Light-fingered Japanese thieves nab 80kg gold tub
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Japanese police are scratching their heads over how a gold bathtub worth 120 million yen ($988,100) and weighing some 80 kg was stolen from a hotel near Tokyo.
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SEATTLE - A human kidney stolen from an exhibit of preserved bodies and organs was recovered after two months, thanks to an anonymous tip, police said.
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One man&#39;s treasure is another man&#39;s trash. Never has the butchered saying been more true than today in Hong Kong when the contents of more than 80 safety deposit boxes were dumped in a Kowloon scrapyard.
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They bathe together in a jacuzzi, tell intimate stories and compete for a million kuna (about R1,2-million) prize.
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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - It may weigh you down, but it would be worth it. Japan's largest bullion house on Thursday unveiled a shimmering gown adorned with hundreds of gold coins weighing a staggering 8 kg and valued at close to 30 million yen ($275,000).
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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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A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000.
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A 17th century Dutch painting valued at more than $1 million was stolen from an Australian state gallery during viewing hours over the weekend, and police suspect an inside job, officials said Thursday.
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A Japanese firm said it has created a jellyfish-shaped robot that can alert homeowners to burglars or housesit for their pets -- and, when not at work, lounge about and be "beautiful."
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DIAMONDS worth nearly Â£8m were stolen from an antique dealers&#39; show near the Louvre museum in Paris yesterday. The two diamonds were taken in a daylight robbery while a member of staff manning a stand at
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ORANGE, Calif. - A $25,000 diamond was found stuck in a shower drain at the prison housing the man accused of stealing it two years ago.  Bret Allen Langford, 39, allegedly asked the owner of a Jewelry Express store to show him a 2-carat colorless diamond in April 2005.
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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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The dollar hit a record low against  the euro Thursday as traders bet officials would not act to  stop its slide, sending gold to a fresh 16-year peak and  hurting Japanese stocks as a stronger yen weighed on exporters.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years Monday.
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Japan&#39;s women wrestlers added four medals, including two golds, to lead the country to a record Olympic performance and be within one gold medal of its biggest haul of championships.
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The thieves might not have known much about art, but they apparently knew what they liked: cash.
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Scandal-ridden Japanese firm Livedoor is selling its financial business - responsible for about 80% of the group's profits.