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Latvia’s coast guard on Monday removed more than 650 people from a stranded cruise ship after tugboats failed to pull the luxury liner off an underwater sand bank in the Baltic Sea.
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A plane carrying a load of auto parts crashed Sunday as it was trying to land in northern Mexico, killing the pilot and severely injuring the co-pilot.
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Israel TV on Sunday showed tractors working at a cemetery where Lebanese and Palestinian fighters are buried, part of a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Iraqi police and medical officials say a bomb has killed the head of a U.S.-allied Sunni group south of Baghdad.
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Officials say a U.S. cargo plane has crashed while trying to land in the northern Mexican city of Ramos Arizpe, killing the pilot and seriously injuring the co-pilot.
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Gunmen opened fire on people leaving a mosque in Somalia’s capital on Sunday night, killing one of the country’s senior U.N. officials and wounding his son...
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Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent radio messages of hope on Sunday to...
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AP, Abu Dhabi
The United Arab Emirates canceled billions of dollars of Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad, evidence of Iraq’s improved...
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For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle.
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A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan’s capital on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
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Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the...
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Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the...
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AP, Rusutsu
The world’s top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing...
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AP, Islamabad
A senior government official says more than 10 police officers have been killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s capital.
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AP, Islamabad
Officials say there’s been an explosion in the Pakistani capital near a police station and that there are casualties.
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Two retired generals were jailed Sunday in connection with an alleged plot to topple Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government, the highest-ranking ex-soldiers detained...
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An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported Sunday.
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AP, Abu Dhabi
The United Arab Emirates is canceling all the debt Iraq owes to the tiny oil-rich Gulf state.
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AP, Toyako
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The arrests last week of 10 suspected Islamic militants severely weakened Indonesia’s terrorist movement, the country’s foreign minister said Sunday.
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AP, Juneau
The Coast Guard says a fire has been extinguished aboard a container ship traveling in the North Pacific.
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AP, Juneau
The Coast Guard is responding to a fire aboard a container ship 700 miles south of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
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AP, Athens
A cruise ship ran aground inside the port of the Aegean island of Syros on Friday with 353 passengers and 105 crew on board, Greek authorities said. No injuries or...
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AP, Amsterdam
A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on...
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AP, Amsterdam
A Dutch shipping company negotiated with Somali pirates Tuesday, seeking the release of nine crew members on a freighter that was hijacked in the latest attack on...
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AP, Miami
A federal judge has ordered a cruise line to pay $1 million for an explosion that killed eight crew members at the Port of Miami.
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AP, Washington
Dangerous air emissions from giant cargo ships would be sharply reduced under legislation that passed a Senate committee Wednesday despite objections from Republicans.
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AP, Nairobi
Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Mogadishu on Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless Somali coast, the head...
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AP, Nairobi
A Western diplomat says pirates have hijacked a Jordanian ship off the coast of Somalia.
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AP, Riga
A cruise ship with 984 people on board ran aground early Sunday in the Baltic Sea, off the northwest coast of Latvia, the coast guard said.
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AP, Riga
The Latvian Coast Guard Service says the cruise ship Mona Lisa with 984 people on board has run aground in the Baltic Sea, off the northwest coast of Latvia.
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AP, Mogadishu
Authorities paid pirates a ransom of $1.2 million to win the freedom of a Spanish fishing boat and its 26-member crew seized off the Horn of Africa a week ago, a Somali...
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AP, Madrid
The Spanish government says the crew of a fishing boat hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia has been freed.
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AP, United Nations
The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia’s coast, responding to a spate of...
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AP, Madrid
Pirates in the lawless Gulf of Aden fired on a Japanese oil tanker Monday, unleashing hundreds of gallons of fuel into the sea, a day after a Spanish tuna boat was...
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AP, Madrid
Pirates have hijacked a Spanish fishing boat with a crew of 26 off the coast of Somalia, Spain’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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AP, Madrid
Officials say a Spanish fishing boat with a crew of 26 has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia.
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AP, Seattle
Contradicting earlier witnesses, a former captain of a fishing vessel that sunk in the Bering Sea last month sailed carefully through any pack ice it encountered.
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AP, Seattle
A fishing boat that sunk in the Bering Sea last month had sailed through rough, broken pack ice on recent voyages, concerning crew members and leading to a yelling...
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The rays of the setting sun highlight the hulk of the Ramona, a small ship which sank in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Navarino, in southwestern Peloponnese, Greece on Saturday July 5, 2008. The shipwreck has been in this place for over 40 years and...
