'David' unveiled after cleaning

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

FLORENCE, Italy -- Michelangelo's "David" is brighter but hardly spotless after the completion Monday of a controversial cleaning timed for the 500th birthday of one of the marvels of world art.

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