The British Museum says it aspires to lend the tablets, those sacred plaques, to an Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Britain. The authorities in Windsor said it would be too difficult to exhumeth remains without disturbing the resting places of others in St George's Chapel. In cases like this, there's no real effective international mechanism for countries to reclaim colonial era plunder.
An old-fashioned bank run has caused American regulators to intervene in a big way to save the bank’s depositors. We ask what went wrong, and what risks the fix will pose. Today America, Australia and Britain will cement a military alliance designed to confront an increasingly assertive China. And an Ethiopian prince buried among English kings reignites questions about cultural restitution.
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