Leonardo da Vinci portrait 'worth millions' identified by fingerprintOctober 13th, 2009 LONDON - A portrait, which was previously unidentified, is said to have been revealed as being one of famous Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci's, courtesy a fingerprint. The painting, titled Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress, had recently been sold for 12,000 pounds, and it was billed at a Christie's sale in 1998 as "German, early 19th century", reports the Telegraph.
Pakistan's president gives UN speech alongside portrait of slain wife BhuttoSeptember 25th, 2009 Pakistan's UN speech features portrait of BhuttoUNITED NATIONS — Pakistan is beginning to claw its way out of the clutches of terrorists and religious extremists after decades of violence, President Asif Ali Zardari said Friday, with a portrait of his assassinated wife, Benazir Bhutto, by his side. Zardari paid tribute to his late wife by delivering Pakistan's speech to the U.N.
Clean-up at NY's Met uncovers 'portrait by Spanish master Velazquez'September 11th, 2009 LONDON - The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States has learnt that an old portrait of a moustached man, which was assumed to be a cheap imitation, is actually a genuine work by the 17th century Spanish master Velazquez. The portrait has a man in his 30s, dressed in black and posed in a three-quarter view.
20 missing as ship sinks off PhilippinesSeptember 6th, 2009 MANILA - Twenty people were missing Monday after the vessel in which they were travelling sank off the coast of Eastern Samar province in the Philippines, media reports said. The Panama-registered vessel was carrying two South Koreans and 18 Filipinos at the time of the accident.
Murdered Indian Australian woman's jewellery, diary missing, says her motherAugust 19th, 2009 BRISBANE - The mother of murdered Indian Australian woman Neelma Singh today told a Brisbane magistrate's court that a sapphire given to her by her boyfriend Max Sica, and a diary were missing from the home where her body was found in 2003. The Courier Mail quoted Neelma's mother Shirley Singh as telling the Brisbane Magistrates Court that she noticed items of Neelma's jewellery, a diary and photos of her with a previous boyfriend were missing when she was escorted through the house by police several days after the bodies of her children were found in April 2003.
TNSM chief Sufi Mohammad resurfaces in PeshawarJuly 26th, 2009 PESHAWAR - After being mysteriously declared missing at the start of the military offensive in the Swat and Malakand Divisions, the ehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has reportedly resurfaced in Peshawar. A private television channel spotted Mohammad during a TNSM meeting.
Sufi Mohammad 'mysteriously' resurfaces in PeshawarJuly 7th, 2009 PESHAWAR - After being mysteriously missing for the past two months, the Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad has reportedly resurfaced. A close relative of Sufi Mohammad, Bakht Wahid, claimed that the TNSM chief has arrived here along with his family, but refused to comment on his whereabouts.
Michelangelo's self-portrait found hidden in his final paintingJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by renowned Italian Renaissance mastermind Michelangelo has been found hidden in his final painting, the Crucifixion of Saint Peter, believe experts. According to Maurizio De Luca, the Vatican's head of paintings restoration, the artist's fresco painted at the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican City, holds the self-portrait of the genius in the form of a figure in the top left-hand corner of the work.
Turin Shroud is actually etched with Leonardo Da Vinci's faceJuly 1st, 2009 LONDON - A new documentary claims that the Turin Shroud, which is a linen bearing the image of a man, actually has the face of artist Leonardo Da Vinci etched on it and not the face of Jesus Christ. Da Vinci had long been suspected of faking the image of Christ on the fabric with pioneering photographic techniques.
Wreckage of sunken 'gold ship' locatedJune 19th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - A ship that sank in the South Atlantic in January, allegedly with over nine tonnes of gold and silver on board, was located off Argentina's Patagonian coast. According to Argentine media reports Friday, it remained unclear whether the ship's load - worth an estimated $16.4 million - was still inside the Polar Mist.
Bodies from missing Air France plane foundJune 6th, 2009 SAO PAULO/PARIS - The Brazilian Air Force has found the first bodies and wreckage from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Monday, a spokesman said Saturday in Recife. The find was made about 8 a.m.
Hitler's 'self-portrait' may be a fakeMay 10th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler, which sold at an auction for 10,000 pounds - ten times its reserve price, is now being denounced as fake. When the painting, signed "A.
Duchess of Cornwall's private portrait goes on displayMay 4th, 2009 LONDON - A private portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall is going on public display this week. The annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters had obtained the painting from Prince Charles.
Hitler's self-portrait fetches 10k pounds at auctionApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.
JeM chief Masood Azhar declared 'officially' missing from PakistanApril 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar who was once kept under house arrest in Bahawalpur in Pakistan has been mysteriously and 'officially' declared missing from the country, The Daily Times reports. Pakistani authorities had placed restrictions on the movement of Azhar, by confining him to his multi-storied concrete compound in the Model Town area of Bahawalpur.
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