Protesters vow to hold Haitian city
In Gonaives thousands demonstrators shout Aristide must go as armed militants seize the city and loot a police station. The violence leaves at least seven dead and 20 wounded, with 58 killed since mid September in clashes as Dominican security tightens the border. The attack targets symbols of Aristide's authority and the mayor's home, while militants claim plans to take more towns.
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Gonaives
Haiti
Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Stephan Moise
Red Cross
Mili
U.S. fixes communications after suspect flight mix up
The December incident shows a French airliner allowed to depart toward the United States despite U S caution and 90 minutes of checks. Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson says changes followed to improve how U S officials coordinate with foreign governments during terror threats. French officials caution that DHS staff sometimes overreact and disrupt flights.
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America
U.S
Homeland Security
Asa Hutchinson
Associated Press
National Targeting Center
Virginia
United
Hutchinson
FBI
CIA
Homeland Security Department
Spirit rover cured of computer problems on Mars Mission
NASA on Friday announced Spirit is healed from two weeks of computer issues that halted science data. Mission manager Jennifer Trosper praised the recovery, noting deleted files and memory cleanups restored operations as Spirit resumed science work. Opportunity moved closer to a rocky outcrop, but fell short by about 18 inches due to wheel slippage.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Spirit Rover
Mars
Jennifer Trosper
Earth
Trosper
Glenn Reeves
Spirit
Opportunity
Sharon weighs moving Gaza settlers to West Bank areas
Sharon aides say a plan to relocate Gaza Strip settlers to areas of the West Bank annexed in a future peace deal is under discussion. Assaf Shariv cites a disengagement plan as the framework, with final decisions due in two to three months. He notes uprooting 17 Gaza settlements and some in the West Bank is also planned over the next two years.
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Gaza Strip
West Bank
Jerusalem
Ariel Sharon
Assaf Shariv
Gaza
Tragic Morecambe Bay tide disaster claims nineteen lives
In northern England at Morecambe Bay a large group of shellfish hunters, many Chinese nationals, were trapped by fast rising tides. At least 19 died, 14 survived, as authorities search for others still missing. Local MP Geraldine Smith noted cockle picking risks and exploitation. Coast Guard and rescue teams scoured the mud flats with helicopters and lifeboats.
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London
Morecambe Bay
England
Lancashire
Geraldine Smith
Coast Guard
Martin Collins
Julia Hodson
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