Norway Searches for Treasured Masterpieces
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OSLO, Norway - Norwegian police said Monday that they were working on several tips in their search for two Edvard Munch masterpieces, including a version of "The Scream," after a bold daytime theft from an Oslo museum in front of stunned visitors.    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...
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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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An art collection worth more than 4 million that was thought to have been lost more than 50 years ago has been discovered by chance as museum staff struggled to save paintings from a flood.
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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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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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Art collectors spend millions to buy masterpieces, but the masterpiece they buy today could prove to be virtually worthless tomorrow if they aren&#39;t careful.
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The robbery of the well-known &quot;The Scream&quot; and &quot;Madonna&quot; paintings by Edvard Munch in Oslo this week reverberated in cities like Washington, rich with museums and galleries housing valuable artifacts and works of art.
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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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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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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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Se og Hoer, a Norwegian magazine, has offered a 100,000 crone (12,100 Euro) reward for the safe return of Edvard Munch&#39;s (1863-1944) &quot;Scream&quot; and &quot;Madonna,&quot; two paintings that were stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo.
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Remains in southern Norway are believed to be those of the country's oldest church.
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Norwegian newspapers are dismayed by the theft of two paintings by Edvard Munch
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Two Edvard Munch paintings including the masterpiece ``The Scream&#39;&#39; were stolen at gunpoint from an Oslo museum, police said.
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Art theft may conjure up images of a suave movie villain creeping through a dark gallery &#151; or last year's bold daylight robbery of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from a Norway museum. Most art heists, however, are far more subtle, involving forged documents, fake prints or smuggled cultural artifacts that slowly make their way into the hands of private owners or museums.
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A detailed survey of ancient cave carvings at a site first discovered last year in Nottinghamshire, England, reveals the etchings may be some of most elaborate Ice Age art ever found.
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GUNMEN stole one of the world&#39;s most famous paintings in a daring daylight raid in Norway yesterday. Edvard Munch&#39;s The Scream and Madonna were taken after the armed men burst into the Oslo museum where they