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Dutch museums will return art and artefacts that were looted from Sri Lanka and Indonesia

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Two Dutch museums are handing hundreds of cultural artefacts back to Indonesia and Sri Lanka — from a richly decorated cannon to precious metals and jewellery — that were taken, often by force, in the colonial era. The government announced the planned restitution of 478 “cultural objects” Thursday. Some Western
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