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Amsterdam, Netherlands Famous Dutch painter’s work is shown An exhibition of the 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer opened at the Rijksmuseum on February 10. It is the first time so many of his works have been shown in one place. Most of the 35 Vermeer paintings that experts know exist will be on display, including famous works like Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid. More than 200,000 tickets were sold for the exhibition before it opened. Kenya Ancient tools discovered Tools that could be up to 3 million years old have been found in southwestern Kenya by archaeologists (scientists who study objects left by people long ago). Fossils of a species named Paranthropus, closely related to humans, were found alongside the tools. Scientists believe the discovery shows that…

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