Tuesday, January 14, 2014

US officials repatriate stolen Indian art

A detail from a recovered Indian sandstone antiquity is shown during a repatriation ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 in New York. U.S. authorities returned three stolen antiquities to the Indian government. Homeland Security Investigations agents seized the art, valued at more than $1.5 million. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) NEW YORK (AP) — U.S authorities on Tuesday returned one of the world's most wanted stolen artworks and two other pieces to the Indian government — staging the celebration after a monthlong clash over the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York.








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