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Thomson ReutersJanuary 7, 2013 10:09
Following is a summary of current odd news briefs.
Cat caught sneaking saw, phone into Brazil prison
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A cat carrying a saw and a
mobile phone was "detained" as it entered a prison gate in
northeast Brazil, Brazilian media reported on Saturday. Prison
guards were surprised when they saw a white cat crossing the
main gate of the prison, its body wrapped with tape. A closer
look showed the feline also carried drills, an earphone, a
memory card, batteries and a phone charger.
Cricketer Herath alive and bowling despite death rumors
SYDNEY (Reuters) - As Mark Twain might have said, rumors of
the death of Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath which spread
like wildfire across social media late on Friday proved to be
greatly exaggerated. Far from lying in a Sydney morgue
alongside former test bowler Chaminda Vaas after perishing in a
car crash as the reports had suggested, Herath was very much
alive when he pitched up for work at the Sydney Cricket Ground
on Saturday.
French actor Depardieu meets Putin, picks up Russian
passport
MOSCOW (Reuters) - French film star Gerard Depardieu met
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea town of Sochi
and obtained his Russian passport, the Kremlin said on Sunday,
after he left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for
millionaires. Putin signed a decree on Thursday granting
Russian citizenship to Depardieu, who objected to French
Socialist president Francois Hollande's plan to impose the 75
percent tax rate. His decision to quit France had prompted
accusations of national betrayal.
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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