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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 2001
Page
3
A twin engine prop plane carried Dr Ronald S Shemenski from the South Pole research station to Punta Arenas Chile. The American doctor said he felt fine but was disappointed to leave the base as rescuers braved minus 65 degree winds and polar night for the airlift.
Pentagon officials said a Navy EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft collision with a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea led to loss of secret information. Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said the extent of damage remains unclear and the 24 crew will be questioned after leaves. The plane landed on Hainan Island on April 1 and the American crew was released 11 days later.
Attorney General John Ashcroft told the Senate that he will not seek extra money for the government’s tobacco litigation, rejecting a $57 million request from Justice Department lawyers. He affirmed continued DOJ pursuit of the case and denied plans to drop or reassign lawyers.
Six Addis Ababa University students seized an Ethiopian plane near Khartoum with 50 passengers, released hostages hours later, and surrendered. Sudan’s information minister stated all hostages were freed and the hijackers would be tried under international law amid asylum-seeking motives.
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