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2,000-year-old Hellenstic style wall paintings are seen in a ...

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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:00:03 +0200
(Reuters) - 2,000-year-old Hellenstic style wall paintings are seen in a cave complex, nicknamed "Little Petra", at Siq al-Barid in Beidha, about five km (three miles) away from the rock carved city of Petra, southern Jordan August 30, 2010. The two British conservators from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, will complete removing black grime from these masterpieces created by the Nabataeans this week, after three years of restoration work. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY)

A Vietnamese vendor shows off a painting at a shop selling Catholic ...

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Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:20:02 +0200
(AFP/File) - A Vietnamese vendor shows off a painting at a shop selling Catholic religious items next to a church in Ho Chi Minh-City. US lawmakers urged a UN probe into violence in a Vietnamese Catholic village after families said that authorities used deadly force to break up a religious procession.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

A watercolour painting shows Lycaste Orchids, a species found ...

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Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:00:10 +0200
(AFP/HO/Museum of Natural History/File) - A watercolour painting shows Lycaste Orchids, a species found in mid-elevation cloud forests from Nicaragua through to Bolivia, which are threatened by logging and agricultural development. Washington's Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is opening an exhibit of pictures endangered, threatened and extinct plants from around the world, officials have said.(AFP/HO/Museum of Natural History/File/Angela Mirro)

A man walks past a painting of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...

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Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:30:02 +0200
(Reuters) - A man walks past a painting of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua August 7,2010. The fragmented right-wing opposition in Nicaragua is seeking a single presidential candidate to challenge the re-election aspirations of Sandinista President Ortega, but the scenario seems unlikely given the lack of a strong candidate. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (NICARAGUA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

A painting condemning energy giant BP is seen outside a shop ...

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Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:30:10 +0200
(AFP/File) - A painting condemning energy giant BP is seen outside a shop in Larose, Louisiana. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the largest environmental disaster in US history and is threatening the entire region's way of life, fueling widespread outrage among residents.(AFP/File/Alex Ogle)