Karate monks stop thief
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A Croatian thief got more than he bargained for when he ran into a pair of karate-trained monks as he tried to rob a monastery.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Buddhist monks, who are bound by faith to nonviolence, are grappling with how to rid a temple of a severe ant infestation without killing the insects.
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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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Philippine police chased down an unfit thief on Tuesday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a &quot;time out&quot;.
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A TRADITIONAL Oriental ritual helped to dispel
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In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - One of the joys of the games  in the "Thief" series is the ability to sneak up on opponents,  quietly take them out with a good knock on the noggin, and then  dump their body in the shadows so you can resume your hunt for  loot.
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Police have recovered a revered religious icon that was stolen from a monastery in southern Greece, after an intense five-week investigation, authorities said Saturday.
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OSLO, Norway -- Police are checking leads in the hunt for armed thieves who stole Edvard Munch&#39;s &quot;The Scream,&quot; as new details show the robbers were more professional than first thought.
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Â· Professional gang carries out 50 break-insÂ· Criminals leave behind no DNA or fingerprints
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When a pair of convenience store robbers use hot coffee as a weapon, a dozen other crooks steal their idea. But terrorists are not nearly that predictable. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
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OSLO, Norway  - Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece The Scream and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock.
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GUNMEN stole one of the world&#39;s most famous paintings in a daring daylight raid in Norway yesterday. Edvard Munch&#39;s The Scream and Madonna were taken after the armed men burst into the Oslo museum where they
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More than 100 fighting cocks due to perform at a temple fair over the Chinese New Year holiday have been stolen from a suburban Beijing farm along with the dog guarding them, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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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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OSLO -- Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum yesterday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece &quot;The Scream&quot; and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched.
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MILWAUKEE - This thief may want to rethink his approach. Police arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly stealing several large pieces of equipment from a lumber yard after detectives followed drag marks to his house...