11.   Russia wants to exchange stolen cultural treasures, but a lot of what the Nazis took is now in private hands.

12.   So bottoms up for a frenzied tale of plundered Chinese cultural treasures or some such.

13.   The case is being investigated by police units that deal with gang activity and the theft of cultural treasures.

14.   The end of the Cold War has prompted former Soviet bloc countries to reclaim their own looted cultural treasures.

15.   The ever-smiling Texas musician was in Washington last week to be recognized for what he is, a uniquely American cultural treasure.

16.   What the identification program is not, organizers say, is any kind of data base of stolen art and cultural treasures.

17.   Why put a cultural treasure in private hands?

18.   A Russian law bans repatriating looted art in most cases as Russians see the treasures as compensation for lost and destroyed cultural treasures.

19.   At a meeting on relics protection this week, officials warned China needs better laws to ensure its cultural treasures stay in the country.

20.   Big dam projects wreak havoc on river ecosystems, bury cultural treasures and decimate native fish populations.