CAIRO (AP).- An Egyptian court convicted 11 officials from the Culture Ministry, including the deputy minister, of gross negligence and incompetence in the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh painting that embarrassed the government. The defendants received se…
Eleven Egyptian Officials to Be Tried in Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).- Eleven culture officials from Egypt’s government have been formally charged in last month’s theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum that had no functioning security alarms. The public prosecutor says he has referred the e…
Eleven Egyptian Officials to Be Tried in Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).- Eleven culture officials from Egypt’s government have been formally charged in last month’s theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum that had no functioning security alarms. The public prosecutor says he has referred the e…
Egyptian Minister, Farouk Hosni, Questioned in Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).-Egyptian prosecutors questioned the culture minister for three hours over the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting that has put him on the defensive over the state of museum security around the country. Farouk Hosni said he sought in Sunday…
Egyptian Minister, Farouk Hosni, Questioned in Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s culture minister says he was questioned by prosecutors for three hours over last week’s theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting. Farouk Hosni told reporters Monday he volunteered for the interrogation to dispel accusations of neglige…
Egypt Deputy Minister, Mohsen Shalaan, Detained Over Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s state news agency reports the country’s top prosecutor has ordered a four-day detention of the deputy culture minister over the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of “Poppy …
Egypt Deputy Minister, Mohsen Shalaan, Detained Over Van Gogh Theft
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s state news agency reports the country’s top prosecutor has ordered a four-day detention of the deputy culture minister over the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of “Poppy …
Faulty Alarms Blamed for Van Gogh Theft at Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Egypt
CAIRO (AP).- None of the alarms and only seven out of 43 surveillance cameras were working at a Cairo museum where a Vincent van Gogh painting was stolen, Egypt’s top prosecutor said Sunday. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of “Po…
Faulty Alarms Blamed for Van Gogh Theft at Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Egypt
CAIRO (AP).- None of the alarms and only seven out of 43 surveillance cameras were working at a Cairo museum where a Vincent van Gogh painting was stolen, Egypt’s top prosecutor said Sunday. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of “Po…