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A timeline of jewel heist at Louvre in Paris

A timeline of the jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris

It took less than eight minutes for thieves in Paris to steal over $100 million worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world’s most visited museum

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Louvre reopens after jewel heist with thieves still on the run

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Paris' Louvre reopens after heist, as backlash grows over security flaws

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Stolen Louvre jewellery worth €88m, prosecutor says

Jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a daring daylight robbery has been valued at 88 million euros (£76m; $102m), a French public prosecutor has said, citing the museum's curator.

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Louvre crown jewels heist: Why $102 million in gems may be gone forever

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Jewels Stolen from Louvre in Shocking Heist Worth More Than $100 Million: Prosecutor

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Stolen Louvre jewelry estimated to be worth $102 million, prosecutor says, as search continues

“One can wonder about the fact that, for example, the windows hadn’t been secured, about the fact that a basket lift was on a public road,” he said on France Inter radio. “What is certain is that we ...

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Louvre jewel heist valued at $102 mn: French prosecutor

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Thieves steal 'priceless' jewelry at The Louvre. Here's a look at other notable museum heists.

Paris mayor says the Louvre security system did fail. Now he wants answers

Ariel Weil, mayor of central Paris, says it's obvious to him that the Louvre museum’s security system did in fact fail during Sunday's crown jewel heist. But that’s contrary to what the French culture minister,

Louvre director acknowledges failure after jewel heist and says she offered to resign

PARIS (AP) — The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world for its audacity and scale.

Fact Check: Beware, listing of Louvre heist jewels on Russian classifieds site is a 'prank'

French investigators continued to search for eight stolen items after unidentified thieves carried out a daring daytime heist at the Louvre.

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DNA uncovered in Louvre jewel heist could be first major break in probe: Police

The Louvre Museum opened its doors at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning in Paris -- the first time it has welcomed the public since Sunday's robbery.

America’s most infamous jewel thief slams Louvre robbers as ‘idiots’ — and reveals shocking way they could have smuggled gems out of Paris

Reformed heist expert Larry Lawton netted an estimated $18 million in precious gemstones during a spate of robberies in the 1980s and ’90s.

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Louvre Robbery: What happened to tourists? This Little Rock couple knows

"After many times trying to get to the Louvre, we finally got here today, in the morning, and guess what happened?" Eileen Sotomora said in a video she recorded Sunday inside the museum. "We are now being evacuated from the Louvre.

How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M

Thieves used a stolen truck-mounted moving lift to scale the Louvre and steal royal jewels worth over $100 million in a lightning-fast Paris heist.

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Louvre robbery: How thieves pulled off daring daytime heist in 7 minutes, stealing French crown jewels worth $102 million

Officials say suspects used a truck-mounted basket lift and power tools to carry out the brazen Sunday morning theft at the world’s most-visited museum.