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Shipwreck Off Kenya's Coast Could Be Galleon Linked to Vasco da Gama's Final Voyage
An international team of archaeologists is investigating a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Malindi, Kenya, which may be the remains of the São Jorge, a Portuguese galleon linked to Vasco da Gama's final voyage. The wreck, found in 2013, lies on a coral reef approximately 500 meters from the shore and is believed to have sunk over 500 years a...
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Pilot And Dog Swim To The Shore After Surviving Plane Crash Off California Coast
The duo survived the initial crash and swam the 150 to 200 yards to shore.
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1,000-Pound Great White Shark Ironbound Spotted Near US East Coast
A 1,000-pound white shark, known as Ironbound, has been recorded swimming off the New Jersey shore.
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Madagascar Minister Swims 12 Hours To Shore After Deadly Helicopter Crash
A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum some 12 hours to shore Tuesday after their helicopter crashed off the island's northeastern coast, authorities said.
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4 Bodies Wash Ashore In Gujarat; Cops Say May Be Victims Of Sunken Barge
At least four bodies were on Saturday found on the shore of the Arabian sea in Gujarat's Valsad district which the police suspect could be some of the missing victims of the barge P 305 that had sunk off the Mumbai coast in cyclone Tauktae on Monday,
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Bad News For Pak PM Imran Khan, No Oil And Gas Reserves Found Off Shore
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's dream of the cash-strapped country becoming self-sufficient in oil has been dashed after no reserves were discovered in the Arabian Sea off the Karachi coast, media reports said Sunday.
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Lost Sea Creatures Wash Up On California Shores As Climate Shifts
The Pacific Ocean off the California coast is mixed up, and so are many of the animals that live there.
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Towering, Unreal 'Mushroom Cloud' In Alabama Is A Textbook Summer Storm
A towering thundershower shot up off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on July 17, 2016. Rick Geiss was sitting on the beach in front of his condominium at Crystal Shores West when he snapped a photo with his iPhone.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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'I Thought This Was It': He Swam Miles As Huge Shark Stalked Him
A diver separated from his boat off the coast of Australia said Sunday he was lucky to be alive after being forced to swim miles back to shore, shadowed by a large tiger shark.
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Casino Ship Hits Sandbar In Goa, 4 Crew Members Rescued
The Indian Coast Guard rescued four crew members from an off shore casino vessel which got stuck on a sandbar off Miramar beach near Panaji.
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Somali Pirates Hijack Indian Commercial Ship That Departed Dubai: Report
Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years of inactivity by pirates, industry and security sources said on Monday to news agency Reuters.
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As Machines Fail, Chennai Fights Manually To Clear Oil Spill
Five days after two ships collided off the Chennai shore, leading to a massive oil spill, the much-hyped super sucker machines have failed to pump out the sludge. Now, hundreds of Coast Guard personnel and volunteers have taken it upon themselves to manually clear the near 20 tonnes of oil spill.
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Australia Sights First Asylum Vessel in 2 Years Off West Coast: Report
A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia's remote west coast today, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, the first sighting of a boat carrying would-be refugees close to shore in two years.
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Canadian Coast Guard Reaches Drifting Russian Container Ship
The Canadian coast guard on Friday reached a fuel-laden Russian container ship that was dangerously adrift off the Pacific shore and threatening to cause an environmental catastrophe.
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Shipwreck Off Kenya's Coast Could Be Galleon Linked to Vasco da Gama's Final Voyage
An international team of archaeologists is investigating a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Malindi, Kenya, which may be the remains of the São Jorge, a Portuguese galleon linked to Vasco da Gama's final voyage. The wreck, found in 2013, lies on a coral reef approximately 500 meters from the shore and is believed to have sunk over 500 years a...
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Pilot And Dog Swim To The Shore After Surviving Plane Crash Off California Coast
The duo survived the initial crash and swam the 150 to 200 yards to shore.
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1,000-Pound Great White Shark Ironbound Spotted Near US East Coast
A 1,000-pound white shark, known as Ironbound, has been recorded swimming off the New Jersey shore.
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Madagascar Minister Swims 12 Hours To Shore After Deadly Helicopter Crash
A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum some 12 hours to shore Tuesday after their helicopter crashed off the island's northeastern coast, authorities said.
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4 Bodies Wash Ashore In Gujarat; Cops Say May Be Victims Of Sunken Barge
At least four bodies were on Saturday found on the shore of the Arabian sea in Gujarat's Valsad district which the police suspect could be some of the missing victims of the barge P 305 that had sunk off the Mumbai coast in cyclone Tauktae on Monday,
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Bad News For Pak PM Imran Khan, No Oil And Gas Reserves Found Off Shore
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's dream of the cash-strapped country becoming self-sufficient in oil has been dashed after no reserves were discovered in the Arabian Sea off the Karachi coast, media reports said Sunday.
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Lost Sea Creatures Wash Up On California Shores As Climate Shifts
The Pacific Ocean off the California coast is mixed up, and so are many of the animals that live there.
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Towering, Unreal 'Mushroom Cloud' In Alabama Is A Textbook Summer Storm
A towering thundershower shot up off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on July 17, 2016. Rick Geiss was sitting on the beach in front of his condominium at Crystal Shores West when he snapped a photo with his iPhone.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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'I Thought This Was It': He Swam Miles As Huge Shark Stalked Him
A diver separated from his boat off the coast of Australia said Sunday he was lucky to be alive after being forced to swim miles back to shore, shadowed by a large tiger shark.
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Casino Ship Hits Sandbar In Goa, 4 Crew Members Rescued
The Indian Coast Guard rescued four crew members from an off shore casino vessel which got stuck on a sandbar off Miramar beach near Panaji.
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Somali Pirates Hijack Indian Commercial Ship That Departed Dubai: Report
Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years of inactivity by pirates, industry and security sources said on Monday to news agency Reuters.
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As Machines Fail, Chennai Fights Manually To Clear Oil Spill
Five days after two ships collided off the Chennai shore, leading to a massive oil spill, the much-hyped super sucker machines have failed to pump out the sludge. Now, hundreds of Coast Guard personnel and volunteers have taken it upon themselves to manually clear the near 20 tonnes of oil spill.
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Australia Sights First Asylum Vessel in 2 Years Off West Coast: Report
A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia's remote west coast today, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, the first sighting of a boat carrying would-be refugees close to shore in two years.
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Canadian Coast Guard Reaches Drifting Russian Container Ship
The Canadian coast guard on Friday reached a fuel-laden Russian container ship that was dangerously adrift off the Pacific shore and threatening to cause an environmental catastrophe.
