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Thailand's Blue Diamond Affair Still Angers Saudi Arabia (Time Magazine)
Two decades ago, a Thai gardener climbed into the palace of a Saudi Arabian prince and stole 200 pounds of jewelry. The caper, known as the Blue Diamond Affair, cost Thailand billions of dollars and left several people dead
POLICE REPORTS (The Decatur Daily)
400 block Jackson Street Southeast, electronics, jewelry and currency, $3,652. 300 block Fifth Avenue Northwest, two bicycles and DVDs, $3,175.
Community Calendar: (Deerfield Review)
Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date.
Thailand's Blue Diamond Heist: Still a Sore Point (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Two decades ago, a Thai gardener climbed into the palace of a Saudi prince and stole some 200 pounds of jewelry. The caper cost Thailand billions, left several dead and put an Elvis-impersonating Thai official on death row
The everyday miracle of commercial air travel (The Christian Science Monitor)
Most people don't appreciate how logistically complicated commercial air travel is.
Still a Sore Point (Thailandnews.net)
Post the gardener stuffed "rubies the size of chicken eggs" in his vacuum cleaner bag, along with a huge, nearly flawless blue diamond, which at 50-carats would be one of the largest blue diamonds in ...
Munson center ready to welcome back seniors (Las Cruces Sun-News)
LAS CRUCES -- Manny Tarango and his inner circle of friends are eager to get back to their old stomping grounds, Munson Senior Center.
Diamond merchants accused of staging fake robbery (rediff.com)
The New York police last week arrested Atul Shah, 48, and Mahaveer Kankariya, 43, partners of Dialite Imports, a wholesale diamond business in Manhattan, and charged them with staging a robbery at their store to collect insurance money.
Can you help? Wish list from nonprofit agencies, March 8 (The Journal Times)
Following is a wish list of items and volunteer opportunitiesfrom nonprofit agencies in Racine County. They were provided bylocal nonprofit agencies.
Joe Baca (The Gallup Independent)
ALBUQUERQUE — Services for Joe Samuel Baca, 55, were 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 3, at Santa Fe National Cemetery with military honors. Evening service was at 7 p..m, Tuesday, March 2, at Daniels Family Funeral Services, Wyoming Blvd. The Rev. Gerry Steinmtz, OFM officiated.
