The rescue party made its way as far as possible up the closed road before proceeding on foot.

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Less than 24 hours after arriving in Laganas, the court was told the teenager's party were at Rescue nightclub when Mr Hiles was hit in an altercation in the early hours of 20 July.

BBC: Wales

Brummer adds intriguingly that Russia was a party to the rescue.

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Less than 24 hours after arriving on the island, the court was told the Welsh teenager's party were at a club called Rescue when they were involved in an altercation in the early hours of 20 July.

BBC: South East Wales

The liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), the junior partner in her coalition government, is against a rescue, as are many politicians from her own Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

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Admirable in many respects as Mrs Merkel clearly is, does she have what it takes to rescue her party and give it a chance of getting back into office at the next general election, due in 2002?

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