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THE UK tested its first hydrogen bombs during Operation Grapple near Christmas Island in the South Pacific during the 1950s.
At the end of May 1956, about 1,200 civilians and servicemen were sent to Christmas Island during 1956.
These tests continued until 1958. Nine nuclear explosions were carried out.
In 2005, a study in New Zealand concluded that sailors from the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Navy and Fijian Navy who observed the tests from nearby ships later suffered adverse health effects from exposure to radiation fallout, including cancer and genetic abnormalities in the veterans' child

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THE UK tested its first hydrogen bombs during Operation Grapple near Christmas Island in the South Pacific during the 1950s.
At the end of May 1956, about 1,200 civilians and servicemen were sent to Christmas Island during 1956.
These tests continued until 1958. Nine nuclear explosions were carried out.
In 2005, a study in New Zealand concluded that sailors from the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Navy and Fijian Navy who observed the tests from nearby ships later suffered adverse health effects from exposure to radiation fallout, including cancer and genetic abnormalities in the veterans' child


About 85 people have been injured, six of them seriously, when the high-speed ferry hit an unidentified object while travelling to the gaming mecca of Macau reports BBC News.
The accident, which threw many of the 100+ passengers out of their seats, happened in the early hours of the morning near the island of Hei Ling Chau, while the jetfoil, operating at normal speed, was on a routine voyage from Hong Kong to Macau. Following the incident the jetfoil was towed back to the ferry terminal in HK, reports BBC News citing Hong Kong officials.
Referring to information from an Agence France-Presse news agency report, BBC News name the vessel involved as Madeira [owners TurboJet].
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