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> > Petition to safeguard history of mankind<br>
> > This month, April 2003, the (cultural) world was<br>
> > shocked with the savage looting of the Museum of<br>
> > History in Baghdad.<br>
> ><br>
> > The lost material was described as of global<br>
> > significance in the evolution of civilization.<br>
> > A looted vase was found in Uruk, one of the first<br>
> > major urban settlements in southern Mesopotamia and<br>
> > that means in the world. Finding these invaluable<br>
> > objects and getting them presented to us, the<br>
> > inheritors of this civilization, was possible
thanks<br>
> > to huge efforts of dedicated excavators since 1840.<br>
> > The loss is comparable to the Mongol invasion and<br>
> > burning of Baghdad in the 13th century.<br>
> > Kofi Annan called it "a wound inflicted on all<br>
> > humankind". This was to a large extent
possible<br>
> > because 87 countries did not join the Convention of<br>
> > the UNESCO prohibiting trading with illicit
cultural<br>
> > property. Please help pressure these countries to<br>
> > sign, by visiting the site:<br>
> ><br>
> >
<a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/stoploot/petition.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.petitiononline.com/stoploot/petition.html</a><br>
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> Met vriendelijke groet/Best wishes,<br>
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> Herman de Tollenaere<br>
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> My Internet site on Asian history and "new"
religions:<br>
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<a href="http://www.asianhistory.myweb.nl/" eudora="autourl">http://www.asianhistory.myweb.nl/</a><br>
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Luisa Martin Rojo<br>
Depto. de Linguistica, Logica, Lenguas modernas y Filosofia de la
Ciencia<br>
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid<br>
Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco<br>
28049 Madrid<br>
tel. +34 91 397 87 07<br>
fax.: +34 91 397 44 98<br><br>
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<i>“El mundo que queremos transformar ya ha sido trabajado antes por la
historia y tiene muchas horadaciones. Debemos encontrar el talento
necesario para, con esos límites, transformarlo y hacer una figura simple
y sencilla: un mundo nuevo”<br>
<b>Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos<br><br>
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