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Faulty alarms blamed for van Gogh theft in Egypt (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

Two Egyptian Security officers walk behind the main gate of the Mahmud Khalil Modern Art Museum, main building is seen at the background, in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. Egypt's culture minister on Saturday retracted his claim that police had recovered a van Gogh painting stolen from a Cairo museum, saying it was based on inaccurate information and that the search for the canvas continues. (AP Photo / Nasser Nasser)AP - None of the alarms and only seven out of 43 surveillance cameras were working at a Cairo museum where a Vincent van Gogh painting was stolen, Egypt’s top prosecutor said Sunday. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of “Poppy Flowers” and “Vase with Flowers,” on Saturday from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in the Egyptian capital.


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