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Thieves in Belgium make off with $50 million in diamonds
PARIS -- Heavily armed robbers disguised as police officers stole $50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular raid at Brussels' international airport, authorities said Tuesday. Shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, two black cars with flashing blue lights...
Tags: Brussels (Belgium), Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Theft
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Former French official admits foreign bank account
PARIS -- France's Socialist government was tarnished by scandal Tuesday after the former minister in charge of stamping out tax fraud admitted to having an undeclared foreign bank account. After months of denying the accusations, Jerome Cahuzac, who...
Tags: Banking, Prisons, Plastic Surgeons, Paris (France), Financial Markets
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'Starbuck' has even more offspring
When writer-director Ken Scott and his writing partner Martin Petit began working on the script for "Starbuck," a 2011 hit in Canada that opens in the U.S. on Friday, they were worried no one would buy the premise of a habitual sperm donor who discovers...
Tags: Starbuck (movie), Movies, Patrick Huard, Toronto International Film Festival, Entertainment
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Al Qaeda group claims to have beheaded a French hostage
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, one of the violent Al Qaeda-linked militias active in North and West Africa, claims to have executed a French hostage in retaliation for France's military operation in Mali. France...
Tags: Kidnapping, Mali, Africa, Francois Hollande, Al-Qaeda
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A tale of two Hugos: Hugo Chavez and the 'Les Miserables' effect
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president who died Tuesday, was an avid reader. "Read, read, read, read," he said in a speech in 2009. "That should be our slogan every day." It turns out that his political position might be attributed (at least in part) to...
Tags: Literature, United Nations, Authors, Anne Hathaway, Noam Chomsky
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5 Questions for the Buffalo Club's Patrick Healy
Patrick Healy is executive chef and managing partner of the Buffalo Club in Santa Monica. After training under chefs such as Alain Ducasse, Jean and Pierre Troisgros, Michel Guerard and Roger Verge in France for several years, Healy worked in Los...
Tags: Julia Child, Lifestyle and Leisure, St. Patrick's Day, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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France gives back paintings lost as Nazis pushed through Europe
This post has been corrected. See the note below. PARIS — France on Tuesday gave seven paintings once destined for display in an art gallery for Adolf Hitler back to the families of those who had lost or sold them as the Nazis pushed through...
Tags: Nazi Party, Science and Technology, Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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Yahoo in talks to buy YouTube-like video site Dailymotion
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. is in talks with France Telecom to buy a majority stake in Dailymotion, an online video site popular in Europe that has been scouting for a U.S. partner to take on Google Inc.'s YouTube. If completed, it would be Chief...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Media Industry, France Telecom, Yahoo! Inc., Apple iPhone
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Disneyland Paris pulls back the veil on Ratatouille dark ride
In perhaps the worst-kept secret in theme park history, the Disneyland Paris resort has finally admitted that the long-rumored Ratatouille trackless dark ride will open in 2014. Photos: Ratatouille dark ride at Disneyland Paris Conspicuously under...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Dining and Drinking, Theme Park Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Trips and Vacations
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Germany: $796 round trip from LAX to Berlin
KLM and Air France will get you from LAX to Berlin and back for $796, including all taxes and fees. The fare is subject to availability and requires a Saturday night stay. Travelers must depart Monday-Thursday and between April 1 and May 16. Info: KLM,...
Tags: Berlin (Germany)
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Maria Kirilenko continues strong run at Indian Wells, will face Maria Sharapova
On a long day of tennis in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, fifth-seeded former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic was among the casualties in matches that finished during daylight hours. She lost in a three-set battle, 4-6, 6-4,...
Tags: Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Kevin Anderson (tennis), Argentina, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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Ludo Lefebvre, Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook give first look at Trois Mec
The amount of secrecy surrounding Trois Mec, the new restaurant by Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook (Animal and Son of a Gun) and Ludo Lefebvre ("The Taste" and Ludo Bites) would rival a top-secret CIA mission. The restaurant is hidden away at the back of a...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, Foods and Beverages, Central Intelligence Agency, Doughnuts
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