Ernesto may become first 2006 Atlantic hurricane
The Caribbean storm Ernesto formed Friday and is heading toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands with forecasts predicting hurricane strength early next week. It could enter the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday or Wednesday, though the US impact remains uncertain. Jamaica issued a tropical storm watch and Haiti followed suit.
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European peacekeepers arrive to help Lebanon
About 150 French army engineers landed in Naqoura as European nations pledged troops for a 15 000 soldier U N backed peacekeeping force to stabilize southern Lebanon. The EU move aims to back the Lebanese army and enforce a fragile truce while Israel contemplates lifting its embargo.
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Castaways return home to swarming media and family
Three Mexican fishermen Rendon Ordonez and Vidana returned after nine months adrift in the Pacific. Their rescue near Hawaii followed a long voyage from San Blas with two other men who died at sea. Journalists grilled them amid chaos at Mexico City airport as questions swirled about illegal fishing, immigration and ghost crew members.
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Iran to be questioned on response to incentives
Brussels reports that the European Union will press Iran to clarify its lukewarm reply to a package of economic incentives aimed at suspending uranium enrichment. Tehran's 20 page reply, judged insufficient by the United States and other nations, omits whether it will halt enrichment as demanded by the U.N. Security Council.
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Girl escapes captor after eight years in Austria
Natascha Kampusch fled Wolfgang Priklopil as he spoke on a phone, bolting from his car in Strasshof. Priklopil, 44, killed himself hours later as authorities and investigators reviewed past sightings of two people in a van. Police pursue possible accomplice based on earlier testimony. Kampusch, DNA confirmed, is being questioned with police and psychologists at an undisclosed location.
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