Hijacked oil tanker has Indians among crew (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 12 (IANS) About 15 crew members, including some Indians, are on board a tanker carrying 135,000 tonnes of oil, which has been hijacked by pirates in the Arabian ... Read more...
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Indians on board hijacked oil tanker
May 12th, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 12 (IANS) About 15 crew members, including Indians, are on board an oil tanker that has been hijacked by pirates in the Arabian sea, a media report ... Read more...
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Vatican loans Cuba historic artefact
January 28th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 28 (IANS/EFE) The Vatican has loaned to Cuba "as a great exception" and for one year an artefact considered the most ancient example of indigenous Christian art in ... Read more...
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Where exactly did Columbus set sail from?
April 6th, 2010 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Barcelona, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Did Christopher Columbus actually set sail for America from the Spanish port of Cadiz as the original historical version says?
A researcher with the Circulo Catalan de Historia has ... Read more...
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Rare documents including journal from Charles Darwin’s ship up for grabs
April 29th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 29 (ANI): A rare collection of historic travel documents and photos, which includes a journal from the ship made famous by scientist Charles Darwin, are to go under the hammer ... Read more...
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Columbus crews teeth may give fresh insight into earliest European visitors to New World
March 20th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 20 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are studying the teeth of crew members Christopher Columbus left on the island of Hispaniola after his second voyage to America ... Read more...
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History extracted from teeth of Christopher Columbus’ crew
March 20th, 2009 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 20 (IANS) Dead men do tell tales. Researchers are now extracting history from the teeth of crew members Christopher Columbus left on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola after his second ... Read more...
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Queen Mary 2 arrives at Kochi
March 18th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi (Kerala) March 18 (IANS) Queen Mary 2, billed as the grandest and most magnificent ocean liner ever built, came calling at the port here Wednesday. This is its second voyage to ... Read more...
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