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                        Panama to Free N. Korean Sailors

   Panama says it will free 32 of 35 crew members of a North Koran ship
   seized in July for carrying weapons from Cuba to North Korea.
   Panamanian officials say the crew know nothing about the forbidden
   cargo. But three of the ship`s officers will remain in Panama and face
   arms trafficking charges.
   Authorities seized the Chong Chon Gang in July on suspicion it was
   carrying drugs. But a search turned up Cuban weapons, including two
   fighter jets, hidden beneath a shipment of sugar.
   Panama says the shipment violated an international arms embargo against
   North Korea.
   Both Havana and Pyongyang say the weapons were obsolete and were being
   sent to North Korea for repair before being shipped back to Cuba.
   But officials have not explained why the weapons were hidden under
   sacks of sugar.
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