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Louvre reopens 3 days after French crown jewels stolen

Louvre reopens as Paris prosecutor reveals stolen jewels worth an estimated €88 million

In response, Dati told lawmakers at the National Assembly on Tuesday that “the Louvre museum’s security apparatus did not fail; that is a fact."

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Where are the jewels? Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.

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Louvre reopens three days after French crown jewels stolen

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The Search Is On for the Louvre Jewel Thieves. Here’s What We Know.

A stunning heist has raised uncomfortable questions about security at the famed Paris museum.

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Louvre director faces grilling over $102 mn jewels heist

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France intensifies hunt for Louvre raiders as museum security scrutinised

Louvre jewel heist valued at $102 mn

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Finding the jewels and the brazen thieves in the Louvre heist is now a race against time

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre.

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Police intensify hunt for Louvre thieves as France reels from jewel heist

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France: Louvre, government deny security shortfalls in heist

Louvre director acknowledges failure

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

“We have failed,” Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, noting that the ability to plant a freight lift undetected on a public way projects “a very negative image of France.”

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Louvre director calls crown jewel heist a 'terrible failure' and offers resignation

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Louvre heist update: Museum director offers to resign over "terrible failure"

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A timeline of the jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris

It took less than eight minutes for thieves to steal 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world’s most visited museum, the Louvre, shocking the world.

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Fiscal de París dice que las joyas robadas del Louvre valen unos 88 millones de euros

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The Louvre reopens three days after thieves took French crown jewels in a daylight heist at the Paris museum

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The Louvre reopens 3 days after thieves took off with French crown jewels in daylight heist

“We have failed,” Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, noting that the ability to plant a freight lift undetected on a public way projects “a very negative image of France.”

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Louvre reopens 3 days after jewel heist as director acknowledges ‘terrible failure’ and offers to resign

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Expert: Louvre Heist Could Trigger Worldwide Security Shake-Up

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How thieves robbed the Louvre in just 7 minutes: A minute-by-minute breakdown of the daring heist

Seven minutes is all it took for thieves to rob the world’s most famous museum Sunday. Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown of how it went down.

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Louvre robbery suspects will be caught, expert predicts, but France's crown jewels likely lost forever

The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.

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Louvre robbery casts France in 'deplorable' light, government says

PARIS (Reuters) -A jewellery heist at Paris' Louvre museum has cast France in a "deplorable" light, Justice Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Monday as opposition politicians criticised the government for what they branded a national humiliation.

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The Louvre reopens as museum director set to testify before French Senate

Laurence des Cars, the Louvre's president and director, is set to testify about the heist before the French Senate's Culture, Education and Sport Committee on Oct. 22.

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A daylight heist and a national 'humiliation': How 7 minutes at the Louvre stunned France

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.

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Historic jewels stolen in ‘national disaster’ for France: What we know about missing Louvre treasures

The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.

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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.

What You Need to Know About the ‘Priceless’ Items Stolen From the Louvre This Past Weekend

Yesterday morning, France’s Minister of Culture Rachida Dati posted an announcement on social media that could have been straight out of a heist movie—“A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum.