Uruguay cancels plan to melt, recast Nazi bronze
Uruguayan authorities are reversing plans to melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken Nazi ship and recast it as a dove of peace, the President said Sunday. The imposing bronze eagle, weighing 350 kilos (771 pounds) and clutching a swastika between its claws, was recovered from a World War II-era German destroyer off Uruguay’s coast 17 years ago. …