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Berthillon's exclusive delicacies lure thousands of sweet-toothed clients to his Ile St. Louis shop each year. Founded in 1954 by Raymond Berthillon and his wife, the shop became a favored spot for well-heeled Parisians before travel books began letting tourists in on the chic secret in the 1970s...
Nigeria has suffered the most looting. During the past two decades its museums have been robbed of hundreds of their most valuable items. In an infamous break-in at the National Museum in Ile-Ife in 1994, thieves with an inside contact smashed open 11 display cases. Their haul, which included some of the best-known 12th and 13th century Ife terra-cotta and brass heads--all uninsured--was worth about $200 million. It was the museum's third burglary that year. Nigerian traders also target villages like Kawu, buying artifacts from locals or encouraging rudimentary digging...
DIED. HEINZ PRECHTER, 59, creator of the car sunroof, philanthropist and generous supporter of Bush family campaigns; of suicide by hanging; in Grosse Ile, Mich. Prechter came to the U.S. from Bavaria in 1964 and, with $764 in savings, started up his sunroof business in a California garage; its annual sales now total half a billion dollars. Though described by all as "dynamic," he was being treated for severe clinical depression, from which he had suffered for years...
...music celebrates the singer's African heritage, a beautiful collage of music and dance culture in Bahia. Rodrigues' voice permeates the natural, simple beauty of the music with her own energetic musicality and the depth of understanding of her work that is evident in her voice. "Depois Que O Ile Passar" ("After Ile Passes") captivates the listener with engaging rhythms and innovative musical sequences which showcase Rodrigues' talent and creativity. And the tribal feel of "Male-Debate," a song asking permission to call the people to dance, capitalizes on unusual and inviting harmonies to provide a sense of the beautiful...
...Australia often sailed on tightly packed, disease-ridden "coffin ships," aptly named as a large percentage of their passengers never made it to the shores they sought. Even more who survived the grueling Atlantic crossing felt earth again only to be soon buried within it. The island of Grosse Ile, used as a quarantine site for incoming immigrants to Quebec, today holds the graves of thousands. Those who did survive faced widespread and serious discrimination and hatred...