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To: All; Cindy

Nine crew missing off Indonesia after pirate attack
14 Jul 2004 15:49:20 GMT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Nine crew members of a ship were missing after pirates threw them overboard in Indonesian waters, just a few days before military patrols begin in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's strategic shipping lanes, an ocean crime watchdog said on Wednesday.

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said the attack occurred on a tug called the Global Semesta Satu in the Bangka Straits, south of the Strait of Malacca on Sunday.(snip)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2W331262.htm


2,041 posted on 07/14/2004 11:07:56 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

RESTING EASY, PART EIGHT
New York Press - New York,NY,USA

... attended a community meeting during which they hoped to find out about the improved security and safety measures being taken at the Plum Island Animal Disease ...
http://www.nypress.com/17/28/pagetwo/pagetwo3.cfm


2,360 posted on 07/15/2004 2:31:38 AM PDT by JustPiper (Is this a PM I'm sending?)
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