Louvre director acknowledges failure after jewel heist
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Ever since a daring jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, the internet has turned into a global detective agency — with people everywhere trying to crack the case. Now, a photo of a man at
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Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man photographed after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz
PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French police officers, their car blocking one of the museum gates. Instinctively, he took the shot.
Does a photo show a well-dressed French detective working the case of the Crown Jewels stolen from the Louvre? No, that's not true: The original poster later said it was a "fantasy version" she did not regret posting.
The Paris Louvre reopens on Wednesday after the daring theft from the most visited museum in the world. Its director Laurence des Cars is facing questions from a parliamentary culture committee scrutinising security failures.
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,
PARIS -- As the alarms sounded at the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning, four suspects took off on two motorbikes, winding their way through central Paris, allegedly carrying with them a haul of "priceless" jewelry once worn by queens and royals.
A “pre-preview” of Art Basel Paris this week drew some of the world’s wealthiest art collectors. Dealers were hoping to shed some of the recent gloom that the art market has faced.
Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.
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George Clooney Jokes He's 'Very Proud' of the Louvre Thieves as He Teases Ocean’s Fourteen Sequel
George Clooney weighed in on the real-life heist at Paris' Louvre museum while speaking with reporters at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Jay Kelly.' "I mean, they seem to have done a pretty good job of getting away with it,