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Seattle - A teenage girl missing for more than a week and given up for dead by her family was found alive on the weekend in her wrecked car at the bottom of a ravine near Seattle. Laura Hatch's survival was an "extraordinary tale," said police Sgt. John Urquhart. She had been missing since leaving a party on Oct. 2. On Sunday, searchers found her in the back seat of her wrecked Toyota Camry, hidden amid the trees ? 61 metres down a ravine. Police had written off the 17-year-old as a runaway. Doctors at Harborview Medical Center say Hatch likely survived because her severe dehydration kept a blood clot in her brain from growing. Her other injuries include broken facial bones. Islamabad - Pakistan successfully fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable test missile that could strike most cities in India, officials said on Tuesday. The nuclear-armed neighbours have pulled back from the brink several times in the past few years, as tensions over a military standoff in the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir threatened to lead to war. The two countries have fought three wars since 1947. Lagos Nigeria - Streets in the Nigerian capital of Lagos were deserted Tuesday as the country entered the second day of a general strike to protest a 25 per cent hike in oil prices. Nigeria Labour Congress leader Adam Oshiomhole said his group would call an end to the four-day action only if the prices are revised.
