Two portraits, one by Reynolds, the other by Gainsborough, since 1990 among the most looked-after works in the Art Loss Register database, were recovered this week when they were brought into Sotheby's for evaluation. Also a lithograph by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, stolen from an Oslo art gallery in April, has been recovered, news reports said today.
Is this true: These two portraits and a lithography by Edvard Munch were recovered using the Art Loss Register database.

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In France, art dealers are obliged by law to register all purchases except those bought at a public auction.
Is this true: In France, works of art bought at public auction are exempt from registration.

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I've always said he's the closest I will ever come to meeting Gandhi, he's simply unmoved by any obstacle or any argument, said Bill Clapp, an heir to the Weyerhaeuser fortune and founder of Global Partnerships, a Seattle microfinance group that has partnered with Grameen in Central America.
Is this true: Bill Clapp is the founder of the Global Partnerships.

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On Friday, James appeared in a Santa Barbara, California court for arraignment on charges of kidnapping and murdering a 15-year-old boy. James will plead not guilty, according to his attorney, James E. Blatt. Blatt also criticized the portrait prosecutors had painted of his client. "Have you ever seen a 20 year-old mastermind? He was not the shooter. He was not at the scene," said Blatt.
Is this true: James E. Blatt killed a 15-year-old-boy in California.

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no