At least 163 people are killed and many more are missing after a ship carrying at least 600 people sinks near the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.

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Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks

A ship carrying up to 600 refugees fleeing from Libya has sunk off the coast shortly after leaving Tripoli, the United Nations refugee agency says. The agency is trying to confirm what happened, but the continuing war makes an official accounting…

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Libyan Refugee Ship Sinks

A Turkish humanitarian ship carrying more than 250 injured people from the Libyan city of Misrata arrives in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

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Turkey ship rescues Libya injured

The Israeli navy on Tuesday intercepted what officials alleged was a ship carrying Iranian weapons destined for Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel intercepts ship it says carried Iranian weapons bound for Gaza

The Israeli navy on Tuesday intercepted what officials alleged was a ship carrying Iranian weapons destined for Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel intercepts ship it says carried Iranian weapons bound for Gaza

The Israeli navy has intercepted an Egypt-bound ship carrying arms intended for militant groups in the Gaza Strip, military officials say.

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Israel intercepts ‘weapons ship’

A ship carrying a group of 10 aid workers, including seven Britons, who alleged that the captain had held them captive, dock at a Greek port.

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‘Held’ aid workers dock in Greece

Workers free a ship carrying 9m litres (2m gallons) of oil that ran aground two weeks ago off the coast of northern Canada.

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Oil tanker freed off Canada coast

A ship carrying almost 500 Tamil asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka docks at a Canadian military base in British Columbia.

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Tamil asylum boat docks in Canada