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Feces on the High Seas: What is Your Cruise Ship Dumping? (Time.com)

November 12th, 2010

Time.com - Full disclosure: I don’t ‘cruise.’ The idea of boarding a moveable city and being forced to share every meal for a week with friendly strangers does not sound…

North Korea says still wants to help in ship probe (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - North Korea’s offer to assist in a probe into the sinking of a South Korean ship earlier this year still stands, a North Korean diplomat said on Friday,…

Forces free seized German cargo ship off Africa (AP)

October 25th, 2010

In this undated photo released Sunday Oct. 24, 2010, by Interunity Management Corporation SA, (IMC) showing the MV York merchant vessel which was boarded by suspected Somali pirates approximately 90 nautical miles from Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday Oct. 23, 2010.  A distress signal from the vessel was received Saturday as the York sailed between Mombasa and Mahe, Seychelles, with 17 crew aboard, and is now believed to be headed towards Somalia under the control of pirates. (AP Photo/IMC) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Rescue forces using a ship, a plane and a helicopter freed a German cargo vessel being held by Somali pirates off eastern Africa on Monday, but the hijackers…

3 French employees kidnapped from ship off Nigeria (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - Pirates in speedboats attacked a ship in an oil field off Nigeria, kidnapping three French employees from the marine services company Bourbon, officials said Wednesday.

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3 French employees kidnapped in ship off Nigeria (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - Three French employees of marine services company Bourbon have been kidnapped in an attack on one of its ships in an oil field off Nigeria, the company said…

China postpones visit to Japan amid ship dispute (AP)

September 14th, 2010

In this photo released by Japan's 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, a Taiwanese fishing boat, bottom, is followed by Japanese patrol boats as it sails near Senkaku Islands, or Diaoyu in Chinese, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. The disputed islands are controlled by Japan, but are also claimed by Taiwan and China. (AP Photo/11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters)AP - Japan said Tuesday that China has postponed a senior official’s visit to Tokyo in an escalating diplomatic battle over the arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain after…

Japan frees 14 crew members of Chinese ship (AP)

September 13th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a detained Chinese fishing trawler is flanked by two Japanese Coast Guard vessels during an investigation by Japanese authorities near Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture of Japan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. China's top foreign policy official increased pressure on Japan on Sunday by summoning its ambassador to again demand the immediate release of the Chinese fishermen and their boat detained near disputed islands.  (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ji Chunpeng) ** NO SALES **AP - Japan freed 14 crew members of a Chinese ship Monday nearly a week after their vessel collided with two Japanese patrol boats near disputed southern islets, but kept…

Tamils cram on ship, seeking asylum in Canada (AP)

August 13th, 2010

Migrants look over the side of the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.  The small cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has said 490 are onboard and said the vessel MV Sun Sea has declared them to be refugees. But he said the government has concerns that there may be members of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, on board. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)AP - At sea for three crowded and grueling months, hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka sought refuge in Canada on Friday when their rusty, ramshackle cargo…

Exclusive: How S. Korea’s naval ship really sank (Time.com)

August 13th, 2010

File photo of a giant floating crane lifting the stern of the South Korean warship. The 1,200-tonne patrol combat corvette PCC-772 Cheonan was split in two by a big external explosion. North Korea attacked a South Korean warship after the South balked at its request for economic aid in return for a proposed summit, a report said Monday.(AFP/File/Hong Jin-Hwan)Time.com - Despite North Korea’s denials and the skepticism of South Korean politicians, Seoul has insisted that Pyongyang sank the Cheonan. Now it has an internationally vetted technical report to…

Tamil migrant ship docks in Canada (AP)

August 13th, 2010

A military boat passes by Fisgard Lighthouse at the entrance to CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, British Columbia, near Victoria on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010.  A cargo ship Thursday carrying hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, has been boarded by Canadian officials  will be directed to CFB Esquimalt.  (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)AP - A small cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey.


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