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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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A stunning heist has raised uncomfortable questions about security at the famed Paris museum.
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The Paris museum said the jewelry belonged to Napoleon and his wife.
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The robbers employed a portable electric ladder to break into a second-floor wing of the Paris museum that holds the French crown jewels.
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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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