De Beers blue diamond smashes auction records in Asia, fetches almost $32M
This diamond was the target of an attempted multi-million pound robbery in November 2000, which was foiled by the Metropolitan Police.
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TransCanada shuts Keystone pipeline after leak in South Dakota
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