Eleven British soldiers captured in Sierra Leone
Eleven British soldiers were seized near Masiaka and Foradugu about 45 miles east of Freetown by unknown forces. A government guide accompanying them was also believed captured. The West Side Boys, a renegade faction, are suspected. The soldiers were eventually reported as being held against their will, with Britain later confirming their capture and ongoing concern.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
British Ministry of Defense
Masiaka
Foradugu
Gordon Hughes
Ministry of Defense
London
Benguema
West Side Boys
British Force
John Price
Revolutionary United Front
Britain
RUF
U.N
Zeetown
Putin honors Kursk crew posthumously in Moscow
President Putin awarded the Hero of Russia to Kursk captain Gennady Lyachin and the Order of Courage to the crew. He ordered a display at the Central Military Museum as prosecutions investigate possible safety rule violations after the Kursk sank in the Barents Sea during naval exercises.
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Russia
Gennady Lyachin
Putin
Barents Sea
Central Military Museum
Moscow
Exodus From Miyake Island Threatened by Volcanic Eruption
About 200 residents fled Miyake island by boat amid fear of a fairly big eruption. Since Aug 19 nearly one third have left, with 1,152 evacuees including 211 children, as Mount Oyama volcanic activity continues and magma shifts are suspected.
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Tokyo
Miyake Island
Japan
Takashi
Ilasegan
Oyama
Hasegawa
Miyake
Gulf Air Flight 072 Crash Probed By International Team
A U S led team of more than 20 inspectors from Bahrain France Egypt and Oman begins analysis of the Airbus 320 crash off Bahrain near perfect conditions. Investigators photograph wreckage recover personal effects map debris and plan to retrieve data from flight data and cockpit recorders sent to Washington for analysis.
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Manama
Bahrain
Gulf Air
United States
France
Egypt
Oman
Cairo
US. Navy
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
James Windso
Airbus Industries
Washington
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NOKIA
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U.S
Are Burns Dance Studio
Ce Burns Dance Studio
Rhoda Burns
Corey Burns
Diane Toole Miller
Ashley Johnson
Burns Dance Studio
CellularOne
Peru
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