Back from disaster

Back from disaster

Some 80 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force return home Dec. 5 after completing a relief mission in Honduras, one of the countries hit by a killer hurricane 5 weeks ago. The mission spent two weeks treating more than 4,000 people in and around Tegucigalpa. Hurricane Mitch ripped through Central America in October and November, killing more than 10,000 people and leaving thousands more missing and homeless. ==Kyodo

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                  Some 80 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force return home on Dec. 5 after completing a relief mission in Honduras, one of the countries hit by a killer hurricane 5 weeks ago. The mission spent two weeks treating more than 4,000 people in and around Tegucigalpa. Hurricane Mitch ripped through Central America in October and November, killing more than 10,000 people and leaving thousands more missing and homeless.