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rescue mission stories: 8 news summaries

9 Missing in Coast Guard Plane Crash

Pilot reported huge fireball

Oct 30, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine people are missing after a Coast Guard plane collided with a military helicopter last night off the coast of southern California. A pilot flying in the area reported seeing a huge fireball. Seven people were traveling aboard the plane, and two were in the chopper. A search-and-rescue mission is... More »

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California • Pacific Ocean • Coast Guard • plane crash • helicopter • Marines • rescue mission

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 Miracle Rescue Lifts Hopes 
 for 3,000 Trapped in Quake 

Hopes dim as new emergency teams arrive in Indonesia

Oct 2, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue teams racing to find earthquake survivors in Indonesia pulled a young woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed school today, a rare glimmer of hope in the 2-day-old search. More than 1,000 people are reported dead, and difficult conditions in Padang are making it hard to reach... More »

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Indonesia • survivors • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake • disaster • rescue mission

 Indonesia Quake 
 Toll Passes 1,000 

Samoa tsunami cleanup effort begins in earnest

Oct 1, 09 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll in Indonesia has reached 1,100 and is expected to keep rising. Rescue workers are scrambling to find earthquake survivors under trapped buildings, with "many hundreds more" injured or missing, says a top UN relief official. Rescue efforts have been hung up over a shortage of... More »

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Indonesia • South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake • disaster • rescue mission • Samoa • American Samoa

British Army Blasts Rescued Times Reporter

'Irresponsible' Taliban abductee was warned of imminent danger

Sep 10, 09 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death of British soldier during the rescue of a New York Times reporter has British Army brass up in arms, the Telegraph reports. Corporal John Harrison and interpreter Sultan Munadi died early yesterday in an area of Afghanistan journalist Stephen Farrell had been cautioned about. “When... More »

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Afghanistan • New York Times • United Kingdom • England • reporter • soldier • rescue mission • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi • John Harrison • commando

221 Missing,
8 Dead in Sierra Leone Boat Accident

Vessel was carrying mostly schoolkids

Sep 10, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(AP) - Police say more than 200 people remain missing in Sierra Leone a day after a boat capsized, killing at least eight. Most of the passengers were schoolchildren returning from holidays in the West African nation. At least 221 people remain missing, with 39 passengers rescued. The boat was traveling from... More »

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Africa • Sierra Leone • drowning • boat accident • rescue mission

 Chef Brings 
 Gourmet Food 
 to Homeless 

Rising culinary star left posh restaurant for rescue mission

Aug 18, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - At California’s Bay Area Rescue Mission, the homeless dine on grilled artichokes with garlic sherry vinaigrette or vegetable soup with creme fraiche, thanks to the culinary talents of Tim Hammack. The chef left a renowned French bistro to cook at the rescue mission. “I was cooking for very... More »

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food • chef • homeless • soup kitchen • homeless shelter • rescue mission • Jay-ZTV

Mogul Bing Foots Bill for Clinton Mission

Longtime pal donated use of jet, plus $200K for fuel, other costs

Aug 5, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wealthy Hollywood insider, Democratic donor, and Clinton family friend Steve Bing is footing the bill for the trip to North Korea that brought back two jailed American journalists, ABC News reports. Bill Clinton flew on Bing’s private jet, and the mogul will pony up about $200,000 for fuel,... More »

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North Korea • Hollywood • Bill Clinton • journalist • producers • Euna Lee • Laura Ling • rescue mission • Steve Bing • mogul

(AP) - The space shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts blasted off today en route to the Hubble Space Telescope. It is NASA's final trip to Hubble and comes after a seven-month delay. Atlantis and its crew were supposed to fly to Hubble last fall, but the telescope broke down. The telescope is... More »

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NASA • astronauts • repair • Atlantis Space Shuttle • outer space • Hubble Space Telescope • rescue mission • Jay-ZTV

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