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Iran Briefly Seizes 2 US Navy Drone Vessels In Red Sea: Report
An Iranian naval flotilla briefly seized two American military unmanned research vessels in the Red Sea before releasing them, Iranian state media reported on Friday.
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Iranian Fuel Reaches Venezuelan Stations As Prices Set To Rise
Fuel shipped from Iran began arriving at Venezuela's gasoline stations on Saturday, just hours before President Nicolas Maduro announced higher prices at the pump that are set to end more than two decades of almost-free gasoline. As authorities in the country with the world's cheapest gasoline got ready to expand retail sales under a system combini...
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Thousands Gather For Glimpse Of Thai King At Final Coronation Event
Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok's Chao Phraya river as part of a 52-barge flotilla on Thursday, marking the final event of his coronation.
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Plane Ditches Into Lagoon, Passengers Swim For Their Lives
Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking.
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Dunkirk-Style Evacuation As Vanuatu Volcano Pollutes Drinking Water
Vanuatu has launched a Dunkirk-style evacuation on the northern island of Ambae as a flotilla of boats rescues islanders from an erupting volcano that has polluted many of the island's sources of drinking water.
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China's First Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Holds Drills In South China Sea
China continued to flex its muscles in the South China Sea, with its first aircraft carrier conducting exercises in the disputed area with a flotilla of naval ships amid tensions with the US following President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call to the Taiwanese president.
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Taiwan Warns Of Growing Threats From China
Taiwan's defence minister warned on Tuesday that threats from China were growing daily after Beijing's aircraft carrier and a flotilla of other warships passed south of the island in an exercise as tensions grow.
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Women-Led Flotilla Sails From Barcelona To Break Gaza Blockade
Some 20 women of different nationalities set sail for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona on Wednesday evening, in the latest attempt to break a crippling blockade imposed by Israel.
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Israel Deports Tunisia Ex-President After Halting Gaza Bid
Israel has deported Tunisian ex-president Moncef Marzouki and European parliament member Ana Miranda after they took part in a flotilla seeking to defy its Gaza blockade, an official said.
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Israel Blocks Foreign Activist Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Israeli forces boarded a boat leading a protest flotilla of foreign activists to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the Israeli military said.
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Israel Navy Seizes Ship Seeking to Break Gaza Blockade: Army
Israeli naval forces boarded and took over an activist vessel seeking to break the Gaza blockade, and were escorting it to an Israeli port early today, the military said, saying that the navy did not use force.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused an outrage today among the country's political class.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused outrage today among the country's political class.
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Iran Moves Ships, Reducing Tensions Near Yemen: Ash Carter
A flotilla of nine Iranian military and cargo ships that U.S. officials feared was carrying arms to strife-torn Yemen sailed northeast in the direction of Iran on Friday, a move the Pentagon said helped to ease U.S. concerns.
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Iranian Flotilla a 'Factor' in Warship Deployment Off Yemen: Pentagon
The Pentagon said on Tuesday the presence of a large convoy of Iranian cargo ships in the Arabian Sea was one factor in the US decision to deploy additional warships in the waters off war-torn Yemen but was not the primary reason for the move.
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Iran Briefly Seizes 2 US Navy Drone Vessels In Red Sea: Report
An Iranian naval flotilla briefly seized two American military unmanned research vessels in the Red Sea before releasing them, Iranian state media reported on Friday.
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Iranian Fuel Reaches Venezuelan Stations As Prices Set To Rise
Fuel shipped from Iran began arriving at Venezuela's gasoline stations on Saturday, just hours before President Nicolas Maduro announced higher prices at the pump that are set to end more than two decades of almost-free gasoline. As authorities in the country with the world's cheapest gasoline got ready to expand retail sales under a system combini...
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Thousands Gather For Glimpse Of Thai King At Final Coronation Event
Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok's Chao Phraya river as part of a 52-barge flotilla on Thursday, marking the final event of his coronation.
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Plane Ditches Into Lagoon, Passengers Swim For Their Lives
Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking.
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Dunkirk-Style Evacuation As Vanuatu Volcano Pollutes Drinking Water
Vanuatu has launched a Dunkirk-style evacuation on the northern island of Ambae as a flotilla of boats rescues islanders from an erupting volcano that has polluted many of the island's sources of drinking water.
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China's First Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Holds Drills In South China Sea
China continued to flex its muscles in the South China Sea, with its first aircraft carrier conducting exercises in the disputed area with a flotilla of naval ships amid tensions with the US following President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call to the Taiwanese president.
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Taiwan Warns Of Growing Threats From China
Taiwan's defence minister warned on Tuesday that threats from China were growing daily after Beijing's aircraft carrier and a flotilla of other warships passed south of the island in an exercise as tensions grow.
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Women-Led Flotilla Sails From Barcelona To Break Gaza Blockade
Some 20 women of different nationalities set sail for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona on Wednesday evening, in the latest attempt to break a crippling blockade imposed by Israel.
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Israel Deports Tunisia Ex-President After Halting Gaza Bid
Israel has deported Tunisian ex-president Moncef Marzouki and European parliament member Ana Miranda after they took part in a flotilla seeking to defy its Gaza blockade, an official said.
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Israel Blocks Foreign Activist Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Israeli forces boarded a boat leading a protest flotilla of foreign activists to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the Israeli military said.
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Israel Navy Seizes Ship Seeking to Break Gaza Blockade: Army
Israeli naval forces boarded and took over an activist vessel seeking to break the Gaza blockade, and were escorting it to an Israeli port early today, the military said, saying that the navy did not use force.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused an outrage today among the country's political class.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused outrage today among the country's political class.
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Iran Moves Ships, Reducing Tensions Near Yemen: Ash Carter
A flotilla of nine Iranian military and cargo ships that U.S. officials feared was carrying arms to strife-torn Yemen sailed northeast in the direction of Iran on Friday, a move the Pentagon said helped to ease U.S. concerns.
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Iranian Flotilla a 'Factor' in Warship Deployment Off Yemen: Pentagon
The Pentagon said on Tuesday the presence of a large convoy of Iranian cargo ships in the Arabian Sea was one factor in the US decision to deploy additional warships in the waters off war-torn Yemen but was not the primary reason for the move.
