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Malaysian police have arrested a thief who fell asleep after snacking on cookies in the home of his victim and was discovered curled up in bed clutching a stolen purse, a newspaper said on Monday.
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An armed robber who escaped from a prison van helped by two masked men is still at large, say police.
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It was a stick up of a different kind for one Australian burglar, who broke into a neighbour&#39;s house and played sex games in the bathroom with a bottle of toilet detergent and a vacuum cleaner.
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A Japanese man told police he stole a patrol car that had been left idling outside a post office in Gunma, north of Tokyo, because he was too tired to walk home.
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Weather: Page 43 Business:Page 45 Cartoons: Page 46TONY Blair was at the centre of a security scare last night after terrorists managed to plant a bomb close to his holiday villa.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Afraid a talkative parrot might prove to be a stool pigeon, three thieves returned to the scene of the crime to silence the bird - only to be caught by police, authorities say.
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DUBLIN, Ireland - A suspected burglar accidentally strangled himself while trying to break into a house in the southwest Irish town of Tralee, police said Monday.    Police said the home owner discovered the body of a man Sunday afternoon hanging from the outside frame of a bathroom window...
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A burglar who broke into a house in the Dutch town of Tiel on Wednesday night could not resist playing the piano he found there after ransacking the living room, police said on Thursday.
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Police arrested a suspected burglar who got stuck in the casing of an air conditioner that had been removed, his head and arms dangling out of the grocery store wall with the rest of his body inside.
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A balaclava-wearing robber who held up a bank in northern Greece gave arresting officers a surprise on Friday when it turned out he was an off-duty cop.
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A homeowner from the Bulgarian skiing resort of Bansko was amazed to find that burglars, who had broken into her luxury apartment, left thousands of pounds worth of cash and valuables untouched and drank her ...
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SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian hailed as a hero for allegedly rescuing more than a dozen tsunami victims in Thailand was arrested Monday as he returned home by police who recognized him as a suspected burglar.
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A 32-year-old man robbed a hotel in the western Finnish town of Turku, got drunk, passed out in a taxi and was picked up by police, tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported on Saturday.
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PALM BAY, Fla. - A homeowner stopped an alleged burglar by beating him into submission with a football helmet. Kevin Williams, 44, of Palm Bay spotted a man outside his window at 3:15 a.m. Monday using a screwdriver to pry at the screen door, Florida Today reported.
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A suspect arrested in Indonesia&#39;s Australian embassy bombing claims Azahari Husin, the country&#39;s most wanted terrorist, escaped by bribing police.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovaks were on the lookout for a foul-smelling bank robber Thursday after police said the thief had a nasty odor.    A gun-toting, masked man in his 20s, clad in a green sweat shirt, robbed a bank in the capital and took some $14,235 in various currencies, police said...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 21  Â Reggie Nelson was lying down next to his locker Friday, a shirt draped over his face as he took a short nap.