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Louvre reopens after jewel heist with thieves still on the run

The Louvre reopened Wednesday morning for the first time since the brazen heist of France's crown jewels.

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Louvre thieves will struggle to sell stolen jewels, master jeweler says: "The whole world knows about this robbery"

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No camera covered Louvre wall where jewel thieves broke in, director says

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The Louvre’s crown jewel heist is now a race against time for authorities — and the brazen thieves

Each stolen piece — an emerald necklace and earrings, two crowns, two brooches, a sapphire necklace and a single earring — represents the pinnacle of 19th century “haute joaillerie,” or fine jewelry....

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Stolen Louvre jewellery worth €88m, prosecutor says

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French culture minister says Louvre security worked during jewel heist

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Can France retrieve its priceless crown jewels - or is it too late?

In Paris on Sunday, thieves broke into the world's most-visited museum, stealing eight valued items before escaping on scooters, in a daring heist that took about eight minutes.

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Photos: Priceless Louvre museum items stolen in broad daylight

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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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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.

Louvre thieves carjacked truck-mounted lift nine days before heist

Thieves carjacked the furniture lift used to break into the Louvre for the smash-and-grab raid nine days before the crown jewel heist.

Louvre’s Lack of Enough Cameras Let Thieves Arrive Unnoticed, Director Says

French authorities are under growing scrutiny about whether security failings allowed four thieves to steal royal jewelry worth over $100 million.

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'We have failed': Paris reels after thieves stole 'priceless' jewelry from the Louvre museum in broad daylight

Thieves broke into the museum's Galerie d'Apollon and made off with "priceless" jewelry, French interior minister Laurent Nuñez said.

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Louvre director blames jewel heist on 'terrible failure of security'

The director of the Louvre in Paris took the hot seat on Wednesday, telling lawmakers she submitted her resignation following Sunday’s brazen daylight heist of more than $100 million in jewels from the museum’s orate Apollo Gallery.