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Thieves who broke into Paris' Louvre Museum made off with priceless Napoleonic jewelry including diamond encrusted crowns, tiaras necklaces and earings.
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Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole thousands of diamonds and other precious jewels, prompting questions about the museum's security.
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The BBC's Hugh Schofield is outside the museum in Paris where the "extraordinary, daring and brazen" robbery took place.
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Armed with power tools and a plan straight out of a heist movie, three or four thieves broke into the Louvre on Sunday and made off with royal jewels once worn by France's queens and empresses, officials told NBC News. NBC News' Molly Hunter reports from Paris.
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With tourists already inside, police say thieves entered a museum window, smashed display cases, and fled with nine pieces from Napoleon's jewel collection, all in seven minutes.
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