Louvre Museum shuts for day as guards protest pickpockets

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Louvre Museum shuts for day as guards protest pickpockets

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/louvre-museum-shuts-day-guards-protest-pickpockets-172040579.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/P3j42bhfWYMT6ScFGNyNSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-10T172131Z_2_CBRE9391C6M00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-FRANCE-LOUVRE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People enjoy the snow in front of Paris landmark, the Pyramid of the Louvre Museum" align="left" title="People enjoy the snow in front of Paris landmark, the Pyramid of the Louvre Museum" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - Tourists caught no glimpse of the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory or Venus de Milo on Wednesday due to a one-day closure of the Louvre, as guards protested that pickpockets were rampant at the world's most visited museum. Two hundred museum guards exercised their right to a work stoppage, forcing the museum to shut its doors for the day, union representatives said. The CGT union said guards were &quot;fed up&quot; by attacks and threats directed at them and visitors over the past few months by pickpockets. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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