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Man Found Floating In Ocean Near Australia 24 Hours After He Fell Off Ship
A sailor was found floating in the middle of the ocean several nautical miles off the coast of Australia more than a day after he fell overboard a cargo ship.
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3 Men Rescued From Coral Sea After Sharks Attack And Destroy Their Boat
When rescuers arrived at the scene, they found both hulls of the men's 9-meter boat had been damaged after several shark attacks.
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Australian Sailor, Dog Rescued After 2 Months Stranded At Pacific Ocean
An Australian sailor and his dog have been rescued after two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish.
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2 Indian-Crewed Merchant Ships Stuck At China's Port For Months
Two Indian-crewed merchant ships carrying Australian coal have been stuck at Chinese ports for several months, union officials said Wednesday, with the sailors becoming the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
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SOS In The Sand Saves 3 Men Stranded On Tiny Pacific Island
Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a tiny island in the remote Western Pacific were rescued after Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant "SOS" they had scrawled on the beach, officials said.
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Australian Couple Finds Sailor's Love Letter In Bottle, Track Him Down. But...
A Queensland couple who found a love letter in a floating bottle managed, after a search of almost two months, to track down its author. However, this story does not have a happy ending.
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Search for Missing Indian Sailor in Australia Called Off
The search for an Indian sailor, who fell overboard from a Liberian-registered oil tanker on Sunday off the West Australian coast, has been called off, media reported on Tuesday.
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Claims 220 Australian Child Sailors Raped, Brutalised: Report
Allegations that 220 child sailors at an Australian navy training base were raped or brutalised in the 1980s are so serious they will be raised in a paper to parliament, a report said Monday.
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US ship which carried Laden's body arrives in Australia
A US supercarrier that took Osama bin Laden's body out to sea has reached the Western Australian port of Fremantle with 4,700 American sailors on board. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, deployed since November, have been aiding US forces in the Middle East as well as taking part in an exercise wi...
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Australian teen completes round-the-world sail
A 16-year-old Australian who spent seven months at sea in her pink yacht sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey Saturday, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted.Thousands of spectators erupted into cheers as Jessica Watson sailed into Sydney Harbour, the finale to an epic adventure in whi...
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Man Found Floating In Ocean Near Australia 24 Hours After He Fell Off Ship
A sailor was found floating in the middle of the ocean several nautical miles off the coast of Australia more than a day after he fell overboard a cargo ship.
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3 Men Rescued From Coral Sea After Sharks Attack And Destroy Their Boat
When rescuers arrived at the scene, they found both hulls of the men's 9-meter boat had been damaged after several shark attacks.
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Australian Sailor, Dog Rescued After 2 Months Stranded At Pacific Ocean
An Australian sailor and his dog have been rescued after two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish.
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2 Indian-Crewed Merchant Ships Stuck At China's Port For Months
Two Indian-crewed merchant ships carrying Australian coal have been stuck at Chinese ports for several months, union officials said Wednesday, with the sailors becoming the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
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SOS In The Sand Saves 3 Men Stranded On Tiny Pacific Island
Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a tiny island in the remote Western Pacific were rescued after Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant "SOS" they had scrawled on the beach, officials said.
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Australian Couple Finds Sailor's Love Letter In Bottle, Track Him Down. But...
A Queensland couple who found a love letter in a floating bottle managed, after a search of almost two months, to track down its author. However, this story does not have a happy ending.
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Search for Missing Indian Sailor in Australia Called Off
The search for an Indian sailor, who fell overboard from a Liberian-registered oil tanker on Sunday off the West Australian coast, has been called off, media reported on Tuesday.
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Claims 220 Australian Child Sailors Raped, Brutalised: Report
Allegations that 220 child sailors at an Australian navy training base were raped or brutalised in the 1980s are so serious they will be raised in a paper to parliament, a report said Monday.
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US ship which carried Laden's body arrives in Australia
A US supercarrier that took Osama bin Laden's body out to sea has reached the Western Australian port of Fremantle with 4,700 American sailors on board. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, deployed since November, have been aiding US forces in the Middle East as well as taking part in an exercise wi...
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Australian teen completes round-the-world sail
A 16-year-old Australian who spent seven months at sea in her pink yacht sailed across the finish line of her round-the-world journey Saturday, becoming the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted.Thousands of spectators erupted into cheers as Jessica Watson sailed into Sydney Harbour, the finale to an epic adventure in whi...
