Panic on Jamaica bound jet lands hard at Kingston airport
American Airlines Flight 331 carrying 154 people skidded on a rain soaked runway at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. All aboard survived with 92 hospitalized and 13 admitted. none faces life threatening injuries. Passengers described panic and a fuel smell as the Boeing 737-800 stopped at the edge of a sea access road. Transport Minister called it a Christmas miracle.
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Kingston
Jamaica
American Airlines
Caribbean
Norman Manley International Airport
Bat
Gary Wehrwein
Pilar Abaurrea
Keene
New Hampshire
Mike Henry
Miami
Manley International Airport
Clash as Iran protesters mark Montazeri death
Police and Basijis attacked mourners at a Isfahan memorial for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. Riot police dispersed thousands outside a central mosque, beating men and women with clubs and firing tear gas. Dozens injured. several reported bloodied faces amid the crackdown.
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Tehran
Iran
Basis
Ayatollah
Hossein Ali Montazeri
Qom
Montazeri
Isfahan
Farid Salavati
Salavati
Associated Press
Colombian governor abducted on birthday found slain
Caqueta Governor Luis Francisco Cuellar, abducted by suspected rebels on his 69th birthday, was found face down nine miles from Florencia with an eight inch neck wound. Investigators say no sign of a struggle while military officials link death to pursuit by security forces. President Uribe called for continued determination to defeat terrorists.
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Bogota
Caqueta
Luis Francisco Cuellar
Florencia
Manuel Hernandez
Hernandez
Cuellar
Colombia
FARC
Alvaro Uribe
Tragedy in California as river lake ice collapses on hunt
Noel Smith and two brothers hunting near McArthur, California, died after a Chesapeake Bay retriever broke through an icy lake while a rescue attempt failed. The remaining brother was treated for hypothermia as rescuers worked.
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Sacramento
Calif
Noel Smith
California
Oregon
Smith
Pat Oilar
McArthur
Big Lake
Delta
Noel
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