Belfast bank raid seen as one of world’s largest heists
Thieves abducted two senior bank executives' families and forced them to help steal more than 39 million dollars from a Belfast Northern Bank vault. Investigators called it a well organized operation with possible IRA links, amid broader Northern Ireland peace efforts.
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Potter sixth book to hit stores July sixteenth
London announces release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Britain and the United States on July 16. The date applies to Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa in a joint statement by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. In Nigeria oil workers strike but Shell reports exports unchanged as pressure for pay and benefits grows.
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World Bank chief urges Palestinian reforms and broader aid
World Bank President James Wolfensohn pressed for economic reforms in the West Bank and the easing of Israeli travel restrictions in exchange for an additional 500 million dollars in aid. The visit coincided with Tony Blair's Jerusalem talks amid post Arafat peace efforts and Gaza withdrawal plans. In Austria, an American woman died from avalanche injuries, raising two snow slide fatalities to four, as rescue teams recovered a second victim and an Austrian woman perished in Tyrol.
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