21.   French museums may hold art stolen by Nazis.

22.   The work stoppages also upset postal services and clinched a ninth consecutive day of closings at a string of French museums.

23.   They had been hanging in French national museums for decades.

24.   Trautmann said agressive research and a few recent discoveries finally allowed French museum officials to establish rightful ownership.

25.   Workers at museums and monuments voted Thursday to prolong a strike that has shut down major French museums including the Louvre as well as chateaux and other national treasures.

26.   With their vast wealth, they acquired first-rate art and period furnishings, much of which has been donated to French museums like the Louvre.

27.   An American hydrogen bomb was delivered Monday to a French military museum where it is to take centre stage at a new exhibition on the Cold War.

28.   At the same time, French museums have been eagerly eyeing the collection, keen to see it come into their possession.

29.   On Wednesday, the French foreign ministry said French museums were on the point of returning three paintings to the heirs of families plundered during World War II.

30.   The French museums authority was accused of failing to undertake an active search for the owners or their heirs.