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NEH ANNOUNCES IRAQ INITIATIVE Up to $500,000 for preservation, documentation of cultural heritage WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2003 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a special initiative, "Recovering Iraq's Past," to support projects that would preserve and document cultural resources in Iraq's archives, libraries, and museums. Projects funded under this initiative also would disseminate information relating to the materials and bibliographic records of civilization in Iraq from the earliest times to the present. With this initiative, NEH joins the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other federal agencies in an...

<p>The National Endowment for the Humanities will be doling out $500,000 in grants to restore Iraq's cultural heritage, the federal agency announced yesterday.</p> <p>Beginning Aug. 1, the agency will receive proposals for projects that can last for up to two years. Known as "Recovering Iraq's Past," the initiative is geared toward shoring up collections in Iraq's archives, libraries and museums. Projects may start as soon as Jan. 1.</p>

Journalists grilled over theft of Iraqi treasures Dominic Timms Friday April 25, 2003 The Guardian US officials have begun a detailed investigation into journalists and soldiers returning from Iraq - dubbed "Operation Iraqi Heritage" - after a Fox News employee was charged with smuggling a cache of Iraqi paintings and bonds out of the country. Benjamin Johnson, a satellite engineer for the Fox News Network, was stopped and searched at Dulles International Airport in Virginia yesterday. US custom officials found 12 Iraqi paintings and an undisclosed number of Iraqi bonds - in effect blank cheques that can be cashed with...