Moldovan translator on Costa Concordia bridge defense of captain examined
A 25 year old Moldovan hostess and translator Dominica Cermotan emerged as a potential witness in the Costa Concordia inquiry. She defended Captain Francesco Schettino amid charges of manslaughter and shipwreck after he left the ship before passengers were evacuated.
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Rome
Dominica Cermotan
Costa
Civitavecchia
Costa Concordia
Giglio
Cermotan
Francesco Schettino
Moldova
Jurnal TV
Schettino
Concordia
Cermoran
Jurnal
Huge oil rig arrives to explore in Cuban waters
A Scarabee-9 offshore drilling platform reaches 30 miles north of Havana as Repsol and Siapem plan to start drilling within days. The venture, amid Cuba US tensions, raises spill risk concerns tied to past disasters and the embargo complicates U.S. aid and licensing for response.
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Cuban
Havana
Cuba
Key West
Repsol Rpf
Eni
Siapem
Repsol
Florida
Atlantic Seaboard
North Carolina
U.S
Trinidad
Bangladesh says coup plot thwarted by military officers
The Bangladesh military announced it foiled a conspiracy by current and former officers with extremist religious views and Bangladeshi expatriates to overthrow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Arrests included Lt. Col. Ehsan Yusuf and Maj. Zakir, with Maj. Ziaul Haq at large, in a case linked to tensions dating to the 2009 mutiny.
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina
Hasina
Muhammad Masud Razzaq
Ehsan Yusuf
Zakir
Razzaq
Ziaul Haq
Haq
Yusuf
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Ziaur Rahman
Khaleda Zia
Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Zia
Haiti prison riot trial convicts seven police officers
In Les Cayes a judge convicted seven police officers of murder and related crimes for their roles in a prison riot after the January 2010 earthquake. Sentences ranged from two years to 13 years of hard labor, while six officers were found innocent.
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Les Cayes
Haiti
Ezekiel Vaval
Sylvestre Larack
Vaval
Jackson
Associated Press
New York
Port-au-Prince
Pierre Esperance
National Human Rights Defense Network
Clritch Beaubrun
Jean- Marie Salomon
Hooligans invade hospital in Buenos Aires seeking revenge
A dozen soccer hooligans from Nueva Chicago stormed Santojani Hospital in Mataderos Buenos Aires searching for a rival known as Aldo The Paraguayan amid threats with guns and knives. Doctors and staff fled as chairs flew, no arrests reported, and the scene aired on national TV. The incident follows decades of soccer related violence affecting Argentina’s leagues and clubs.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Marcelo Struminger
Santojani Hospital
Nueva Chicago
Aldo
Agustin Rodriguez
Los Perales
Las Antenas
Struminger
Mataderos
River Plate
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Giovanni Masia
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India
Spain
Italy
Environment
Carnival Corp
Kristian Rix
Madrid
United States
Washington
Macondo
Lee Hunt
International Association of Drilling Contractors
Cuba Petroleos, Cupet
Santa Cruz del Norte
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