29 missing in Italian cruise shipwreck
January 17th, 2012 - 8:40 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of people missing in the Italian cruise shipwreck near the coast of Tuscany rose to 29, Tgcom24 television reported citing local port authorities.The ... Read more...
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Two killed as ship runs aground off Italy
January 14th, 2012 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 14 (IANS) Two people were killed after a luxury cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 ran aground off the Italian coast Friday, prompting a major rescue operation that ... Read more...
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‘Maximum punishment for captains of vessels passing sinking ship’
July 12th, 2011 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The captains of two passing vessels who failed to come to the aid of the Bulgaria, which sank in the Volga River with some 200 ... Read more...
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Toll in Russia ship capsize rises to 54 (Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Rescuers searching the wreck of a Russian cruise ship that sank in the Volga river Sunday have recovered 53 bodies, officials said Monday. One woman ... Read more...
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Lack of seats force passengers to stand on Tatarstan Airlines flight
September 30th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 30 (ANI): Six passengers on-board a Tatarstan Airlines flight were allegedly forced to stand because there were not enough seats in the plane.The six are said to have stood for ... Read more...
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At least 10 killed as Israeli navy intercept Gaza-bound ships
May 31st, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- At least 10 people were killed and scores of others were left injured after Israeli ships clashed with six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and what organizers say is ... Read more...
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Nine killed in ferry accident in Indonesia
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) At least nine people were killed when a ferry carrying at least 242 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, officials said.
Authorities said ... Read more...
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Pakistani probe indicts Lashkar for Mumbai attack: NYT
September 30th, 2009 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Pakistan's own investigation into 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks concludes "beyond any reasonable doubt" that it was militants from the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who carried out ... Read more...
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Bodies trapped inside sunken Philippine ferry
June 24th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Manila, June 24 (DPA) Bodies were found floating inside a capsized ferry in the Philippines Tuesday as rescuers dove into turbulent seas in a desperate search for hundreds of missing in one ... Read more...
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