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Israel navy halts Gaza-bound boat without violence (AP)

September 28th, 2010

A boat with 9 Jewish activists aboard sets sail from Famagusta harbour in the Turkish-occupied north of ethnically divided Cyprus in a bid to breach the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. The trip came nearly four months after Israeli commandos boarded a flotilla of Gaza-bound ships, killing nine activists. The voyage also came as Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. mediators sought a compromise that would allow Mideast talks to continue after an Israeli settlement slowdown expires at midnight. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) EDS NOTE: NO TRANSLATION AVAILABLE FOR WORDS ON SAIL.AP - The Israeli military says it has taken control of a boat carrying nine Jewish activists to the Gaza Strip without resistance.


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Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea (AP)

August 29th, 2010

AP - China said Sunday its navy will stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week, after it condemned U.S.-South Korean joint naval exercises in the region and vowed…

US Navy says 4 ships robbed off Iraqi coast (AP)

August 15th, 2010

Iraqi army soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Series of rush hour bombings across Baghdad have killed and injured scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Gunmen robbed four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.


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Canadian navy boards migrant ship (AP)

August 12th, 2010

AP - The Canadian navy boarded a cargo ship Thursday carrying 490 asylum seekers, including some people Canada has said may be terrorists.

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Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men’s disappearance nearly 60 miles from…

2nd US Navy sailor’s body recovered in Afghanistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and…

2 US Navy service members missing in Afghanistan (AP)

July 24th, 2010

United States Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines watch the explosion after calling in an airstrike during a gunbattle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Two U.S. Navy service members disappeared in a dangerous area of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a massive air and ground search and appeals on local radio stations for their…

Israel navy kills 4 Palestinian militants off Gaza (AP)

June 7th, 2010

Israeli naval commando boats sail into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Saturday, June 5, 2010. Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel swiftly and without meeting resistance on Saturday, preventing it from breaking a naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory days after a similar effort turned bloody. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel’s navy killed four Palestinian militants in diver suits off the coast of Gaza early Monday in the first violence at sea since a deadly raid against an…

SKorea holds navy drill; NKorea scraps sea accords (AP)

May 27th, 2010

A South Korean patrol boat fires during a drill off the western coastal town of Taean May 27, 2010. South Korea's navy staged anti-submarine drills on Thursday in tense waters bordering North Korea amid signs that China, under pressure from regional powers, is reviewing ties with the isolated communist state. REUTERS/Kim Jae-hwan/Pool (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - South Korean warships fired guns and dropped anti-submarine bombs in a large-scale military exercise Thursday, a week after Seoul accused North Korea of shooting a torpedo that sank…

SKorea holds navy drill; NKorea scraps sea accord (AP)

May 27th, 2010

A South Korean patrol boat fires during a drill off the western coastal town of Taean May 27, 2010. South Korea's navy staged anti-submarine drills on Thursday in tense waters bordering North Korea amid signs that China, under pressure from regional powers, is reviewing ties with the isolated communist state. REUTERS/Kim Jae-hwan/Pool (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Stung by a surprise underwater attack, South Korea flexed its muscles Thursday with anti-submarine drills and a U.S. general offered strong words of support as the allies sent…

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