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	Achille Lauro - MSN Encarta
		The Achille Lauro, originally the Willem Ruys, was a passenger liner.
		Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship hijacked off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt on October 7, 1985, by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF), a small guerrilla faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), who were demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
		More than 400 passengers and crew of the Achille Lauro were released, but the hijackers had shot to death and thrown overboard an invalid Jewish American passenger, 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571211/Achille_Lauro.html (471 words)

	Achilles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Phthia (southeast Thessaly), and the sea nymph Thetis.
		When Achilles was born, Thetis had tried to make Achilles immortal by dipping him in the river Styx, but forgot to wet the heel she held him by, leaving him vulnerable.
		Achilles' armor was the object of a feud between Odysseus and Ajax the Greater (Achilles' older cousin).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Achilles (2334 words)

	Achille Lauro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Achille Lauro was a passenger liner, most remembered for its 1985 hijacking.
		In 1964, she was sold to the Lauro Line and renamed the Achille Lauro (after the former mayor of Naples, Achille Lauro).
		The Achille Lauro was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1994, and sank as a result of the fire three days later on December 2.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Achille_Lauro (721 words)

	Disasters at Sea: Achille Lauro
		An explosion and fire aboard the ACHILLE LAURO resulted in serious damage, but in spite of this setback, the liners were ready for their new role in March/April 1966.
		The ACHILLE LAURO was reactivated and began cruising in the Mediterranean but, on 7th October 1985, the ACHILLE LAURO was hi-jacked by a PLO splinter group with the loss of one life.
		The Achille was a regular caller in these waters since 1986, while not a luxurious ship, she was a real classic vessel with a riveted hull, twin winged funnels and a high superstructure.
	www.allatsea.co.za /shipwrecks/achillewreck.htm (1414 words)

	My first cruise. A Voyage on the Achille Lauro
		The only alternative was the Achille Lauro which was due to do a season from December till early January for what was then TFC tours.
		The Achille, a not so famous ship had gained notoriety in 1985 when it was hijacked by a terrorist group, on board had been a group of South African travel agents who were experiencing the ship before marketing it here.
		The Achille briefly carried a new funnel logo in the form of an L with the 5 pointed star.
	www.allatsea.co.za /cruises/achille.htm (3280 words)

	Achille Lauro
		The Achille Lauro was a passenger liner[?], remembered for its 1985 hijacking.
		She was 192 metres in length, 25 metres in beam, 8.9 metres high and weighted 21,110 tons fully loaded with 900 passengers and crew.
		On October 7, 1985 four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front took control of the liner off Egypt while she was travelling from Alexandria to Port Said.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ac/Achille_Lauro.html (518 words)

	Achille Lauro - The hijacking
		The Achille Lauro was a passenger liner, most remembered for its 1985 hijacking.
		The Achille Lauro was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1994, and sank as a result of the fire three days later on December 2.
		The suit was dropped when the PLO paid an undisclosed sum to Klinghoffer's daughters, which was used to fund the Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer Memorial Foundation of the Anti-Defamation League, which works to combat terrorism through legal, political and educational means.
	encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com /pages/521/Achille-Lauro.html (559 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Archives - Immigrant Ships
		Sold to Italy's Lauro Lines in 1964 (and named for a former mayor of Naples), she was refurbished with accommodations for 152 first- and 1,155 tourist-class passengers.
		Achille Lauro's eastern Mediterranean cruises generally took her from Genoa to Naples, Syracuse, Alexandria, Port Said, Tartus (Syria), Limassol, and Rhodes.
		Achille Lauro continued in service until 1994 when she caught fire and sank en route from Italy to South Africa.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/navigation/sea/immigrant/achille.htm (648 words)

	Case Study
		Achille Lauro hijacking at the same time that his PLO was involving their governments in purported joint peace initiatives with Israel.
		Achille Lauro crisis both the world public and western leaders wanted to believe that Yassir Arafat and the PLO were earnestly seeking to mediate that crisis and not simply exploiting it for political gain.
		Achille Lauro incident would become almost completely detached from Israeli concerns, apart from the murder and mistreatment of Jewish individuals at the hands of the hijackers: None of the passengers were Israeli citizens.
	www.isu.edu /~andesean/AchilleLauroCaseStudy.htm (7375 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Achille Lauro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sold to Italy's Lauro Lines in 1964 (and named for a former mayor of Naples), she was refurbished with accommodations for 152 first- and 1,155 tourist-class passengers.
		Achille Lauro's eastern Mediterranean cruises generally took her from Genoa to Naples, Syracuse, Alexandria, Port Said, Tartus (Syria), Limassol, and Rhodes.
		Achille Lauro continued in service until 1994 when she caught fire and sank en route from Italy to South Africa.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_000700_achillelauro.htm (464 words)

	Willem Ruys/Achille Lauro
		The Achille Lauro was reactivated and began cruising in the Mediterranean but, on 7th October 1985, she was hi-jacked by a PLO splinter group with the loss of one life of an American passenger, they killed the disabled American tourist Leon Klinghoffer, and threw him and his wheelchair overboard.
		The ship continued to operate for Flotta Lauro until 1987, when it was bought by the Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company, who rebranded the company as Starlauro Cruises, the Achille Lauro took on the Swiss flag.
		The Achille Lauro served Starlauro until 30 November 1994, when she caught fire on a Genoa-South Africa cruise, in the seas off Somalia.
	members.lycos.nl /hanshu/Ruys.htm (1110 words)

	Achille Lauro at Hi-Dive
		And this is where my story begins with the Denver act, Achille Lauro… There is a picture of an artist in his cave, working and pursuing with the great expectation that his ultimate toil will lead him out of that cave and into the hearts and minds of those living in the world.
		Achille Lauro doesn’t know and I’m not sure anyone has an interest in pigeon-holing their work.
		And now with the release of their EP, Achille Lauro is rightfully looking to the future – of getting on the road and stunning more audiences with their altogether magical shows.
	www.hi-dive.com /artists/detail/achille-lauro (689 words)

	Achille Lauro - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Achille Lauro - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship hijacked off the Mediterranean coast of Egypt on October 7, 1985, by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front...
		The Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise ship, was seized on October 7, shortly after it left the Egyptian port of Alexandria, by four gunmen.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Achille_Lauro.html (156 words)

	Lauro Lines Ocean Liner and Cruise Ship Postcards
		Achille Lauro inherited his first ships in 1912, and built up a substantial fleet of freighters before WW2.
		During the 1950s, Achille Lauro was a multi-millionaire, known as the "King of Naples", and owner of a fleet of 50 ships.
		In 1947 she was salvaged and purchased by Achille Lauro and rebuilt as an emigrant-carrier.
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /FlottaLauroPCs.html (1132 words)

	Ð.O.V.A - Achille Lauro Chronicles
		year because of Achille Lauro's bad luck there was a fire and she was not ready until April 13, 1966.
		Achille Lauro went in for an overhaul to operate as a full-time cruise ship at Genoa when a fire had accrued.
		Achille Lauro was doing a cruise, she had docked at Alexandria where passengers could disembark to see
	members.aol.com /drakare/achillelauro.html (1299 words)

	Facts about topic: (Achille Lauro) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Achille Lauro was a passenger liner (additional info and facts about passenger liner), most remembered for its 1985 hijack (Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination) ing.
		The PLO (A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the) was sued for its role in the death of Leon Klinghoffer.
		On November 30, 1994, she caught fire off the coast of Somalia (A republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali Peninsula; subject to tribal warfare).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/achille_lauro.htm (720 words)

	Achille Lauro Mastermind Abu Abbas Captured in Iraq
		Although he had been the target of a manhunt after the Achille Lauro incident, the United States dropped a warrant for his arrest several years ago.
		While he was not on board the Achille Lauro, Italian courts sentenced Abbas in absentia to five life terms for planning the operation.
		The Israeli Supreme Court declared Abbas immune from prosecution in Israel over the Achille Lauro in 1999 after he was allowed to return to Gaza by an Israeli Security Committee which had concluded that he had renounced violence.
	www.rense.com /general37/UScapturesAbuAbbas.htm (697 words)

	MS Achille Lauro
		However, although they are different structurally, I always considered M.S. Angelina Lauro as a sister of M.S. Achille Lauro because of their similar lives.
		M.S. Achille Lauro was always a center of attraction with her blue hull and impressive superstructure with twin funnels.
		"A Voyage on the Achille Lauro" by D.R. Walker.
	thayer.dartmouth.edu /~abilgili/Ships/ITALIAN/STARLAURO/ACHILLE_LAURO/achillelauro.htm (1587 words)

	Achille Lauro Hijacker Captured
		Iraqi division (2) and rejection of the foundation of the Church (84) was analogous to Ai (36), where the army lost due to lack of sanctification from looting.
		The Achille Lauro hijacking was division, or separation, from the Church (84) during the celebration of the
		Abbas led the hijacking of the Achille Lauro in October, 1985.
	www.biblenews1.com /history3/20030415.htm (671 words)

	Willem Ruys - Achille Lauro Postcards
		This was not a great success, and she was sold to Lauro Lines in 1964.
		Lauro Lines were in financial trouble by the late 1970s, and the Achille Lauro was arrested in Tenerife in 1982.
		Lauro struggled on until 1987, when it was bought by the Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company, who rebranded the company as StarLauro Cruises.
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /WillemRuysPCs.html (914 words)

	achille lauro
		In 1964, she was sold to the Flotta Lauro Line, or Star Lauro, (Now MSC Cruises) and renamed the Achille Lauro (after the former mayor of Naples,...
		Palestinian militants hijack the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threaten...
		When the Achille Lauro was hijacked in October 1985 I was working as a...
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	MS Achille Lauro
		On October 7, 1985 the Achille Lauro was employed on a ten-day cruise.
		In 1965, the former Willem Ruys was restyled as the Achille Lauro.
		M.S. Achille Lauro was always a center of attraction with her blue hull and impressive superstructure with twin funnels.
	engineering.dartmouth.edu /~abilgili/Ships/ITALIAN/STARLAURO/ACHILLE_LAURO/achillelauro.htm (1587 words)

	Achille Lauro
		It was all highlighted by the murder of American wheelchair-bound passenger Leon Klinghoffer, whose body was thrown overboard in the midst of the crisis.
		Voyage of Terror –; The Achille Lauro Affair, starring Burt Lancaster and Eve Marie Saint, was produced in 1990.
		The renovation was completed, however, and the Achille Lauro entered service on the high seas.
	perdurabo10.tripod.com /ships/id270.html (680 words)

	Achille Lauro
		The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked on October 7, 1985, by four Palestinian terrorists who demanded the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners from Israel.
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		The real Achilles, roused by the death of his friend, then came forward and met Hector in the chief combat of the war.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1969.html (242 words)

	MaritimeQuest - Daily Event for November 30, 2005 Achille Lauro
		Built for Royal Rotterdam Lloyd of the Netherlands, she was laid down as the Willem Ruys in 1939, however construction was halted by the outbreak of WW2.
		In January 1965 the liner was sold to the Lauro Line and renamed Achille Lauro.
		The Achille Lauro continued service until Nov.30, 1994 when she caught fire once again off the coast of Somalia.
	www.maritimequest.com /daily_event_archive/2005/nov/30_achille_lauro.htm (409 words)

	Leader of Achille Lauro hijacking dies in Iraq - The Boston Globe
		WASHINGTON -- Abu Abbas, the Palestinian mastermind of the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking, died while in US military custody in Iraq, the Pentagon said yesterday.
		It was not known whether Abbas had a role in the training camp, which at the time was described as a facility operated by the Palestine Liberation Front, a splinter group of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
		Abbas headed the PLF in 1985, when several of its members commandeered the Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise ship that was leaving Egypt on its way to Israel and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians held by Israel.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/03/10/leader_of_achille_lauro_hijacking_dies_in_iraq (547 words)

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