Posts Tagged ‘the-sea’

Ship Passengers Tell of Delayed, Then Panicked, Evacuation

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

At least three bodies were recovered from the sea after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany.

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Ship Passengers Tell of Delayed, Then Panicked, Evacuation

Wheelchair woman in sea fall dies

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

A 20-year-old woman from the West Midlands dies after her electric wheelchair rolled off a pier and plunged into the sea in Dorset.

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Inquest opens into cliff death

Friday, August 26th, 2011

An inquest is opened on a 22-year-old man who died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Anglesey.

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NATO Hammers Gaddafi’s Navy

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

The battle for Libya moved to the sea Friday, as a rash of NATO airstrikes targeted Muammar Gaddafi’s navy vessels in Tripoli’s ports. The international coalition reported that Gaddafi’s ships had been “indiscriminately mining” sea lanes near…

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Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Italy

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

A boat carrying nearly 200 people capsized in rough seas about 40 miles off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday morning. Rescuers saved 48 people from the sea, and found 20 bodies. Three Coast Guard vessels, two planes, and a helicopter are…

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Sea radioactive near Japan plant

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Levels of radioactive iodine in the sea near the Fukushima nuclear plant are 1,250 times higher than the safety limit, Japanese officials say.

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Radioactivity rises in sea water near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Radioactivity levels soared in the sea water outside Japan’s troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Saturday, igniting fresh concerns.

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Crofter ‘last’ to swim cattle over the sea to Skye

Friday, February 11th, 2011

The last crofter to swim his cattle between winter grazings completes his herd’s crossing of the sea to Skye.

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‘Sea view’ edges closer to house

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

A luxury home bought for £1.7m two years ago is now just feet from the sea cliff edge after a massive landslip.

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‘Sea view’ edges closer to house

‘Sea view’ edges closer to house

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

A luxury home bought for £1.7m two years ago is now just feet from the sea cliff edge after a massive landslip.

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‘Sea view’ edges closer to house

Search for sailor feared drowned

Monday, January 31st, 2011

A search resumes for a man feared to have drowned after returning to his sinking boat in the sea off Plymouth.

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Search for sailor feared drowned

Sinking ‘like scene from horror movie’

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Emergency crews recover bodies from the sea after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers founders on rocks on Australia’s Christmas Island.

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Sinking ‘like scene from horror movie’

S. Korea Fires Warning Shots at Boat

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

The North Korean fishing boat retreated to its side of the sea border after the shots, the Ministry of Defense in Seoul said.

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Spectacular salmon

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Does the biggest run in a century mean plenty more fish in the sea?

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Spectacular salmon

Burnt-out pier ‘could collapse’

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

The historic Hastings Pier in East Sussex is at risk of collapsing into the sea following a major fire, a local authority warns.

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