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The chaotic street scenes were an unwelcome reminder of last year's Champions League final in Paris, which was held at the national stadium in Seine-Saint-Denis that will host the athletics events at the Olympics.

Jewellery valued at 1.6 million euros stolen from a Paris jeweller by a woman pretending to be a UAE princess has been recovered at a hotel room on the outskirts of the city, police said Friday.

Around 50 French soldiers were deployed to the northern Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis today where a shoot-out was under way between police and suspected terrorists, AFP journalists reported.

French investigators have found jewels valued at euro18 million ($25 million) hidden in a Paris rain sewer -- part of the spectacular 2008 heist from luxury jeweller Harry Winston's Paris boutique.Nineteen rings and three sets of earrings -- one pair valued at euro14 million ($19.5 million) -- were dug up from a drain at a house in the working clas...

The chaotic street scenes were an unwelcome reminder of last year's Champions League final in Paris, which was held at the national stadium in Seine-Saint-Denis that will host the athletics events at the Olympics.

Jewellery valued at 1.6 million euros stolen from a Paris jeweller by a woman pretending to be a UAE princess has been recovered at a hotel room on the outskirts of the city, police said Friday.

Around 50 French soldiers were deployed to the northern Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis today where a shoot-out was under way between police and suspected terrorists, AFP journalists reported.

French investigators have found jewels valued at euro18 million ($25 million) hidden in a Paris rain sewer -- part of the spectacular 2008 heist from luxury jeweller Harry Winston's Paris boutique.Nineteen rings and three sets of earrings -- one pair valued at euro14 million ($19.5 million) -- were dug up from a drain at a house in the working clas...