Divers probe sinking of Britannic in Aegean depths
An international team completes a full scale survey of the Britannic wreck 390 feet down in the Kea channel near Athens. They seek clues on whether a torpedo or mine sank the World War I hospital ship on November 21, 1916, and how it sank so quickly. The expedition aims to recover metal samples for tests while comparing findings with Ballard and Cousteau records.
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Greece
Mec
Aegean
Britain
Lesbos
Southampton
England
Kea Channel
Athens
Jacques Cousteau
Robert Ballard
Ballard
North Atlantic
Burton
Charles Bartlett
Kea Island
Project Britannic
Hersh says JFK book triggers worse attacks than My Lai
Pulitzer winner Seymour Hersh says The Dark Side of Camelot prompts harsher personal attacks than his My Lai reporting. He cites strong language from Arthur Schlesinger and claims Secret Service agents shared tales of Kennedy’s sexual exploits after Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s 1994 death.
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Hersh
Lai
New York
Seymour Hersh
John F. Kennnedy
Camelot
My Lai
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Arthur Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Kennedy
White House
Secret Service
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Irradiated Cat's Eye Gems Circulating Across Asia
Hundreds of radiation treated cat's eye gems are circulating in Asia and possibly Europe endangering dealers and cutters. Bangkok gem lab head Ken Scarratt warned that test results show very high radiation levels and that stones may have originated in Indonesia. Experts fear cancer risks from handling irradiated stones especially by finishers. Buyers should test brown cat's eyes or avoid them, though Thai gem trade expects limited impact on exports.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Asia
Europe
Ken Scarratt
Bangkok Center For Gemstone Testing
Scarrratt
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Scarratt
Japan
United States
Office of Atomic Energy For Peace
Tom Banker
GemEssence
Banker
Gunmen kill four U S oil workers in Karachi ambush
Gunmen in Karachi forced a car carrying four Union Texas Petroleum auditors and their Pakistani driver off a road and shot them dead. The attack, possibly tied to the CIA workers deaths in Washington, prompted a manhunt and security warnings from the State Department. Union Texas said it would continue operations in Pakistan despite the killings.
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Associated Press
Arachi
Pakistan
Karachi
U.S
CIA
Washington
State Department
Farooq Leghari
Clinton
Union Texas Petroleum
Malik Iqbal
Iqbal
Condi
Union Texas
Arnold Hoffman
Hoffman
Madeleine Albright
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Dyclena Belaiukus A
Sociated Press
Afghanistan
Karac
Kassidy
Garnett
Garnett, KS
Kansas
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