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...April 14, 1991, armed robbers raided Amsterdam's state-run Van Gogh Museum at night, cut the alarm system and spent 45 minutes picking out 20 works by the Dutch Impressionist. Thanks to a flat tire on the getaway car, the heist was short lived. Among the loot recovered 35 minutes later: The Potato Eaters, which had also been stolen in 1988, from another Dutch museum. Total worth of the take: about $500 million -- assuming that such famous hot potatoes could have been resold...
...world is being looted. From New York to Phnom Penh, from ancient ruins in Turkey to up-to-date museums in Amsterdam, precious records of human culture are vanishing into the dark as thieves steal with near impunity. Paintings, prints, statuary, rare coins, rare books and cultural treasures of every kind and all ages are being snatched...
...runways because the outage severed communications links between air-traffic controllers and airline pilots. By 10 p.m., more than 500 planes were on the ground waiting to take off at the area's six airports, causing a cascade of delays as far away as Boston, Los Angeles, Paris and Amsterdam...
Some AIDS activists say that with the International Conference taking place in Amsterdam, protesters would be deprived of a forum in the U.S. that would attract the attention of the American media...
...quite likely that [President] Bush is consciously avoiding further conflict with ACT UP," Kolko says, "although it remains to be seen whether the conference taking place in Amsterdam reduces pressure on Bush from these activists...