...

Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

Nov 27, 2007 6:38 PM CST

Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

Greek court clears her of buying looted golden wreath

(Newser) - Greek judges cleared a former Getty Museum curator today of buying a looted golden wreath, the Los Angeles Times reports. They said the statute of limitations had ended on the charge that Marion True okayed purchasing the illegally dug up Greek artifact. But "at no stage of these proceedings...

Getty Sends Looted Art Home

Aug 2, 2007 4:49 AM CDT

Getty Sends Looted Art Home

Italy wins decades-long fight over illegally purchased antiquities

(Newser) - The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy 40 works of art, including some of the finest in the museum's collection, following a decades-long legal battle. The museum has agreed to give up dozens of masterpieces that Italy claims were looted, including its signature 5th-century marble...