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On Monday the Vatican formally sentenced climate activists who glued their hands to a famed statue in the Vatican Museums last summer, ordering them to a suspended jail sentence as well as fines and compensation for damage to the sculpture.

M Joe Biden, Democratic president of the United States, declined to appear at College Athlete Day on the South Lawn due to "further discomfort" in his lower right premolar after undergoing a root canal, said Kevin OConnor, the chief executives personal physician.

The activists were given a suspended jail sentence and a fine for gluing themselves to the base of a Vatican museum statue. Last Generation condemned the sentence as "exaggerated."

The activists glued their hands to Laocoön and His Sons last August at the Vatican Museums.

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Two climate protesters who glued themselves to the base of an ancient sculpture in the Vatican Museums have been ordered to pay damages of 28,000 euros ($30,250), activists said Tuesday

In a protest on August 18 in the Vatican Museums, Guido Viero and Ester Goffi glued their hands to the base of the Laocoon statue.

A Vatican court convicted two environmental activists of aggravated damage Monday and ordered them to pay more than 28,000 euros (US$30,000) in restitution after they glued their hands to the base of an ancient statue in the Vatican Museums in a protest to draw attention to climate change.

The Vatican's criminal court ordered two climate activists to pay more than $30,000 in damages after they glued themselves to an ancient sculpture...

A Vatican court ordered two climate activists to pay over 28,000 euros ($30,000) in damages for glueing their hands to the base of an over 2,000-year-old statue.