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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OSLO, Norway - Armed men stormed into an art museum Sunday, threatened staff at gunpoint and stole Edvard Munch's famous paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" before the eyes of stunned museum-goers.    The thieves yanked the paintings off the walls of Oslo's Munch museum and loaded them into a waiting car outside, said a witness, French radio producer Francois Castang...
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OSLO, Norway - Police launched a nationwide investigation Monday for armed robbers who barged into a lightly guarded Oslo museum and ripped the Edvard Munch masterpiece "The Scream" and another painting from the walls, as stunned visitors watched in disbelief.    The paintings were stolen from Oslo's Munch Museum on Sunday by masked, armed thieves who pulled them from the walls as visitors and staff watched in shock...
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OSLO, Norway  - Art lovers hope that the masked  gunmen who stole "The Scream" from an Oslo museum last month  treat masterpieces more carefully than artist Edvard Munch ever  did.
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A Brazilian museum where two prized paintings were stolen this week admits its collection is not insured.
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OSLO, Norway  - "The Scream" and another stolen   masterpiece by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were recovered by   police on Thursday, two years and nine days after gunmen seized   the paintings from an Oslo museum.
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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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Two recovered Edvard Munch paintings have been returned to a museum with "hardly any damage", police say.
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OSLO, Norway - Osloâs Munch Museum could remain closed until June 2005 while officials upgrade its security system following a brazen daylight robbery in August of two Edvard Munch masterpieces.
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Paintings worth about $91 million were stolen from a Zurich museum in an armed robbery in the second dramatic art theft in the area within days, police said on Monday.
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Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters worth $164 million from a Zurich museum in Switzerland's biggest art theft, police said on Monday.
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lthough jolted by the daring daylight theft of Edvard Munch&#39;s painting &quot;The Scream&quot; from an Oslo museum, New York museum and gallery officials said they had no plans to increase security or
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Armed thieves stole Edvard Munch's  masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna" from a crowded gallery  in Oslo Sunday and walked out in broad daylight.
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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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Edvard Munch's masterpiece, "The Scream," and another painting were grabbed off the wall of a crowded museum by armed robbers.
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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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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