BBC NEWS | Europe | Valuable diamonds stolen in Paris (#)

„Thieves have stolen two diamonds worth about 11.5m euros (£7.82m) from a trade fair at one of Paris' top museums.“

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„France's elimination from the World Cup has caused much soul-searching in the French press. "On the plane back to Paris first thing on Wednesday, the French players will still not have realised the almost unbelievable scale of their sporting failure," the sports daily L'Equipe says. At no stage in the first round did the French team show its true prowess, the paper believes.“

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Ban threat to Dutch cannabis cafes

„The new legislation aims to protect employees from passive smoking, and while coffee shops are not the intended target, all companies with staff will be affected.“

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Coffee cleared in chemical court

„At the weekend, the Pharmacy Department of a university in Naples, the Italian city most famous for its coffee, put the country's national beverage on trial.“

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„Half of Athens was razed by plague in 430 BC2 . The bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages - and had previously swept across India and China - was brought to Egypt by merchants fleeing the warring Crimea, where the Tartar army had been hurling the corpses of plague victims over the walls of Kaffa. New diseases such as ebola and AIDS have claimed just as many lives since their discovery. Old diseases such as tuberculosis, once thought to be controlled, are again on the rise, not only in 'third world' countries, but also in developed nations.Humans are not the only creatures susceptible to disease.“

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BBC News | World | Dietrich fans scramble to pick up actress's treasures

„The sale, five years after her death in Paris at the age of 90, included gifts and mementoes from her leading men and other contemporaries from the world of art and literature. Miss Dietrich's heirs are said to have sold the contents of her New York apartment to cut down on storage costs.The typewriter was given to her by Noel Coward The American actress, Jennifer Tilly, was one of the more active bidders. She paid more than $11,000 (£7,000) for two letters sent to Marlene Dietrich by the writer Ernest Hemingway. Tilly also paid $4,600 (£2,800) for a walking stick given to Dietrich by Noel Coward.“

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