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'We have failed' says minister as France reels from Louvre heist

Security protocols "failed" in preventing a major jewellery heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, leaving the country with a "terrible image", France's justice minister has said.

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How a Daring Jewelry Heist Stunned the Louvre — and All of France

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France’s Louvre Struck by Thieves in Daring Daytime Jewel Heist

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Matt Bomer and the cast of 'White Collar' weigh in on the Louvre heist in hilarious way

Four thieves broke into the Louvre on Sunday and made off with famous French jewels in broad daylight.

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My war widow wife made daughter FILM her biting, kicking & punching me – but vid of blood spitting revealed the truth

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Louvre reopens after jewel heist with thieves still on the run

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Where are the jewels? Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.

A specialized police unit is investigating a brazen daytime heist of eight pieces of jewelry worth about $102 million from Paris' Louvre Museum.

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Huge noise then I yelled to get out - Louvre attendant recalls shock of heist

"I saw one of the criminals turn around with something that looked to me like a chainsaw, then I yelled at my colleagues to get out," she recalled. She shouted a second time that it was a robbery and that they should run.

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Louvre robbery casts France in 'deplorable' light, government says

PARIS (Reuters) -A jewellery heist at Paris' Louvre museum has cast France in a "deplorable" light, Justice Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Monday as opposition politicians criticised the government for what they branded a national humiliation.

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Video appears to show Louvre thieves escaping after heist

See the apparent moment suspected thieves escaped the Louvre after stealing jewels worth more than $100 million.