Hostage-Takers Steal Millions from N.Irish Bank
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A gang held the families of two  Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before  stealing about 20 million pounds ($39 million) in one of  Britain's biggest robberies, police said on Tuesday.
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A massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland last week might have been carried out by paramilitary group the IRA as a way of providing a "pension fund" for activists ahead of its dissolution.
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Much of the stolen loot can only be spent in one local area BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Although they ve committed the world s biggest all-cash robbery in peacetime, the audacious raiders of a Belfast bank face ...
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Northern Ireland police are searching commercial and residential properties in Belfast in a bid to recover the Â£22 million stolen from Northern Bank.
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Two men who burst into a bank in a  Paris suburb near Europe&#39;s biggest wholesale food market took four employees and two customers hostage Tuesday, police and the bank said.
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Thieves stole more than &#36;39 million from the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank &#151; the biggest robbery in Northern Ireland history, authorities said Tuesday.
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BELFAST -- In one of the world's biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said yesterday.
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THE ROBBERY: Gang takes the families of two bank executives hostage and forces the bosses to help them steal more than &#36;39 million from Northern Bank in Belfast.
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The robbery of Â£22m from a Belfast bank was carefully planned by professional criminals, say police.
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BELFAST - Police have confirmed that more than Â£22 million ($60 million) was stolen from the National Australia Bank-owned Northern Bank in Belfast and that they are investigating the possibility the theft was carried out by paramilitaries.
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ONE of the biggest heists in history has left the National Australia Bank with a $50 million headache. In a Hollywood-style raid, the 20-strong Irish gang robbed the NAB-owned Northern Bank in Belfast as thousands shopped and sang Christmas carols nearby.
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Raiders have stolen millions of pounds from a bank in Belfast, after holding two families hostage for 24 hours. The precise amount of money taken from the Northern Bank is not yet known, but its vault potentially held Â£30m.
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IT took thieves 2 1/2 hours to haul the sackloads of banknotes from the vault to a semi-trailer parked behind the Northern Bank&#39;s Belfast headquarters.
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AN armed gang made up of former terrorists stole up to Â£40million in one of the country&#39;s biggest ever bank raids. Two managers were taken at gunpoint from their homes and forced to open the vaults of the Northern Bank in Belfast.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Police are stepping up the hunt for up to 20 raiders who pulled off one of the world&#39;s biggest bank robberies in Northern Ireland.
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A gang of armed robbers from the former Soviet Union took in more than &#36;1 million from heists including the robbery of a Manhattan jewelry store, according to court documents released Monday.
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The massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland may have been carried out by paramilitary group the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to provide a &quot;pension fund&quot; for activists ahead of its dissolution.