Stolen Munch paintings not insured against theft
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Two masterpieces by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch stolen from an Oslo museum at the weekend were not insured against theft, officials said.
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The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch&#39;s renowned masterpiece &quot;The Scream&quot; left Norway&#39;s police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it.
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For the second time in 10 years a version of one of the most famous paintings in the world -- &quot;The Scream&quot; by Edvard Munch -- has been stolen from an art gallery in Oslo.
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Swiss police have found two of the four oil paintings by 19th Century masters, which were stolen from a Zurich museum this month in one of Europe's biggest Art thefts, they said on Tuesday.
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Norwegian newspapers are dismayed by the theft of two paintings by Edvard Munch
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Armed robbers stole masterpieces by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch from a museum in Oslo on Sunday and national radio said a version of "The Scream" was part of the haul.
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OSLO, Norway - Police fielded a flood of tips but still had no motive Monday for the daring theft of "The Scream" and another Edvard Munch masterpiece by armed robbers who barged into a lightly guarded Oslo museum and ripped the paintings from the walls before the eyes of stunned visitors.    Police, who launched a nationwide hunt for the works, said there had been no word from the thieves, who were widely expected to demand a ransom...
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TO PARAPHRASE Oscar Wilde, losing one may be regarded as misfortune but to lose two could look like carelessness. Edvard Munchâs paintings have been targeted again by thieves after an armed gang yesterday
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Only scratches remain on the white walls where the four Impressionist masterpieces once hung. No metal detectors, no armed guards, no cameras were in sight Tuesday, underscoring just how vulnerable many of Europe's small museums are to thieves enticed by soaring art prices.
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Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" and another famous painting by the great Norwegian artist were stolen by armed robbers from an Oslo museum, police said.
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Precious paintings worth over 100 million Swiss francs (46.6 million pounds) were stolen from a Zurich museum in an armed robbery on Sunday, police said on Monday, the second dramatic art theft in the area in recent days.
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OSLO, Norway  - Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece The Scream and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock.
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An appeal of convictions and acquittals in the 2004 theft of the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna" opened in Oslo on Tuesday with the court rejecting defense demands for a postponement.
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LOS ANGELES The federal government has claimed custody of a Pablo Picasso painting stolen by Nazis during World War Two. The move allows a federal court in Los Angeles to claim jurisdiction in a legal struggle
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The Scream, which was stolen from a gallery in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, by armed thieves yesterday, was not insured against theft because it was impossible to put a price on paintings by Edvard Munch, it emerged today.
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OSLO -- The weekly magazine Se og Hoer offered a $14,800 reward yesterday for information leading to the return of two priceless Edvard Munch masterpieces stolen from an Oslo museum over the weekend. The city-owned Munch Museum reopened yesterday, two days after three masked robbers, including at least one with a pistol, snatched ''The Scream&quot; and ''Madonna&quot; and fled in ...
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Two recovered Edvard Munch paintings are to go on display in Oslo before being repaired, say museum officials.