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news & updates delivers the latest
information about SAFE, features ways to help
stem the looting and illicit trade of
antiquities, and highlights developments in
the larger world of cultural heritage
preservation.
We invite you to participate
in a special global vigil. Also, peruse
a recent paper on the government's role on
looting in Iraq, and
read about SAFE's gathering of friends. And
don't forget to enter our art competition..
Click here to forward this newsletter. Help
spread the word.
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Participate: Iraq Vigil
On April 10-12, Donny George Youkhanna and
SAFE invite you to join us in remembrance, to
mark the anniversary of the
looting of the Iraq Museum.
Four years
ago, thousands of ancient artifacts from the
cradle of civilization were stolen or destroyed.
Even more devastating, the looting
of ancient sites
continues to this very day, not only in Iraq,
but all around the world.
Pause for a moment of silence and light a
candle. Record your personal moment of
remembrance with photographs or a short
video. Send them to us and we will create a
"video memorial" with images from other
vigils around the world.
Call for the return of more than 7,000
antiquities that are still missing from the
Museum.
Demand an end to the international black
market trade of antiquities, which feeds
the looting
of archaeologicaI
sites, in Iraq and around the world.
Protect ancient civilizations not just for
the people of Iraq
but for all of us, and for generations to
come.
Members and other friends, let us know if you
would like to lead a vigil in your area. As
news & updates subscribers, you are
the first to be invited.
Watch the invitiation video and find out more...
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SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone, Inc.
creates
educational programs and media campaigns to raise
public awareness about the importance of
preserving
cultural heritage world-wide. SAFE is a
coalition of
professionals in communications, media, and
advertising working alongside experts in the
academic, legal and law enforcement
communities. SAFE is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organization and
has no political affiliations.
We wish to thank the Museum Security Network
Mailinglist and
other sources for their work.
SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone ©2007 All
Rights Reserved.
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In our last newsletter, we urged readers to
support continued U.S. import restrictions on
antiquities from Guatemala and Mali.
The April 2 deadline for our 2007 Student
Illustration and Photography Competition is
fast approaching. 