Dozens of Boats Join Search for Indonesian Shipwreck Survivors
Dozens of local fishing boats and Indonesian naval vessels scoured eastern Indonesian waters for survivors from a wooden vessel Cahaya Bahari overloaded with 492 aboard. Rescuers reported no survivors or wreckage found as heavy seas and overcast skies hindered the search north of Sulawesi after contact was lost during a storm.
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Manado
Indonesia
Ering Musa
Musa
Sulawesi
Jakarta
Fijian captives meet in Y dash at Suva hostage standoff
Gunmen holding 27 lawmakers permit brief meetings between indigenous Fijian and ethnically Indian captives in Fiji capital Suva. Each group spoke briefly to the other for about four minutes to confirm safety as depose Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry appears with minister Ratu Isheli Vaidau in a staged photo.
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Suva
Fiji
Jo Nata
Fiji Times
Mahendra Chaudhry
Ratu Isheli Vaidau
Fiji TV
Chaudhry
Europeans cry foul as gas prices rise higher
European drivers voice outrage over climbing fuel costs, with taxes pushing unleaded prices up across France Italy Belgium and Britain. Consumers like Tamas Bekes Valerie Khoury and Norah Lydon compare the pain to American levels while noting continued car use and tax influences.
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London
Atlantic
Britain
Hungary
Finland
Budapest
Tamas Bekes
Valerie Khoury
Paris
Michele di Russo
Rome
United States
France
Italy
Belgium
Norway
Germany
Portugal
Austria
Spain
Poland
Norah Lydon
Edgware
Europe
U.S
Jeremy Elden
Lehman Brothers
Klaus Rehaag
International Energy Association
Risto Hyvonen
Helsinki
Finance Ministry
Sweden
Haakon Boberg
Martin Kukas
Prague
Thieves target rails and wires in deadly metal theft surge
In Russia, thieves steal copper and aluminum from railways airports and power grids. Thousands risk electrocution as they pull cables and metal parts, leaving cities without power and delaying transport. Officials note rising cases since 1993 and growing involvement of teens. The economic damage is blamed on scrap networks abroad.
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Moscow
Natalya Gafarova
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Cer Oleg Kudyakin
Solnechny
Vladimir Zubkov
Valery Sidorenko
Smolensk
Russia
RAO Unified Energy Systems
Sidorenko
Railroads Ministry
Yelena Yugai
Desert cave drawings spark doubts in Egypt find
An Iowa pilot reported striking cave drawings in the Egyptian desert near Cairo. Initial estimates dated the art to 7,000 years before Christ, but Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities now questions authenticity and calls for scientific tests. Pilot George Cunningham awaits a ruling as Kent Weeks downplays age based on photos.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iowa
Egyptian Antiquity Service
Magda Yehia
Supreme Council of Antiquities
George Cunningham
Algona
Cunningham
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15Th St
Ottawa
Rodney Lines
Jim Stone
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ADI
United Kingdom
BTR
Briain
Michael Johnson
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Raby's Automotive Repair
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Vera Stencil
Kathryn Burbank
Scott Morgan
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Crimson Ave
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