Police on the hunt
for book-loving thief
l ZAGREB: A Croatian couple arrived home from vacation to find their private library of several thousand books had disappeared from their house in downtown Zagreb, police said yesterday. The 74-year-old man and his wife, 64, said the collection was worth "several dozen thousands of kunas" (several thousand dollars), including some antique books, and had been collected over the course of years, police said in a statement. Police have opened an investigation to find the thief.
Short-stay Nadal desperate
to shed unwanted record
l LONDON: Olympic champion Rafael Nadal is desperate to rid himself of an embarrassing blemish at the London Games — the record for the shortest appearance. The World No. 2 Spaniard, fresh from a record seventh French Open tennis championship and aiming for a third Wimbledon title next week, admitted that although he enjoyed his Beijing experience in 2008, the 2004 Games were a different matter entirely. "I have one record in Athens that I am the sportsman who spent less time in one Olympic Games, because the week before I played in Sopot. I won my first tournament. I arrived that Saturday night, I lost on Sunday, and I went home," he said.
— Compiled from agencies
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