North Korea says it will seize 5 South Korean-owned assets at mountain resort in North

NKorea says it will seize 5 SKorean assets
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Friday it will confiscate five South Korean-owned properties at a jointly-operated mountain resort in the isolated communist country, a development likely to worsen already-soured relations.
North Korea has been demanding that the South resume tours to the facility, which had … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : North Korea says it will seize 5 South Korean-owned assets at mountain resort in North.

Carnival cruise ship tilts to avoid submerged buoy near Mexico; at least 60 passengers hurt

Carnival cruise ship lists, 60 passengers hurt

GALVESTON, Texas – A cruise ship operator says dozens of people were hurt when one of its vessels listed during a maneuver to avoid a partially submerged buoy that was adrift near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Carnival Cruise Lines says the ship, Carnival Ecstasy, had to make a sharp turn to … Original article on : Carnival cruise ship tilts to avoid submerged buoy near Mexico; at least 60 passengers hurt.

Israel’s national museum unveils rare illustrated Hebrew manuscript from Italian Renaissance

Israeli museum unveils rare Renaissance manuscript

JERUSALEM – Experts at Israel’s national museum have completed the restoration of a 15th-century Hebrew manuscript with exquisite illustrations made by master Italian artisans, officials said Thursday.
The Renaissance masterpiece is a copy of the Mishneh Torah, an important work of Jewish law written three centuries earlier by the medieval philosopher … Read more >>>.

Egypt antiquities chief renews fight to get nation’s artifacts out of foreign museums

Egyptian official chides museums over antiquities

NEW YORK – Egypt’s antiquities chief, speaking at a preview of a King Tut exhibition, renewed his attacks on museums he claims have refused to return artifacts that rightfully belong in Egypt.
Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said Wednesday he had a wish list of objects … Read more »»».