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The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France.
Four men dressed as workmen broke into an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck.
They made off with $100 million worth of royal jewels from the 19th century reign of Emperor Napoleon III.
According to Le Parisien newspaper, the men arrested are from the Paris suburbs.
One was preparing to board a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport with some of the stolen items from the Louvre.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
In a statement, the Paris prosecutor condemned the leak of information in the case, which she said had forced them to reveal facts prematurely that could compromise the investigation.
The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France.
Four men dressed as workmen broke into an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck.
They made off with $100 million worth of royal jewels from the 19th century reign of Emperor Napoleon III.
According to Le Parisien newspaper, the men arrested are from the Paris suburbs.
One was preparing to board a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport with some of the stolen items from the Louvre.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
that the risk will be spread against all of the countries.
sanctions are a big win for Europeans who have spent 10 months pleading with Washington to tighten the screws on the Russian economy.
European leaders have also called for a ceasefire at the current battle lines, something Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects.
EU leaders say they're committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S.