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| Dutch teenage sailor 'is missing' | |
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| Dutch police say teenage sailor Laura Dekker - who seeks to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world -has been missing since Friday. | Dutch police say teenage sailor Laura Dekker - who seeks to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world -has been missing since Friday. |
| Police say the 14-year-old's boat is moored at its berth and she appears to have left her father's home on her own. | Police say the 14-year-old's boat is moored at its berth and she appears to have left her father's home on her own. |
| Spokesman Bernhard Jens told the Associated Press news agency no criminal activity was suspected - but the authorities were concerned. | Spokesman Bernhard Jens told the Associated Press news agency no criminal activity was suspected - but the authorities were concerned. |
| She was placed under state care after a Dutch court blocked her sailing bid. | She was placed under state care after a Dutch court blocked her sailing bid. |
| Ms Dekker continued to live with her father during the period of state supervision, which runs until her school year ends in July 2010. | |
| At the time of the ruling in October, Ms Dekker's spokeswoman said she was disappointed with the ruling, but that the teen could still set the record if she were to sail next year. | |
| Her father, Dick Dekker, supports her attempt at the record, while her mother has expressed some concerns. | |
| Miss Dekker had planned to spend about two years aboard her 26ft (8m) boat, Guppy, to break the record set in August by a 17-year-old UK boy. | |
| Mike Perham tackled 50ft waves, gale force winds and technical problems during the 28,000 mile (45,000km) circumnavigation, which took him nine months. |