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Stolen in Belgium found in I^ondon
LONDON Police said Saturday they were investigating an art theft after they seized • stolen Magritte painting atalead Ing London auction house, reports AP
The oil-on carre.* 'Decal Comame' was stolen In Belgium in 1979. ■ Scotland Yard spokeswoman said.
The surrealist work, measuring 32 Inches by 40 Inches (80 centimeter* by 1OO centimeters). I* valued at 3 million dollar* said the spokeswoman. who was not identified, she could not say where It had been stolen from
Police seized the painting at So the by, London showrooms Friday, she said
It shows the silhouette of a man waring a bowler bat and a pair of curtains with a bowler bat shape cut into them
B- rian Rene Magritte, who died in 1967 at age 69. wa* one of the leading surrealist painter. His work, often Juxta pose realistic image* In a deceptively simple ironic style.
Sexual revolution
sweeps Russia
MOSCOW: A sexual revolution is sweeping post -communist Russia as young people catch up with the west , permissive era. reports Reuter
Russian teenager, say they now talk freely about sex and change their partners without the inhibition* of the past
They see the behaviour of their parent* generation under the old Soviet system as furtive and hypocritical
The turning point came four years ago at a private Kremlin • bowing of little vera. Russia , first film with an explicit sex scene It prompted then Soviet President Mlkhatl Gorbachev to walk out tn disgust.
But the film, n product of hl, own glasnost political reforms. was a sell nut as young Russians saw this vital aspect of their live, depicted on screen for the first time
Last year • collapse of communist power finally swept away a legacy of official purttanism.
Today, films like little Vera are shown on television and In cinema, and sex magazines are sold on street corners
Seks. as It’s known to Russians, remains a generation gap problem. Large number of young people get married In order to sleep with their partner, because many parent, find ax before marriage unacceptable
Young singles complain bitterly they have nowhere to go to be alone together For them. Russian s chronic shortage of housing Is a worse problem than the scarcity of contraceptive*.
There is little privacy In a state that supervised everyone for decades Russian doesn't even have a world for privacy Like most young Russians. Dima, a 21-year old Moscow street-trader Ilves with his parents They disapprove of premarital *ex In the summer 1 can take my girl friend to the wood, or to the beach, but In winter It Is more difficult, he •aid.
Britain will pay damages to pregnant victims
LONDON: The British Defence Ministry announced that It would pay damages to hundreds of women who were forced out of the armed forces between 1978 and August 1990 because they became pregnant, report, AFP
The ministry estimated In a statement released late Saturday that the number of women concerned by the decision was between 3,800 and 4,400, but It did not say how much money would be paid out to them.
The Sunday Telegraph reported that the decision could cost the government up to 80 million pounds (140 million dollars).
Until 1990. British military regulations required female soldier, who got pregnant to leave the armed forces.
Children exports — a profitable business
SANTIAGO: Chile ranks second in Latin America, next after Colombia, in the export of children for adoption abroad. It was reported here Saturday, says Xinhua
The latest figures disclosed by the Mlnisuy of Justice indicated that 200 permits have been Issued by minors’ courts tn the country since 1989 to allow over 1,600 minors to go abroad for adoption: 673 1989, 664 tn 1990, and nearly 300 up lo May of this year
In 1991 foreign couples paid 5,000 to 20,000 US dollars to be able to adopt a child, a press report said.
There are also illegal transactions involving Chilean lawyers, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospital personnel and other people. It added.
The Santiago press disclosed yesterday that a female judge of the minors’ court In Santiago has been found to belong to an organization which has Illegally sold 20 children to the United States.
The mothers said that their children had been looked after In nursing homes before they were taken out of the country without their permission.
In the 20 cases, transactions were effected with the adoptive fathers paying 50.000 dollars per child.