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Panama to free N Korean crew
Published Tue, Oct 22, 2013 · 10:00 PM
[PANAMA CITY] The authorities in Panama said on Monday that they would release 33 of the 35 North Korean crew members of a rusting freighter impounded more than three months ago for carrying a secret stash of Soviet-era Cuban military gear hidden under bags of brown sugar.
Neither the captain, who tried to slit his throat when the Panamanian marine police boarded the vessel, nor the captain's aide is free to go, …
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