Russian captain tried to save son on sunken Kursk
First Class Captain Vladimir Geletin had the worst job in the world last week -- he helped coordinate Russia's vain efforts to save its sunken submarine, the Kursk, while his son was dead or dying on board.



`Pokey' computer virus hits US, slow to spread
A Computer virus featuring the cuddly Japanese cartoon character Pikachu, one of the characters in Pokemon, has been found in computers in the US, leaving some operating systems devastated, an anti-virus software firm said on Thursday.



Entire families wiped out in Gulf Air crash
Tears streaming down their faces, families of victims of the Gulf Air crash shook their heads in disbelief as they left a hotel room in Bahrain on Thursday after looking at pictures to identify the bodies of their loved ones.



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