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Haunting Titanic Newspaper Discovered In Wardrobe After 112 Years
The Titanic, famously touted as "practically unsinkable" before its maiden voyage, remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
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World War II Ship That Sank With 864 Soldiers On Board Found After 84 Years
Dubbed as Australia's "worst maritime disaster", the ship was torpedoed while it was travelling from Papua New Guinea to China's Hainan by a US submarine.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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ISRO's GPS Substitute To Warn Fishermen About Disasters, Maritime Borders
Fishermen can now be alerted about natural disasters and position of the International Maritime Boundary Line while they are at the sea using the NaVIC system, a home-grown GPS, a senior ISRO scientist said Friday.
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Titanic Will Have Visitors After More Than A Century As Private Dives To Begin
You may soon be able to glide along the deck of the Titanic which sank over 100 years ago, thanks to a company that will conduct private dives from next year at the 20th century's most famous maritime disaster wreck site.
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396 Confirmed Dead in China Ship Sinking
A total of 396 people have been confirmed dead after a cruise ship capsized in China, state media said, making it the country's worst shipping disaster in nearly 70 years.
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Mediterranean Migrants Could Surge to 500,000 This Year: International Maritime Organization Chief
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean could surge to 500,000 this year, with deaths at sea reaching thousands if no action is taken against the people who traffic them, the head of the UN's maritime agency warned .
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Hong Kong Captain Jailed for 8 Years Over Ferry Tragedy
A Hong Kong boat captain was today sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of 39 people in a 2012 ferry collision, the city's worst maritime disaster in nearly four decades.
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Hong Kong Captain Found Guilty of Manslaughter Over 2012 Ferry Tragedy
A Hong Kong boat captain was today found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 people in a 2012 ferry collision, the city's worst maritime disaster in nearly four decades.
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Malaysia, Indonesia to Seek Resolution of Sea Disputes
The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia on Friday pledged renewed efforts to resolve stubborn disputes over maritime borders that have long nagged at one of Southeast Asia's most important bilateral relationships.
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South Korea Court Sentences Ferry Operator Chief to 10 Years in Jail
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the head of the company that operated a ferry which capsized in April to 10 years in jail over his role in the country's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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China to Launch New Marine Surveillance Satellites
China today said it will launch a new "constellation" of marine surveillance satellites in 2019 to monitor ships, oil rigs and marine disasters, amidst a string of raging maritime disputes with its neighbours.
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Crew of Doomed South Korea Ferry Drank Beer While Awaiting Rescue: Media
Some crew of a ferry that capsized in April in South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 44 years drank beer while waiting for rescue, one of them told a court, in an admission likely to fuel anger at their conduct during the final moments of the mishap.
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South Korean Teens Tell How They Were Left to Escape Sinking Ferry
Six teenagers who survived South Korea's worst maritime disaster told on Monday how classmates helped them float free as water flooded their cabins.
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South Korean Ferry Mishap Toll Rises to 273
The toll rose to 273 Friday in one of South Korea's deadliest maritime disasters as divers searched the sunken Sewol ferry amid slower tidal currents.
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Haunting Titanic Newspaper Discovered In Wardrobe After 112 Years
The Titanic, famously touted as "practically unsinkable" before its maiden voyage, remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
-
World War II Ship That Sank With 864 Soldiers On Board Found After 84 Years
Dubbed as Australia's "worst maritime disaster", the ship was torpedoed while it was travelling from Papua New Guinea to China's Hainan by a US submarine.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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ISRO's GPS Substitute To Warn Fishermen About Disasters, Maritime Borders
Fishermen can now be alerted about natural disasters and position of the International Maritime Boundary Line while they are at the sea using the NaVIC system, a home-grown GPS, a senior ISRO scientist said Friday.
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Titanic Will Have Visitors After More Than A Century As Private Dives To Begin
You may soon be able to glide along the deck of the Titanic which sank over 100 years ago, thanks to a company that will conduct private dives from next year at the 20th century's most famous maritime disaster wreck site.
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396 Confirmed Dead in China Ship Sinking
A total of 396 people have been confirmed dead after a cruise ship capsized in China, state media said, making it the country's worst shipping disaster in nearly 70 years.
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Mediterranean Migrants Could Surge to 500,000 This Year: International Maritime Organization Chief
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean could surge to 500,000 this year, with deaths at sea reaching thousands if no action is taken against the people who traffic them, the head of the UN's maritime agency warned .
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Hong Kong Captain Jailed for 8 Years Over Ferry Tragedy
A Hong Kong boat captain was today sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of 39 people in a 2012 ferry collision, the city's worst maritime disaster in nearly four decades.
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Hong Kong Captain Found Guilty of Manslaughter Over 2012 Ferry Tragedy
A Hong Kong boat captain was today found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 people in a 2012 ferry collision, the city's worst maritime disaster in nearly four decades.
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Malaysia, Indonesia to Seek Resolution of Sea Disputes
The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia on Friday pledged renewed efforts to resolve stubborn disputes over maritime borders that have long nagged at one of Southeast Asia's most important bilateral relationships.
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South Korea Court Sentences Ferry Operator Chief to 10 Years in Jail
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the head of the company that operated a ferry which capsized in April to 10 years in jail over his role in the country's worst maritime disaster in decades.
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China to Launch New Marine Surveillance Satellites
China today said it will launch a new "constellation" of marine surveillance satellites in 2019 to monitor ships, oil rigs and marine disasters, amidst a string of raging maritime disputes with its neighbours.
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Crew of Doomed South Korea Ferry Drank Beer While Awaiting Rescue: Media
Some crew of a ferry that capsized in April in South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 44 years drank beer while waiting for rescue, one of them told a court, in an admission likely to fuel anger at their conduct during the final moments of the mishap.
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South Korean Teens Tell How They Were Left to Escape Sinking Ferry
Six teenagers who survived South Korea's worst maritime disaster told on Monday how classmates helped them float free as water flooded their cabins.
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South Korean Ferry Mishap Toll Rises to 273
The toll rose to 273 Friday in one of South Korea's deadliest maritime disasters as divers searched the sunken Sewol ferry amid slower tidal currents.
