Survivor Ari's two weeks adrift ends aboard container ship
Ari, a survivor of the Sumatra tsunami, drifted for 15 days after his fishing boat sank. He survived by drinking coconut water, praying in Malay, and keeping hope alive as he wandered at sea. On the 15th day a container ship rescued him, 75 miles east of Great Nicobar Island and 110 miles north of Banda Aceh.
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Allah
Malaysia
Indonesia
Sumatra
Europe
India
Africa
Middle East
Singapore
Thailand
Manchester United
Real Madrid
al Yamamah
Oman
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Great Nicobar Island
Banda Aceh
Rescuers recount peril and tragedy from Southern California storms
As California storms eased, rescuers described harrowing mudslides and rescues on a cliffside in La Conchita. Three more bodies were recovered, bringing the toll to five. a man named Wallet fought to reach his family as his home was buried. The weather battered the West with record rainfall in Los Angeles and floods elsewhere, prompting evacuations and warnings of further flooding.
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Wallet
California
Erica Henderson
ABC
Good Morning America
William
Los Angeles
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Orange County
Community eyes school funding amid calls for public input
Leaders urge action to protect education quality and attract business. Public forums and a May ballot are planned to decide what programs to preserve or cut. Officials warn declines could hinder community desirability and risk losing a future workforce.
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Steve Dillman
Dillman Foods
Save-A-Lot
Wood
Bill Truck
Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Monroe
Trenton
Nancy Nix
Nix
Bush nominates Chertoff to key federal post
Profile of Michael Chertoff detailing a career from New Jersey US attorney to US Court of Appeals nominee. Notes praise from opponents and colleagues for his prosecutorial record against Mafia figures and political corruption, with background in New Jersey politics, and his 2003 Senate confirmation to the Third Circuit.
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Gregory T. Nojeim
Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Chertoff
Justice
New Jersey
Walter Timpone
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Elizabeth
N.J
Harvard University
Preme Court
William Brennan
Rudolph Giuliani
U.S
Manhattan
Giuliani
New York
Christie Whitman
New Jersey Senate
U.S. Senate
U.S. Court of Appeals
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