Austria's Motion to Dismiss Suit Over Looted Art Denied
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the Central District of California Friday denied a motion by the Austrian government to dismiss a lawsuit charging it with wrongful possession of valuable artwork ...
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Austria's government and glitterati are in a quandary: Should next month's lavish Vienna Opera Ball be canceled out of respect for victims of the tsunami disaster? Or should the show go on, if only to help raise cash for survivors?
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A federal appeals court has rejected a $1.2 billion asbestos settlement plan for ABB Ltd., a setback for restructuring efforts by the Swiss-Swedish engineering company.
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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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An art collector wins a court battle over the ownership of four valuable paintings stolen from his home in 1978.
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The High Court of Justice, in a six to one vote, on Thursday turned down three petitions calling for the rejection of the attorney-general&#39;s decision to close the case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Greek Island Affair.
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.
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A Chinese court on Friday rejected the appeal of a Chinese researcher for the New York Times and upheld a three-year prison sentence handed down for fraud, his lawyer said.
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A court Wednesday rejected an appeal by the founder of Ansar al-Islam, a suspected Islamic terror group in Iraq, and upheld a government order to expel him from Norway as a threat to national security.
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A French court has barred the proposed repatriation of the mummified and tattooed head of a Maori warrior.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected an appeal by his defense minister to halt excavation work near Jerusalem's most important holy site, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported on Thursday.
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A South African court on Friday  rejected a bid by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of  former president Nelson Mandela, to appeal against a fraud  conviction, news agency SAPA reported.
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Taiwan's High Court rejected a second lawsuit filed by the opposition Nationalist Party to nullify President Chen Shui-bian's March re-election victory, a judge said on Thursday.
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Taiwan&#39;s High Court has rejected a challenge to President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s victory in the March presidential election. The court threw out opposition claims the poll was marred
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A federal judge has rejected efforts by International Business Machines Corp. to dismiss a major portion of a lawsuit brought by SCO Group accusing the computer giant of copyright infringement.
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A Turner painting which sold for a record Â£5.8m at auction earlier this year is barred from going abroad.
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A messy battle with Mass MoCA wanting to uncover an exhibition and the artist Christoph BÃ¼chel wanting to withdraw it.