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Pistol Wrote:
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> Egypt's existence today rely's heavily on its
> colorful and long history, how Egypt's history is
> exhibited has an extremely high value (more than
> ever before) to most if not all Egyptians. Egypt
> deserves reparations... perhaps New York, London,
> Paris and Rome (to name a few) will return the
> stolen obelisks to Egypt... ...not so terrible
> either.

A brief account: [egyptindependent.com]

Cleopatra's Needle, London: [en.wikipedia.org]

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It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.

So it's difficult to see how the obelisk could be described as "stolen," unless some way could be found of arguing that Mehemet Ali, considered the founder of modern Egypt, wasn't a legitimate ruler, or that his gifts were unlawful:

[en.wikipedia.org]

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