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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 2003
Page
5
Six elderly Japanese died and 25 others were hospitalized in Tokyo after choking on mochi during New Year festivities. Ages 87 to 89 died Thursday from suffocation. additional deaths and a dozen in a coma followed earlier and the Fire Department cited mochi as the cause, the yearly hazard for the elderly.
Jacques Weber, a tourist, and four French citizens were decorated with the Legion of Honor after protecting President Jacques Chirac during the Bastille Day attack on July 14. Weber seized the gun from Maxime Brunerie, who fired at Chirac but failed to injure him. The four others honored were Jean-Charles Ouazana, Eric Legros, Mohamed Chelali, and Manuel de Nascimento Napoleon Bonaparte.
Six migrants died when a rubber boat sank near the Strait of Gibraltar after striking rocks while crossing from Morocco. Civil Guard divers recovered five bodies and rescued twenty-seven survivors. eight escaped to Tarifa. Police detained seventeen others who had completed a prior crossing.
U S forces have detained a nomad leader in an operation in Kabul Afghanistan the action underscores ongoing counterinsurgency efforts in the region. Details remain sparse with no immediate reports of casualties or further arrests.
The 800 foot tanker Vicky carrying about 2 million gallons of diesel and heavy fuel struck the sunken Tricolor wreck in the English Channel. The vessel, listing at anchor 18 miles from Ostend, remains in Belgian waters as crews assess damage and prepare for possible offloading amid forecasts of strong winds and a storm.
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