
Andrew Medichini
A woman walks past a Cartier jewelry shop in Rome's via Condotti, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Rome police are describing the thieves who calmly walked off with a €500,000 ($692,000) diamond-encrusted ring as a pair of elegantly attired, smooth-talking bilingual men who convinced a Cartier saleswoman they wanted the luxury store's most expensive ring as a wedding present. Police official Paolo Guiso, who is leading the investigation, told The Associated Press Wednesday that two men, speaking Arabic and French, talked their way into seeing several pieces in the store on Via Condotti, a posh shopping street. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)