Appeals in Munch theft begin
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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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OSLO, Norway - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece "The Scream" left Norway'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.    Some expressed fears that works of art are in increasing danger from violent raids - unless, as Norway's deputy culture minister put it, "we lock them in a mountain bunker."   Armed, masked robbers stormed into Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight on Sunday, threatening an employee with a gun and terrifying patrons before they made off with a version of Munch's famous painting "The Scream" and another of his masterpieces, "Madonna."   A day after the theft and despite many tips, police said they have no suspects, no trace of the paintings and no theory on a motive...
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Edvard Munch's paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" were stolen from an art museum Sunday while armed men threatened the staff at gunpoint.
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Norwegian police said on Friday they were closing in on gunmen who stole Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" from an Oslo museum almost two months ago.
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Armed robbers on Sunday stole a version of  Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's "The Scream," regarded by many  as his most important work and an icon of existentialist angst,  from an Oslo museum.
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OSLO, Norway Norway is using all available personnel to search for two paintings considered national treasures. Armed thieves have stolen the Edvard Munch (AYD&#39;-vart moongk) masterpieces in a brazen daylight heist in Oslo.
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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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Two masterpieces by artist Edvard Munch are recovered two years after being stolen from an Oslo museum.
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The theft of Edvard Munchâs masterpiece The Scream is the latest in a long line of audacious art heists. Some of the worldâs most famous paintings - including
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The Oslo gallery appeals to those who stole Edvard Munch's The Scream not to destroy it.
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A Norwegian court refused to postpone the appeals trial of the defendants convicted of stealing Edvard Munch's paintings The Scream and Madonna.
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Norway's police sought to nail down the  motive behind the theft of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" on  Monday amid criticism that Oslo's museum security was too lax  after gunmen stole the picture in a dramatic daylight raid.
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Officials from the Munch Museum begged the thieves who stole "The Scream" and "Madonna" on Sunday to show great care for the paintings.
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Norwegian police have launched a nationwide hunt for armed thieves who stole two classic paintings by Edvard Munch, including &quot;The Scream,&quot; in a brazen daytime heist in Oslo.
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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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Norwegian police hunting for two world-famous paintings by artist Edvard Munch, stolen at the weekend in the country's first-ever armed museum robbery, said they had no clue what the thieves were going to do with their priceless bounty.
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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