Britain's Ministry of Defence has agreed to negotiate with the lawyers for 220 Kenyan tribespeople who claim that the British army's carelessness in cleaning up after recent military exercises in the country has cost them their hands, feet or legs.

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The exercises train U.S. submarine crews to deal with craggy ice keels that extend 20 to 50 feet into the water, and varying salinity levels that complicate communications and navigation under the ice cap.

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