Sahara tourists jailed for theft
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Five German tourists are sentenced to prison terms for stealing artefacts from a Sahara national park in Algeria.
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A French court on Friday sentenced an art-loving waiter to three years in prison for stealing art works and valuable paintings from galleries and museums across Europe.
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Five European tourists who went missing last week in northeastern Ethiopia are being held by kidnappers in a remote tribal region, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Friday.
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A French court on Monday sentenced six charity workers to eight years in prison, after they were convicted in Chad of trying to abduct more than 100 children.
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French aid workers were sentenced to eight years hard labor and $9 million Wednesday after being convicted for kidnapping children in the African nation of Chad.
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Thieves stole two diamonds worth more than &#36;14.2 million from a display case at a Paris antique show near the Louvre on Monday, police said.
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A South African court sentences a swiss engineer accused of being part of a global nuclear smuggling ring.
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Mauritania's authorities say they have arrested nine people over the shooting of four French tourists last month.
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ABECHE, Chad  - Chadian authorities charged nine French nationals on Tuesday with abduction and fraud after they were detained trying to fly 103 children to live with families in Europe, Chad's government said.
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The French police have seized a  2,000-year-old bracelet put up for sale in Paris after being  stolen from an archaeological dig in Romania, Romanian  officials said on Thursday.
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A French court convicted Congolese world music star Papa Wemba Tuesday of smuggling people into France but the King of Rhumba Rock walked free because he has already served four months in jail.
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Two Scottish tourists are held in a Greek prison after being arrested for an alleged drunken incident.
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THIEVES stole two diamonds worth 11.5 million (Â£7.8 million) from a display case at an antiques and jewellery show near the Louvre Museum in Paris yesterday.
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PARIS, Dec. 26 -- A court in Chad on Wednesday sentenced six French charity workers to eight years of hard labor each on charges of trying to kidnap 103 African children.
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European prisoners held in Chad over alleged child smuggling are to be moved to ensure their safety.
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ABECHE, Chad  - Chad's authorities brought abduction and fraud charges on Tuesday against nine French and seven Spanish nationals it accused of illegally trying to fly 103 African children to Europe.
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Through protests, militant inmates in Morocco have won perks that make them the envy of the other inmates.