World IN BRIEF : CANADA : German Balloonists Rescued in Atlantic
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From Times Staff and Wire Services
Two Germans were picked up in the Atlantic by an oil tanker after their hot-air balloon splashed down during the first-ever transatlantic race in such craft, a Canadian Coast Guard official said in Halifax. The German balloon had ditched in mid-ocean about 740 miles off Newfoundland.
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