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31 arrested in $50-million diamond robbery at Brussels Airport
LONDON — Thirty-one people have been arrested in a three-country sweep tied to a spectacular $50-million diamond heist at a Belgian airport in February, officials said Wednesday. More than 250 officers with the Belgian federal police and the...
Tags: France, Brussels (Belgium), Police Arrests, Belgium, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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Authorities arrest 31 in spectacular diamond heist
LONDON -- Authorities in three countries have arrested 31 people in connection with a spectacular diamond heist in February that saw robbers disguised as police steal an estimated $50 million worth of gemstones from a parked plane on a Belgian airport...
Tags: Elizabeth II, France, Brussels (Belgium), Police Arrests, Zurich (Swiss Confederation)
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Review: 'Iron Man 3' smartly reboots the suit midflight
Batman's done it. Spider-Man too. Superman is about to try. As studios attempt to inject new life into overly familiar comic-book franchises, reboots — with changes in tone, directors and stars — are all the rage. But "Iron Man 3" proves there...
Tags: Spider-Man (fictional character), Iron Man (movie), Guy Pearce, Superman (fictional character), Iron Man 3 (movie)
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Solar airplane begins first leg of trip across America
A spindly solar-powered aircraft took to the skies Friday from Moffett Federal Airfield, near San Francisco, on a pioneering coast-to-coast flight that will not use one ounce of fossil fuel. The plane, called Solar Impulse HB-SIA, has an immense 208-...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Energy Saving, Travel, Kennedy Airport
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Lionel Bringuier ends L.A. Philharmonic stint on a high note
The Los Angeles Philharmonic sent Lionel Bringuier out into the world on Sunday afternoon. Lucky world. And lucky Zurich, where the streets in Switzerland's posh financial capital are already paved with gold and which will have the 26-year-old French...
Tags: Music Industry, Culture, Entertainment, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Arts and Culture
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Travel films & events: Presentation on Tour du Mont Blanc trek
FRANCE, ITALY AND SWITZERLAND Presentation Tricia Holbrook will look at hut-to-hut trekking through France, Italy and Switzerland on the Tour du Mont Blanc, and from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn along Switzerland's Haute Route. When, where: 7:30 p....Tags: Italy, Services and Shopping, France, Photography and Video, Cambodia
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UCLA's Celebration of Iranian Cinema an eclectic mix of films
UCLA Film & Television Archive's Celebration of Iranian Cinema showcases the work of such contemporary directors as Bahman Ghobadi ("Rhino Season"), Mani Haghighi ("Modest Reception") and Mohammad Shirvani ("Fat Shaker"), as well as paying homage to the...
Tags: Mirrors (movie), Movies, Festive Events, Entertainment, Travel
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When a drug costs 30 times what it once did
Diane Shattuck filled a prescription in December for a generic antibiotic called doxycycline. With insurance, she paid $4.30 for 60 pills at a CVS store in Orange. She returned at the end of February to refill her prescription. This time, she was told...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, CVS Corp., Watson Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Skin Rash, Pneumonia
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Swiss voters say yes to 'Rip-Off Initiative' to control executive pay
Voters in Switzerland, angered by high executive pay, backed a plan to increase the control of shareholders over compensation of corporate leaders. Nearly 70% of voters approved the so-called "Rip-Off Initiative," according to the Swiss television...
Tags: Television Stations, CEO Pay, Punishment, Elections, Television Industry
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The Week in Pictures | February 18 – 24
FrameworkEach week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Lakers greats past and present showed up to remember the team's owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, who died Monday from liver failure. Former coach Phil Jackson fought back tears, Shaquille O'Neal recalls... -
Three dead as gunman opens fire on colleagues at Swiss business
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.PARIS -- A gunman opened fire on colleagues at a Swiss wood-processing plant Wednesday morning, an attack that left three people dead, including the assailant, and seven others wounded. The gunman walked into the staff canteen at the Kronoswiss wood-...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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An insider's view of generic-drug pricing
Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, CVS Corp., Drugs and Medicines, Target, India
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