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</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:55:33 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Tate removes nude photo of young actress</title><link>http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d16f38f4-b821-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fpeteraspden</link><guid>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d16f38f4-b821-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a.html</guid><description>The gallery removes the art work featuring a nude Brooke Shields when she was 10 after being told by the police that it was indecent under the Protection of Children Act, writes Peter Aspden
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