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Thieves Nab a Picasso in Museum Heist

Work by Portinari also missing after quick strike in Brazil

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 21, 2007 8:48 AM CST

(Newser) – Thieves broke into Latin America's foremost museum early yesterday and stole two paintings in a 3-minute heist. They made off with a Picasso portrait and a work by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Brazil's São Paulo Museum of Art, the AP reports. The thieves... Read full story »

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