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When Mullah Mohammed Omar announced on Feb. 26 that the big Buddhas were to be destroyed, Luis Monreal had a bright idea. Archaeologist, art historian and director of Fundació la Caixa , the cultural foundation in Barcelona sponsored by the Catalan savings bank of that name, Monreal decided to display a side of Afghanistan little known in Europe. In six months, a quarter of the time it normally takes to plan and mount an international exhibition, the Caixa Foundation, in tandem with the Guimet Museum of Asiatic Art in Paris, brought together 230 pieces from U.S. and European museums...
Monreal wanted to call the exhibition "Afghanistan: The Forbidden History," but after the events of Sept. 11 - when some of the exhibits still had not arrived in Barcelona - his banker patrons asked for a less provocative title for security reasons. So the exhibition is called "Afghanistan: A Millenary History." Its success in Barcelona, with long lines some days, has drawn the interest of other museums. Monreal says there are negotiations with London's Royal Academy and a possibility of eventual travel...
...people protesting proposed changes to election procedures were arrested by police on charges of public violence. SPAIN Is Britain Rock-Weary? Signaling a new readiness to explore giving up Britain's sovereignty of Gibraltar, the U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Pique in Barcelona. Straw said the Rock, held by Britain since 1704, would be returned to Spanish control if its 30,000 inhabitants voted in favor in a referendum. Gibraltar's elected Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, boycotted the talks in protest at the decision to allow him to attend only as a British delegate...
...Saviola Sits It Out By ANDREW DOWNIE Rio de Janeiro Life can be hard for a teenager saddled with the nickname "El Conejo," the rabbit. But Javier Saviola has more serious problems at hand. The 19-year-old Argentine sensation is banging in goals aplenty for his Spanish club, Barcelona, in the world's best league, but he still can't find a place on the national side. Coach Marcelo Bielsa has an abundance of superb forwards to choose from (Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo, Claudio Lopez, Ariel Ortega, Kily Gonzales, Gustavo Lopez ... we could go on) and Saviola looks likely...
...Scardigli, who is a former Romance Languages and Literatures concentrator, said the best academic party she has attended was at Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Brad S. Epps’ apartment. The party celebrated the conclusion of Epps’ Spanish 135, a course on women writers in Barcelona...