Report: Thieves Loot Hong Kong Toilets
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HONG KONG - Thieves scouring for scrap metal have looted dozens of stainless steel drain covers and other fixtures, including faucets, from public toilets in a Hong Kong neigborhood, a newspaper reported Thursday.    The washrooms have lost 73 drain covers, four faucets, a steel gate and a hand dryer so far this year, the Apple Daily newspaper reported, citing police information...
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Even the looters had shown a measure of respect for the dead. They stole only valuables: cash, perhaps a few passports, wallets, and watches.
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Two electric cable-stealing thieves in northeast China were rescued from a mine full of poisonous gas after spending 23 hours underground in a bid to evade police, state media reported on Tuesday.
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BEIJING -- Hong Kong&#39;s reputation for financial security was dented Wednesday after one of its banks accidentally put out clients&#39; deposit boxes with the garbage.
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By Karl Fischer, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--RICHMOND -- They caught him with his pants down, so to speak.   Facing a handgun in an unfamiliar alley in Richmond, with no good excuse for being there, the man quickly handed over his wallet and keys.
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Police in India raided hospitals and guest houses yesterday as part of an investigation into the illegal removal of kidneys from up to 500 poor labourers which were then sold to wealthy clients
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Hong Kong police have arrested two men accused of trying to smuggle more than 7,000 live pet turtles to mainland China, the government said Friday.
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Hong Kong&#39;s reputation for financial security was dented yesterday after one of its banks accidentally put out clients&#39; deposit boxes with the rubbish.
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HONG KONG - Safe deposit boxes from a bank branch in Hong Kong were taken away and crushed as scrap metal, leaving customers angry at the loss of their valued possessions, executives acknowledged Wednesday.    Embarrassed bosses at Singapore-based DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd...
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COMPUTERS and overhead projectors worth thousands have been stolen by thieves targeting schools across Lichfield.   In the latest break-in nine laptops worth pounds 7,500 were taken by burglars raiding Friary School, in Eastern Avenue.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Police have invited women who might be missing some underwear to view photos of about 1,300 articles that were stolen from various laundry rooms near the Colorado State Unversity campus.
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Burglars took the putty out of a back door of a house in Riverside, Cardiff. They got into the property in Fitzhamon Embankment and stole a Dyson vacuum cleaner, a laptop computer and men's clothes. It happened between 8.30am and 5.45pm on Tuesday.   Call Fairwater CID on 029 2057 1542.
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SAN JOSE -- Stealing the merchandise was the easy part. The ring of young men and women had become pros at snatching cashmere sweaters, perfumes and other expensive items from the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret and Pottery Barn.
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Australian officials found more than a dozen snakes and lizards stuffed inside garden gnomes and other ceramic statues during a recent international mail check, customs officials said Tuesday.
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Children's slides, incense holders from cemeteries and even the roof of a public toilet have disappeared in a spate of metal robberies in Japan prompted by surging steel and copper prices.
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Criminals riding scooters have made a string of smash-and-grab raids on top London designer stores, police said Wednesday, after a pre-dawn attack on another shop.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A thief used a hook and line not to snag fish, but to remove bags of cash from a bank's night deposit box, police said.  Police would not say how much money they believe was taken, but think the thief made off with 11 deposit bags, Bloomington police Sgt.