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...reverse up some steps and into one of the great windows of the 250-year-old house, shattering the glass and the shutters behind. Eleven paintings were hanging on the walls of the saloon inside, but the gang settled for five, including two by Rubens - Portrait of a Dominican Monk and Venus Supplicating Jupiter. Caught on video-surveillance cameras, the job was done in just 50 seconds, and the thieves made their getaway at speed, driving across three fields before hitting the open road. There was no need to hurry. Russborough House's sole security guard was in another wing...
Audrey Mestre took the last of a series of deep breaths floating in the ocean off the Dominican Republic on Oct. 12, then plunged below the surface. The Frenchwoman, 28, dropped rapidly, one hand pinching her nose to help equalize the pressure in her ears, the other clinging to a metal-frame sled weighing 200 lbs. After 1 min. 42 sec., she reached 561 ft., the deepest any human has ever dived on one breath of air. A spokesman for Mares, the diving-equipment manufacturer that sponsored the event, said the water pressure Mestre endured was "akin to having...
...some it may be surprising that a local politician would meddle in foreign affairs, but in New York City politics this is routine. Last month Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped in on American troops in Afghanistan, and local politicians frequently go to the Dominican Republic, Israel, and Ireland, to drum up support from their constituents...
...DIED. AUDREY MESTRE, 28, French diver who sought to break the world free-diving record by descending to a depth of 171 meters on a single breath, attached to a pulley and a 90-kg weight; off the coast of La Romana, Dominican Republic. Mestre reached the target depth but suffered a fatal accident while surfacing, disqualifying the bid. She was posthumously awarded the world record?breaking the previous mark of 162 meters set by her husband, Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras?for a 170-meter test dive made three days earlier...
Farrell said Hispaniola, the island composed of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, is a particularly interesting place for research because of its age and isolation...