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Brazil sinks tanker The Liberian-registered supertanker, Hercules, damaged by unidentified aircraft near the Falklands in June, will be sunk outside Brazilian territorial waters, said a • Brazilian Navy spokesman. Owners and insurance companies decided to sink the ship - on the grounds that it would be less risky • than trying to deactivate an unexploded bomb on board, said the spokesman. — Rio De Janeiro.
Missile accident Several people were injured when missiles were accidentally fired yesterday from a .Royal Air Force Harrier Jump-jet in the Falklands, said the British Ministry of Defence yesterday. A spokesman said that the incident happened as the jet took off from Port Stanley airfield, but no further details were available. Reports in Brifish newspapers said that between six and 11 British soldiers had been injured when two sidewindermissiles were accidentally released. — London.
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