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30 August 2013
Updated at 22:23 ET

A tangled tale of hair robbers

Irene Caselli
BBC News, Venezuela

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Venezuelan papers are rife with reports that robbers are picking different kinds of locks these days - locks of hair stolen from women to sell in the country's lucrative beauty business. The president says its a rumour designed to make young people paranoid. Even if it is, what does it say about the things Venezuelans value most?

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