Libyan arms swindle linked to fake Startron orders
Paris investigations probe a $15 million scheme selling fake Startron night vision binoculars to Libya and a planned $151 million delivery of faux American designed cannons. The fraud involved French dealers and Libyan contacts, with customs uncovering a staged export of cheap binoculars after a blocked export ban.
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Paris
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Startron
Smith and Wesson Corp
France
Khadafy
Madrid
Monk conducts prayer at Egyptair crash site in Bangkok
A Buddhist monk led a memorial at the wreckage of an Egyptair jetliner in Bangkok as workers recovered bodies from the Christmas Day crash. Investigators searched the damaged textile factory where debris from the Boeing 707 lay scattered.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Egyptair
Lifeboats Said to Fail in Egyptian Ship Disaster
Survivors blame leaky lifeboats and faulty firefighting gear for many deaths as the Patra sank near the Red Sea. 95 are missing. the ship carried 387 passengers and 94 crew, with most travelers Muslims returning from Mecca and Medina. The captain said crew chased passengers with axes to force abandonment.
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Cairo
Egypt
Red Sea
al Ahram
Middle East
Patra
Mecca
Medina
Saudi Arabia
Montana Fisherman Treated as Trespasser Over River Bank
The Ninth Circuit ruled that James Junior Finch was trespassing on tribal lands when fishing the Big Horn River from state land inside Crow Reservation boundaries. His legal line was lawful but the location violated land jurisdiction, court said.
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San Francisco
Montana
Big Horn
U.S. Court of Appeals
James Junior Finch
Crow Indian Reservation
20 Die In Newfoundland Nursing Home Fire
A blaze at Chase's Rest Home near St Johns Newfoundland killed at least 20 people including a 105 year old woman and a 16 year old boy. Police planned another search of the ruins to ensure no victims remained as rescuers faced subzero cold and icy water to combat the fire.
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St. John’s
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Goulds
Leroy Soper
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