U.S. returning looted Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia

[riky]

U.S. returning looted Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-returning-looted-tyrannosaurus-skeleton-mongolia-181059053.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VoFjLPsahhFlWfqJ_Z0Hdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T212716Z_1_CBRE9451NLK00_RTROPTP_2_TYRANNOSAURUS-MONGOLIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A dinosaur fossil is seen during a ceremony in New York" align="left" title="A dinosaur fossil is seen during a ceremony in New York" border="0" /></a>By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton from the Gobi Desert that was smuggled to the United States in pieces and auctioned for more than $1 million was returned on Monday by the U.S. government to Mongolia. The huge Tyrannosaurus bataar's skull was on display at a repatriation ceremony near the United Nations in New York, where officials of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and the U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) formally turned over the nearly complete skeleton to Mongolian officials. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login