But Save Sekhemka Action Group wants the 2400 BC statue to remain as part of the town's collection.

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But the US will start banning the traditional bulbs from the start of next year and a very vocal opponent is Howard Brandston, one of the most respected lighting experts in the world who was asked to redesign the lighting of the Statue of Liberty as part of the 1986 restoration.

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The statue seems to have become part of the tug of war between Georgia's political parties.

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On Wednesday, Tory-run Northampton Borough Council's cabinet made the decision because the statue was not a "key part" of the town's history.

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Work has begun to take away a controversial statue depicting a naked boy with a frog in a part of ancient Venice, Italian media report.

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And inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated a piece of work to help pay for the construction of a new statue -- the Statue of Liberty -- which actually was funded in part by small donations from people across America.

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Barry Gibb has unveiled a statue of the Bee Gees in the Australian town where he spent part of his childhood.

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Callum Gurney and David York, who are part of a group of 11 friends who bought the statue, said their "dream" was to place it above their local pub in Allestree.

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The statue of John Douangdara (dwung-DEHR'-ah) and his dog, Bart, is part of a five-acre dog park that's named for Douangdara.

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But Hungary's claim that St Stephen is part of the region's common heritage might be stronger had any Slovak dignitaries been invited to the statue's unveiling.

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