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An Italian Carabiniere paramilitary policeman admires a manuscript

Summary: <p>An Italian Carabiniere paramilitary policeman admires a manuscript by Italy s King Victor Emmanuel II displayed during a press conference in Bari southern Italy Thursday Sept 24 2009 Victor Emmanuel II s manuscript is among thousands of Italian artifacts 151including a handwritten document by Benito Mussolini and antiquities dating to 900 B C which were found by the FBI in the home of a late collectibles dealer and returned to Italy The collection worth between $5 million and $10 million had been shipped to John Sisto during two decades by his father who lived in Italy and likely bought the treasures from thieves who looted them from private collections the FBI said Sisto s relatives discovered the some 3 500 artifacts manuscripts and antiquities squirreled away in boxes in his home in Berwyn Illinois after his death in 2007 < p>

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