Aid Worker's Parents Shown 'Harrowing' Video
7 December 2010 12:49
...UK, Monday December 06, 2010 Lorna Blount, Sky News Online The parents of Linda Norgrove, the British hostage mistakenly killed by US forces in Afghanistan, have been shown "harrowing" footage of the failed rescue attempt. To view this content you need Flash...
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US Officers Disciplined Over Norgrove Rescue
2 December 2010 07:01
...UK, Thursday December 02, 2010 Ruth Barnett, Sky News Online Kidnapped aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by an American grenade during a botched rescue bid and officers have been disciplined, the Foreign Secretary has confirmed. To view this content you...
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US Officers Disciplined Over Norgrove Rescue
2 December 2010 07:01
...UK, Thursday December 02, 2010 Ruth Barnett, Sky News Online Kidnapped aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by an American grenade during a botched rescue bid and officers have been disciplined, the Foreign Secretary has confirmed. To view this content you...
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US Officers Disciplined Over Norgrove Rescue
2 December 2010 01:02
...UK, Thursday December 02, 2010 Ruth Barnett, Sky News Online Kidnapped aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by an American grenade during a botched rescue bid and officers have been disciplined, the Foreign Secretary has confirmed. To view this content you...
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Grenade Killed Aid Worker, Investigation Finds
2 December 2010 01:44
...British aide worker Linda Norgrove was killed by a grenade thrown by U.S. special operations forces in a botched rescue attempt, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said an investigation has confirmed. Ms. Norgrove's death in Afghanistan in October was...
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UK confirms a US grenade killed British aid worker
2 December 2010 01:26
...secretary says an inquiry into the death of a British aid worker in Afghanistan confirms she was killed by a U.S. grenade. Linda Norgrove died in a failed attempt to free her in Afghanistan's Kunar province, where she was abducted by militants in a Sept. 26...
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Parents of Aid Worker Killed in Failed Rescue Attempt in Afghanistan Praises U.S. Military
29 October 2010 01:58
...Norgrove was killed recently in a failed rescue attempt in Afghanistan. She is seen here on her 21st birthday after leaving a base camp on Mount Everest in 1995. The parents of Linda Norgrove, the British aid worker who was killed in Afghanistan after she...
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Linda Norgrove Picture Gallery
11 October 2010 02:58
LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd-R) meets US General David Petraeus (2nd-L), NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, gestures during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11, 2010. A British aid worker who died in a failed US rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by US troops and not by her kidnappers, Cameron said Monday. Cameron said an investigation would now be launched into the operation on Friday that led to the death of Linda Norgrove, 36, who was abducted on September 26 in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd-R) meets US General David Petraeus (2nd-L), NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus arrives at 10 Downing Street to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd-R) meets US General David Petraeus (2nd-L), NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus (2nd-L) meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron and NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) meets US General David Petraeus (L), NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) meets US General David Petraeus (L), NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd-R) meets US General David Petraeus (2nd-L), NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus arrives at 10 Downing Street to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, gestures during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11, 2010. A British aid worker who died in a failed US rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by US troops and not by her kidnappers, Cameron said Monday. Cameron said an investigation would now be launched into the operation on Friday that led to the death of Linda Norgrove, 36, who was abducted on September 26 in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, pauses during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11, 2010. A British aid worker who died in a failed US rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by US troops and not by her kidnappers, Cameron said Monday. Cameron said an investigation would now be launched into the operation on Friday that led to the death of Linda Norgrove, 36, who was abducted on September 26 in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus arrives at 10 Downing Street to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) meets with US General David Petraeus and NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, gestures during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11, 2010. A British aid worker who died in a failed US rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by US troops and not by her kidnappers, Cameron said Monday. Cameron said an investigation would now be launched into the operation on Friday that led to the death of Linda Norgrove, 36, who was abducted on September 26 in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan.
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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, pauses during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11, 2010. A British aid worker who died in a failed US rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by US troops and not by her kidnappers, Cameron said Monday. Cameron said an investigation would now be launched into the operation on Friday that led to the death of Linda Norgrove, 36, who was abducted on September 26 in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus arrives at 10 Downing Street to meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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British Prime Minister, David Cameron, speaks during a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11, 2010. A British aid worker who died in a failed US rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by US troops and not by her kidnappers, Cameron said Monday. Cameron said an investigation would now be launched into the operation on Friday that led to the death of Linda Norgrove, 36, who was abducted on September 26 in eastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan.
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LONDON - OCTOBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures during a press conference in Downing Street on October 11, 2010 in London, England. During the press conference the prime minister stated that British aid worker, Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by a grenade detonated by a member of the U.S. rescue team rather than her Taliban captors. David Cameron said the rescue was being reviewed by the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus (2nd-L) meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron and NATO forces at 10 Downing Street on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue opperation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron on October 14, 2010 in London, England. Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called for an investigation into the death of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove died after a failed rescue operation by US forces on October 8, 2010 in Afghanistan.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends carry the coffin of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Lewis, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends carry the coffin of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Lewis, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends gather for the funeral of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Uig, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends carry the coffin of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Lewis, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends carry the coffin of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Lewis, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends carry the coffin of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Lewis, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Mourners attend the funeral of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Uig, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends carry the coffin of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Lewis, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
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UIG, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 26: Family and friends gather for the funeral of British aid worker Linda Norgove in Uig on the Isle of Lewis on October 26, 2010 in Uig, Scotland. Miss Nor grove who was 36, had been kidnapped in Afghanistan while working for US aid group DAI, she was fatally wounded during a rescue attempt by US forces.
