Balloonists Head Toward Africa
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Balloonists Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of England soared over Haiti and the Dominican Republic and headed out over the Atlantic. Their goal: A possible Sunday landing in northwest Africa. Piccard and Jones broke the distance record of 14,236 miles Tuesday after a March 1 liftoff from the Swiss Alps.
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