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Head of Louvre Museum resigns months after major jewel heist

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Laurence des Cars stepped down four months after the brazen heist that saw the theft of some of the Crown Jewels of France.

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  1. NBC News

    Louvre director resigns four months after shocking jewelry heist at the museum (opens NBC News)

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    The head of the Louvre Museum resigned Tuesday, four months after a brazen daylight heist where thieves snatched jewels worth approximately $102 million, shocking French citizens who questioned how a security breach of such magnitude could have taken place.

  2. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Louvre Museum director resigns in wake of brazen October crown jewel heist in Paris (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    The Louvre Museum's director resigned, ending months of questions in France over why no top official had stepped down after the crown jewels theft.

  3. New York Post

    France’s Macron accepts resignation of Louvre museum chief after historic jewel theft (opens New York Post)

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    French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the resignation of the head of Paris' Louvre museum, which has been grappling with the fallout from a high-profile jewel heist and rolling strikes.

  4. NPR

    The director of Paris' Louvre Museum has resigned in the wake of a major jewel heist (opens NPR)

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    The French president's office said it had accepted the resignation of Laurence des Cars, who has come under fire since the stunning heist of crown jewels in October.

  5. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Louvre museum director resigns in wake of ‘heist of the century’ (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Billy Stockwell and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — The director of the renowned Louvre museum in Paris resigned Tuesday following last year’s “heist of the century” which saw €88m ($100m) worth of crown jewels stolen.

  6. WTOP Washington DC

    Louvre Museum’s director resigns in wake of jewels heist in Paris (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum’s director.

  7. Fox News

    Louvre Museum director resigns following $102M theft of crown jewels (opens Fox News)

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    Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars resigns after thieves stole $102 million in crown jewels during an eight-minute heist in October.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Louvre Museum's director resigns over jewel heist case (opens Deutsche Welle)

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  9. The Boston Globe

    Louvre Museum director resigns in the wake of October’s brazen French crown jewels heist (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The landmark has faced a widening narrative of an institution spiraling out of control.

  10. The Guardian

    Louvre president resigns as jewellery heist inquiry reveals ‘systemic failures’ (opens The Guardian)

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    Laurence des Cars steps down days after parliamentary inquiry called Paris museum a ‘state within a state’

  11. WHDH Boston

    Louvre Museum director resigns in wake of brazen October crown jewel heist in Paris - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum’s director resigned Tuesday, ending months of questions in France’s cultural world over why no top official had stepped down

  12. WMUR

    Louvre Museum's director resigns in wake of jewel heist in Paris (opens WMUR)

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    French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum’s director, who had been under fire in the wake of a stunning heist of the French Crown jewels.

  13. KYMA Yuma

    Head of Louvre Museum resigns months after major jewel heist (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    Laurence des Cars stepped down four months after the brazen heist that saw the theft of some of the Crown Jewels of France.

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