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05/30/2008		Two dead in army helicopter crash
A BRITISH army helicopter crashed in fields in north Devon today killing both crew members, the Ministry of Defence said

05/30/2008		Germany pledges support for Israel
GERMANY`S foreign minister pledged today to stand up for the security of Israel and urged a tough line against Iran`s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling his denial of the Holocaust "unbearable"

05/30/2008		Vatican to excommunicate women priests
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Thai cave flooded after heavy rain
Six tourists, two guides drown
17-year-old survives by clinging to cave ceiling

SIX European tourists and their two Thai guides died when a flash flood engulfed a cave they were exploring in southern Thailand, officials said today.

The holidaymakers were trekking with their guides yesterday in Kao Sok National Park when heavy rain caused a stream in the cave to rise suddenly.

A 17-year-old woman survived and was rescued today, district official Sitichai Thaicharoen said, but eight bodies were pulled from the water.

"We can identify the bodies now. There was a 10-year-old German boy... an Englishman, a Swiss man and three Swiss women," he said.

"The survivor is an Englishwoman. She is so far fine. She was able to climb up to the roof of the cave, that is why she survived. She has been sent to a provincial hospital for treatment."

Local television channels showed images of rescuers carrying body bags from a boat overnight and laying them out on the shore.

A Swiss diplomat in Thailand formally identified four of the victims - a man, a woman and two girls (minors) - as Swiss citizens, the foreign ministry in Bern said today.

Diplomats were working with Thai authorities to find out where the four had come from and could not confirm they were a family, ministry spokesman Johann Aeschlimann said.

The national park is in the province of Surat Thani, 645 km south of Bangkok.

Its large lake, thick rainforest, limestone cliffs and numerous caves make it a popular destination for trekkers, with more than 20,000 tourists visiting last year, according to a local tourism website.

Thailand`s tourism industry took another recent hit when 54 foreigners and 36 Thais died in a plane crash on the resort island of Phuket last month.

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