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Museum returns antiquities to Italy The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has agreed to return 40 objects from its antiquities collection that Italy contends were looted, ending a long and complex negotiation...
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Grand welcome... Chinese workers labour on a colourful gateway at a popular tourist spot in Beijing on Friday. The Chinese capital is sprucing itself up ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. AP
Film actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced to six years in jail by the TADA court.
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