In 1981 the piece was smuggled out of Cambodia and into New York by Doris Wiener.
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
Leo is spending the final two days of his weeklong trip to Spain in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago closer to Africa than the Iberian Peninsula that is a key point of entry for migrants smuggled from West Africa.
The statue holds a commanding position in the array of statues in the park, which is currently fenced off from the public, in a commemorative gesture for the nation’s 250th anniversary.
For decades, billions of dollars in advertising have been transacted on Nielsen ratings that tabulate how many people saw a TV program or commercial, and, also on how many people of a certain age or gender did as well.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 May 2026
While economic impact can be quantified and reported, community impact cannot be so easily transacted.
The building project was negotiated by Rick Snyder, the former Republican governor of Michigan, and paid for by Canada to help ease congestion at the existing Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor tunnel.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Following the end of the lease, the city of Escondido would regain ownership of the space or a new lease could be negotiated.
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Frankie Rowley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
Charges stem from an incident inside the Xpress Mart gas station at 4341 Paseo Blvd, where two people exchanged gunfire.
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Kendrick Calfee
June 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
Vinícius exchanged passes with Bruno Guimarães on the left flank, took touches to make space and rifled a right-footed shot past the outstretched arm of Yassine Bounou for his 10th international goal.
The mogul first gained the title in 2021 but has swapped it with billionaires like Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault in the years since.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
Amodei, meanwhile, has not held back in his criticism of Flippo, who swapped races from the 4th Congressional District in Southern Nevada after the congressman’s retirement.
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Max Grinstein,
The Washington Examiner,
11 June 2026
That exemption allows the major pro leagues to feature salary caps, luxury taxes, maximum salaries and other blatant restraints on earning opportunities that might run afoul of antitrust law since those rules are bargained with unions and thus exempt from antitrust scrutiny.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
Before Haynes bargained with vascular surgeon Dua to have a smoke, Mark Picard, 53, was telling his story to podiatric surgeon Sara Rose-Sauld.
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