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A BRITISH businessman and his wife have told how they were attacked and robbed by armed pirates as they sailed through the Caribbean on a round-the-world adventure. Peter Lee, 61, rammed his pursuers in a bid to knock them off their boat as it came alongside his 41ft yacht but the pirates managed to scramble on board after firing several shots at him. The couple's dog then furiously attacked the men, biting and snapping at them, until one of them shot and stabbed the animal between the shoulder blades, leaving him for dead. Bloodthirsty and beyond the law: rise of the gun-toting pirates terrorising the seas |
Satellite images of the elusive North West Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans have ignited a diplomatic battle between Canada and the United States. The discovery that the entire passage is now ice-free has prompted a scramble for control of one of the world's most potentially lucrative shipping lanes. |
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A retired British nurse who police say was romantically linked to an odd-job man half her age has been found murdered at her holiday home in Jamaica. |
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Revealed: the final moments of Flight 93 "Please, please don't hurt me," the voice says. It could be the pilot. There are other people talking. "Oh God!" the voice says. More people talking. "Sit down, shut up." "No more," the voice says. A few seconds pass: "I don't want to die." And again: "I don't want to die." And again.
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Argentine dock workers 'capture' Royal Navy ship A British naval vessel is trapped in dock in Argentina after strike action by local workers prevented essential repairs being carried out. |
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US is inching closer to military action on Iran If anyone thinks for a moment that President George Bush is not seriously considering a military attack on Iran, this might be the time to reconsider. Operation Persian Freedom is not just the stuff of Jack Straw's nightmares; if Iran continues down the path it is taking, it is virtually inevitable. |
IT IS 8:45am in New York City. Battalion Commander Richard Picciotto has picked up bagels for his firecrews and is wading through the paperwork on his desk. On the 81st floor of the south tower of the World Trade Centre, Stanley Praimnath is at work in the offices of Fuji Bank. In the neighbouring north tower, waiter Jan Maciejewski is serving the customers drawn to the Windows on the World restaurant by the views out across Manhattan and New York bay. |
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Round-the-world
couple fight pirates of the Caribbean
Melting
ice cap releases fabled sea route from its frozen grip
Hunt
for 'boyfriend' of Briton murdered in Jamaica
