U S troops to rescue Americans in Ivory Coast
About 200 U.S. soldiers including Special Forces move toward West Africa to evacuate 161 American schoolchildren and other citizens trapped by heavy fighting in Bouake Ivory Coast. Forward base planned in Accra Ghana as efforts unfold amid coup unrest. no harm to the over 1,000 Americans known in country yet reported.
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Washington
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West Africa
U.S
Bouake
Ivory Coast
Accra
Ghana
Germany
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Navy
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Defense Department
White House
Ari Fleischer
International Christian Academy
Bouakerun
James Forlines
Free Will Baptist Foreign Missions
Nashville
Tenn
Forlines Said
Abidjan
Peace Corps applications rise in Bay Area
Bay Area applicants for the Peace Corps rose nearly 12 percent to 379 in fiscal 2002 from 339 in 2000. Nationwide, applications were 8,843, up 6 percent from 8,355. Bay Area recruits include tech veterans like Tracey Lake, planning two years in Honduras after a shut down startup.
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San Jose
Calif
Bay Area
Haiti
Honduras
Ghana
Peace Corps
Dennis McMahon
San Francisco
Tracey Lake
Lake
University of Virginia
Philadelphia
Oakland
School of Life
Bush
U S deploys troops to shield schoolchildren after attack
U S forces moved in Tuesday to guard American pupils after rebels fired on a school in Bouake and later seized Bouake and Korhogo, the commercial capital, amid a 12 hour siege.
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U.S
Bouake
Korhogo
U S indicts three Colombian paramilitary leaders
U S indicts three members of Colombia s right wing paramilitary forces led by Carlos Castano for trafficking over 17 tons of cocaine to the United States and Europe since 1997 Castano Mancuso and Sierra Ramirez are charged in a Washington D C district court indictment Castano says he will consider surrender to prove innocence as Uribe visits Washington officials call the group criminals not freedom fighters.
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Washington
John Ashcroft
Colombia
Carlos Castano
U.S
Alvaro Uribe
Ashcroft
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State Department
Castano
Bogota
U.S. District Court
Salvatore Mancuso
Juan Carlos Sierra Ramirez
United States
Europe
Alligator maims gardener at Kanapaha Gardens in Gainesville
In Gainesville Florida an 11 foot alligator bit off Don Goodman’s right forearm during work at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. The arm was retrieved from the animal’s stomach but could not be reattached. Wildlife officers tracked and harpooned the male gator about an hour after the attack. Goodman remained in fair condition Tuesday.
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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Justin Lagotic
Alachua
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