Young Briton Mike Perham sails solo Atlantic at age fourteen
Mike Perham, aged 14, becomes the youngest person to sail solo across the Atlantic aboard the Cheeky Monkey. He departed Gibraltar on November 18, stopped briefly in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, reaching Antigua after six weeks. His father accompanied him in a second vessel while he relied on satellite phone for updates.
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Tower of London names first female Beefeater
The Tower of London will hire its first female Yeoman Warder ending centuries of male only service. The unnamed recruit, from Britain's armed forces, will join 35 warders after the summer, replacing a retiree and joining duties guarding the fortress and guiding visitors. Paek Nam Sun, North Korea’s long time foreign minister, has died at 78.
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Government frees nearly 3000 prisoners in Myanmar
The Myanmar regime released 2831 prisoners ahead of independence day, including about 20 political prisoners per New Light of Myanmar. Officials said figures exclude Aung San Suu Kyi, Tin Oo, and Win Tin, with UN and rights groups noting over 1100 political detainees remain jailed.
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Mogadishu Residents Refuse to Disarm Amid Turmoil
In Somalia’s capital Mogadishu residents cling to weapons as government forces, Ethiopian troops and police contend with Islamist fighters. Prime Minister Gedi calls for disarmament, but many fear vulnerability and anarchy, with most guns still in private hands despite a new government’s arrival.
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European Union
Indonesian jet search widens as wreckage not found
Rescuers scoured the sea two days after Adam Air Flight KI-574 with 102 aboard vanished amid storms over Java to Manado. Officials had wrongly claimed wreckage found in mountains. planes and ships press search in Makassar Strait amid bad weather and possible locator damage.
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NATO admits high civilian toll in Afghanistan conflict
NATO said it killed too many Afghan civilians in 2006 fighting the Taliban but stressed efforts to cut civilian casualties in 2007. Brig. Richard E. Nugee cited measures under review while Karzai urged greater caution after two civilian deaths. NATO noted Taliban deaths of civilians and many suicide attacks last year.
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