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1. News - World - BELGIUM

   Mass arrests over US$50m Belgium diamond heist

   Posted May 08th 2013, 09:53pm by AFP

   ... News World Brussels Diamond heist Agence France-Presse in Brussels Police in Belgium, France and Switzerland have arrested 33 people and recovered “a large quantity” of diamonds and cash in a joint probe into a spectacular US$50-million diamond heist at Brussels airport. The Belgian prosecutor’s office on Wednesday said a suspected member of the eight-man gang that staged the brazen ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1233192/mass-arrests-over-us50m-belgium-diamond-heist
2. News - World - BELGIUM

   Brussels airport diamond heist nets US$50m

   Posted Feb 19th 2013, 06:26pm by AFP

   ... News World Diamond heist Brussels’ international airport Helvetic Airways Agence France-Presse in Brussels Machine-gun toting robbers disguised as cops made off with US$50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular heist on the tarmac at Brussels airport, prosecutors and dealers said on Tuesday. Monday night’s robbery at Zaventem airport was “one of the biggest” ever, said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1153980/multi-million-diamond-heist-brussels-airport
3. Lifestyle - Arts & Culture

   Copycat heist from Korea pulls it off

   Posted Sep 14th 2012, 12:00am by Barry Chung

   ... Heist Films Barry C Chung (Film) Korean filmmaker Choi Dong-hoon made his debut in the big-screen heist genre with The Big Swindle in 2004. His follow-up is The Thieves . Ten professional thieves from Korea - Macau (Kim Yoon-seok), Popeye (Lee Jung-jae), Pepsi (Kim Hye-su), ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1035962/copycat-heist-korea-pulls-it
4. movie buff

   Posted Jun 03rd 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Entertainment Heist Films Thief Lau Kit-wai With Ocean's Thirteen now on the big screen (see the review on page 12), Lau Kit-wai takes a look at an ever-popular genre: the Hollywood heist movie. Which is the oldest heist movie? The medium of film relies on deception, or at least a suspension of disbelief, so it comes as no surprise that one of the first narrative films ever ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/595413/movie-buff
5. True crime

   Posted May 16th 2010, 12:00am by David Phair

   ... that the robbery wasn't quite executed flawlessly, despite years of painstaking research, as this account shows. In Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History, Scott Andrew Selby and Greg ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/714430/true-crime
6. News - World

   Belgian authorities say 31 people in 3 countries detained over airport diamond heist

   Posted May 08th 2013, 05:20pm by AP

   ... News World BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say 31 people in 3 countries detained over airport diamond heist. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1233034/belgian-authorities-say-31-people-3-countries-detained-over-airport
7. movie buff

   Posted Apr 02nd 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... the Pink Panther - a large diamond with a panther-shaped flaw in the centre. The movie's true jewel is Sellers: his hilarious antics helped spawn several sequels. Most of the films begin ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/543151/movie-buff
8. Ocean's Thirteen

   Posted Jun 07th 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... suspense. His breezy narrative style and camera trickery work well with the story, which captures the playful and romantic spirit of the traditional heist movie. Clooney, perhaps the most likable ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/595888/oceans-thirteen
9. Ocean's third the best yet

   Posted Jun 03rd 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Entertainment American Film Directors Steven Soderbergh Heist Films American Atheists Lau Kit-wai Ocean's Thirteen is the third and final (according to director Steven Soderbergh), as well as best, instalment of the popular heist franchise. This time, the underworld professionals - headed by Danny (George Clooney) and his sidekick Rusty (Brad Pitt) - reunite after ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/595410/oceans-third-best-yet
10. Inspired Baume & Mercier

    Posted May 23rd 2008, 12:00am by Mary Luk

    ... materials and designs. But they also share common features. All the models in the ilea collection have an off-centre diamond on the crown. All the date displays are at 6 o'clock and the hands ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/638596/inspired-baume-mercier

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