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British Explorer Becomes First Person To Reach Point Nemo, The "Remotest" Place on Earth
Point Nemo is so remote that the nearest land is the Pitcairn Islands 2,688 kilometres away, while the nearest humans are astronauts in the International Space Station, 408 kilometres above, in low earth orbit.
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Sailor Recalls Attack By Killer Whales: "Threw Yacht Around Like Rag Doll"
Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family and belong to the suborder of toothed whales known as odontocetes.
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Royal Navy Sailors Help Dig Out World's Most Remote Post Office In Antarctica After Heavy Snowfall
Engineers say they used traditional naval ship damage control methods to stabilise the structure, such as wooden stakes and blocks.
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18 Indians Among 23 Sailors Aboard British Tanker Seized By Iran
Iran opened an investigation on Saturday into a British-flagged tanker it alleges collided with a fishing vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions mount in the strategic waterway. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it seized the Stena Impero on Friday for breaking "international maritime rules" in the strait, a chokepoint for around a th...
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British Golden Globe Sailor Rescued Near Chile Day After Yacht Dismasted
British Golden Globe Race sailor Susie Goodall was plucked from a stormy Southern Ocean by a Chinese ship on Friday, a day after her yacht was dismasted, rescuers told AFP.
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Chinese Ship Arrives To Rescue British Solo Yachtswoman In Pacific
A Chinese cargo ship has reached a British solo around-the-world sailor whose yacht was crippled in a ferocious storm as she crossed the Pacific, race organisers said Friday.
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The Fascinating Race That Left Indian Navy Sailor Stranded Near Australia
British sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone in 1969 onboard the Indian-built boat, Suhaili. To mark the 50th anniversary of the world's first solo non-stop circumnavigation in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Yacht Race, a new Golden Globe Race was conceived.
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Nuclear Sub Sailors Fired After Parties With Prostitute And Cocaine
The British sailors who spend their lives in submarines safeguarding the nation's nuclear missiles are, without hyperbole, contenders for the most important job in the world.
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Nuclear Submariners Test Positive For 'Cocaine', Get Sacked By British Navy
Britain's navy has fired nine sailors serving on a nuclear-armed submarine after they tested positive for using cocaine, the country's defence ministry said on Saturday.
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David Cameron Writes to PM Modi Seeking Release of Undertrial British Sailors
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has written to his PM Modi calling for the return of six British sailors held in India for more than two years on charges of illegal possession of a huge cache of weapons on their ship.
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Canada Charges 4 British Navy Sailors Over 'Gang Rape'
Canadian authorities charged four British Royal Navy sailors on Friday over the alleged gang rape of a woman at a military barracks in Halifax, home to Canada's Atlantic fleet.
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British Olympic Sailors Robbed in Rio
Two 2012 London Olympic silver medalists were chased by two men while walking back to their hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Flamengo beach, police said Thursday.
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Egypt sentences five foreigners to death over drugs
An Egyptian court official says five foreigners including a British sailor have been sentenced to death after being convicted of drug smuggling.
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Euro 2012: Ukraine's Euro dream goes back to British sailors
When the final of the European Championship kicks off in Kiev on July 1, it will be the high point in the history of Ukrainian football, more than a century after it was introduced to the country by a group of British sailors.
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British Explorer Becomes First Person To Reach Point Nemo, The "Remotest" Place on Earth
Point Nemo is so remote that the nearest land is the Pitcairn Islands 2,688 kilometres away, while the nearest humans are astronauts in the International Space Station, 408 kilometres above, in low earth orbit.
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Sailor Recalls Attack By Killer Whales: "Threw Yacht Around Like Rag Doll"
Orcas are the largest members of the dolphin family and belong to the suborder of toothed whales known as odontocetes.
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Royal Navy Sailors Help Dig Out World's Most Remote Post Office In Antarctica After Heavy Snowfall
Engineers say they used traditional naval ship damage control methods to stabilise the structure, such as wooden stakes and blocks.
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18 Indians Among 23 Sailors Aboard British Tanker Seized By Iran
Iran opened an investigation on Saturday into a British-flagged tanker it alleges collided with a fishing vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions mount in the strategic waterway. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it seized the Stena Impero on Friday for breaking "international maritime rules" in the strait, a chokepoint for around a th...
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British Golden Globe Sailor Rescued Near Chile Day After Yacht Dismasted
British Golden Globe Race sailor Susie Goodall was plucked from a stormy Southern Ocean by a Chinese ship on Friday, a day after her yacht was dismasted, rescuers told AFP.
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Chinese Ship Arrives To Rescue British Solo Yachtswoman In Pacific
A Chinese cargo ship has reached a British solo around-the-world sailor whose yacht was crippled in a ferocious storm as she crossed the Pacific, race organisers said Friday.
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The Fascinating Race That Left Indian Navy Sailor Stranded Near Australia
British sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone in 1969 onboard the Indian-built boat, Suhaili. To mark the 50th anniversary of the world's first solo non-stop circumnavigation in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Yacht Race, a new Golden Globe Race was conceived.
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Nuclear Sub Sailors Fired After Parties With Prostitute And Cocaine
The British sailors who spend their lives in submarines safeguarding the nation's nuclear missiles are, without hyperbole, contenders for the most important job in the world.
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Nuclear Submariners Test Positive For 'Cocaine', Get Sacked By British Navy
Britain's navy has fired nine sailors serving on a nuclear-armed submarine after they tested positive for using cocaine, the country's defence ministry said on Saturday.
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David Cameron Writes to PM Modi Seeking Release of Undertrial British Sailors
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has written to his PM Modi calling for the return of six British sailors held in India for more than two years on charges of illegal possession of a huge cache of weapons on their ship.
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Canada Charges 4 British Navy Sailors Over 'Gang Rape'
Canadian authorities charged four British Royal Navy sailors on Friday over the alleged gang rape of a woman at a military barracks in Halifax, home to Canada's Atlantic fleet.
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British Olympic Sailors Robbed in Rio
Two 2012 London Olympic silver medalists were chased by two men while walking back to their hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Flamengo beach, police said Thursday.
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Egypt sentences five foreigners to death over drugs
An Egyptian court official says five foreigners including a British sailor have been sentenced to death after being convicted of drug smuggling.
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Euro 2012: Ukraine's Euro dream goes back to British sailors
When the final of the European Championship kicks off in Kiev on July 1, it will be the high point in the history of Ukrainian football, more than a century after it was introduced to the country by a group of British sailors.
