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"In pictures: Russian war booty"
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3-14-2007 3:47 PM
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Exhibit of Frankish artifacts seized by Soviet forces in Germany at the end of WWII.
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The exhibition is called "The Merovingian era - Europe without Borders".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6445989.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/79DF0F5B-AD70-4928-A006-AAA5BAEA058B" alt="Merovingian gold clasp (Pushkin Museum)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6445989.stm"><P class="picGalCaption">The treasures reveal the multi-ethnic influences characteristic of the Merovingian dynasty. 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