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| Jan.14 |
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Hurricane Alex forms, first January hurricane in decades. Portugal
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| Nov.21 |
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Brazil dam toxic mud reaches Atlantic via Rio Doce estuary
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| Sep.6 |
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Ambulance plane bound for Senegal with 7 on board goes missing in West Africa
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| May.31 |
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Weather threatens Pacific crossing attempt. Oceania
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| May.13 |
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MH370 search discovers uncharted shipwreck |
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| Apr.25 |
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Spain activates environmental alert as oil spill threatens vulnerable Canary beaches |
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| Apr.1 |
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Super Typhoon Maysak barrels toward the Philippines |
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| Jan.29 |
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Balloonists set new world distance record |
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| Jan.24 |
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 Indonesian rescuers try to lift fuselage of crashed AirAsia jetliner  Indonesian rescuers have managed to lift the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia jetliner near the surface before it sank to the ocean floor aga...
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| Jan.2 |
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2 large objects found in AirAsia wreckage hunt   Indonesia: Officials were hopeful they were honing in on the Flight 8501 after sonar equipment detected two large objects on the ocean floor
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More bodies of AirAsia Flight 8501 victims found Map of Pangkalan Bun Indonesia Indonesia: The investigation into the crash has turned to the ocean floor, with more sonar equipment and metal detectors deployed to scour the seabed for wreckage
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| Dec.25 |
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 Tsunami-hit nations mark anniversary Map of Banda Aceh Indonesia Aceh: A memorial has been held for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami - the first in a series of events marking a decade since the disaster
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| Dec.5 |
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Nasa’s Orion spaceship makes splashdown |
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| Oct.17 |
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 Hurricane Gonzalo slams Bermuda Gonzalo on Friday slammed the British territory of Bermuda in the North Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Ana is heading for the Hawaiian Islands
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| Oct.12 |
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Fay hits Bermuda, becomes hurricane in open waters |
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| Sep.25 |
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Obama creates vast Pacific Ocean marine reserve |
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| Jun.17 |
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Obama doubles global marine reserves |
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| May.27 |
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 Flight MH370: Malaysia releases raw satellite data The government has released the raw data used to determine that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight crashed into the Indian Ocean
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| May.23 |
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  US ship finds hull of missing yacht Global: The hull of the missing UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki has been found in the North Atlantic ocean by a US Navy warship, the US Coast Guard has said
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| May.19 |
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Antarctica's ice losses double
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| Apr.14 |
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First sub search for plane cut short. Western Australia
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| Mar.28 |
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Plane 'spots objects' in new area Western Australia: Five planes spot unidentified objects in a new area of the Indian Ocean being searched for missing flight MH370
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| Mar.24 |
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Flight MH370 'crashed in south Indian Ocean' - Malaysia PM | Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight. A text message sent to families by the airline. a text message sent to families by the airline saying it had to be assumed "beyond reasonable doubt" that the plane was lost and there were no survivors.
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| Mar.13 |
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 Search for missing jet heads west  Malaysia: Malaysian authorities expanded their hunt for a vanished airliner to the Indian Ocean, where a U.S. destroyer was expected to arrive soon
| U.S. believes the plane's data reporting system and transponder were shut down separately. That would indicate the plane did not disappear due to some kind of catastrophic failure
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| Nov.15 |
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Passenger 'falls' from small plane |
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| Oct.2 |
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New leak at Japan nuke plant due to tank overflow. Northern Japan
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| Jun.8 |
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Boat with up to 60 migrants sinks en route to Australia
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| May.10 |
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Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers. Sydney
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| May.6 |
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 Mercury link to Arctic fox decline Map of island of Mednyi Arctic| Scientists say that foxes in Arctic regions who feed on ocean prey are being exposed to dangerous levels of mercury | |
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Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'| The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report | |
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| Apr.28 |
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5 saved, 2 missing after balloon goes into Pacific  Peru: A hot-air tourist balloon has fallen into the ocean, and authorities have rescued five women while the craft's pilot and another man remain ...
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| Nov.25 |
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Antarctic marine wildlife is under threat  Antarctica: Marine snails in seas around Antarctica are being affected by ocean acidification, scientists have found | |
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| Sep.9 |
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Venezuela drops charges against U.S. crew Map of Maracaibo Venezuela| The crew of The Ocean Atlas, a cargo ship, held more than a week and accused of arms trafficking, is expected to set sail from Venezuela | |
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| Aug.21 |
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Caribbean could see hurricane by weekend Tropical Storm Isaac formed in the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward the Caribbean Sea on, and it could become a Category 1 hurricane by Thursday
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| Aug.14 |
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Hypersonic jet aims to hit Mach 6| USA: Hypersonic jet WaveRider is to undergo another test flight above the Pacific Ocean aiming to reach Mach 6 | |
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| Jul.10 |
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Emilia rages to Category 4 hurricane in Pacific| Oceania: Hurricane Emilia raged into to a Category 4 storm Tuesday, hurling 140 mph winds as it spun across the Pacific Ocean | |
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| Jun.14 |
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Tropical storm forms south of Mexican coast Map of Puerto Angel Mexico| Mexico: A tropical storm Carlotta formed in the Pacific Ocean is expected to reach hurricane strength before it gets to Mexico's southwestern coast | |
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| Mar.25 |
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Sub reaches Earth's deepest place. Micronesia
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| Feb.27 |
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Boat reaches stranded Costa ship. Seychelles
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| Jan.17 |
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Fliers panic over false crash alarm| London: British Airways is apologizing to passengers after a message announcing the Miam-London plane was about to make a landing in the ocean | |
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| Sep.4 |
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Katia could become major hurricane  Bahamas: Hurricane Katia continued to intensify as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean, spurring warnings about rip tides and fears | |
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| Sep.2 |
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Chile air force plane disappears
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| Aug.15 |
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Tropical Storm Gert nears Bermuda Gert has turned northward and is predicted to bring rain and tropical storm force wind to Bermuda before heading for the open Atlantic Ocean
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| Jul.23 |
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 Hurricane Dora weakens off coast| Mexico: Dora weakened to Category 1 strength as it continued to churn in the Pacific Ocean off the northwest coast of Mexico | |
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| May.1 |
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Air France crash 'memory unit' recovered. Northeastern Brazil
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| Apr.12 |
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Air France crash jet's tail found. Northeastern Brazil
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| Mar.30 |
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 High radiation levels found in seawater Map of Fukushima Japan| Northern Japan: Radioactive iodine at more than 3,000 times the regulatory limit has been found in ocean water near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant | |
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| Mar.22 |
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Japan tests food, seawater for radiation
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| Dec.21 |
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 Pirates hijack cargo ship in Indian Ocean  Somalia: At least four pirates, using two small boats and rocket-propelled grenades, boarded the MV Orna, a Panama-flagged merchant vessel
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| Dec.13 |
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 Search ends for S Korea fishermen  New Zealand: Search crews from New Zealand have called off the hunt for 17 missing fishermen from a South Korean trawler that sank in the Southern Ocean
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| Dec.8 |
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SpaceX craft finally launches Florida: The first commercial spacecraft, the Dragon, a craft developed by the company SpaceX, to return from a low-Earth orbit splashed into the oce...
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| Nov.26 |
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Search to resume for Air France 447| Paris: A new operation will begin next year to find the debris of the flight, which mysteriously crashed into the southern Atlantic Ocean last year | |
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| Oct.31 |
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Medvedev visit stokes Japan row. Russian Far East
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| Sep.12 |
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Hurricane Igor intensifies in Atlantic Ocean| Caribbean: Igor was packing maximum sustained winds of up to 105 mph. The center of the storm was about 1,145 miles east of the Leeward Islands | |
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| Sep.11 |
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Tropical Storm Igor to become hurricane Caribbean: As Tropical Storm Igor spins across the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters say the storm will probably strengthen and become a hurricane
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| Aug.25 |
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Tropical Storm Earl forms in Atlantic Ocean Caribbean: Tropical Depression 7 has intensified into Tropical Storm Earl. The storm poses no threat to land in the next five days
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| Jul.18 |
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Tsunami warning after Pacific quake. Papua New Guinea
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| Jun.12 |
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American teenage sailor rescued Global: Abby Sunderland who ran into problems trying to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world has been rescued in the Indian Ocean
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| Jun.10 |
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Teenage sailor in ocean distress. Australia
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| May.26 |
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 Gulf spill could foul Cuban waters A strong ocean flow called the Loop Current is dragging a portion of the oil slick toward the Florida straits
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| May.19 |
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 Oil spill 'enters Loop Current'| Louisiana: The first oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has entered an ocean current that could take it to Florida and up the east coast of the US | |
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| May.6 |
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Searchers zero in on Air France wreckage. Northeastern Brazil
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| Apr.5 |
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Korea ship reaches Somali pirates. Somalia
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| Mar.5 |
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  Pirates seize Norwegian tanker  Madagascar: Pirates have hijacked UBT Ocean off the coast of Madagascar and are steering the ship toward Somalia | |
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 French team destroys pirate boats  Seychelles: 28 pirates were taken into custody by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocea...
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| Feb.25 |
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Vast iceberg 'may disrupt ocean currents'  Antarctica: A vast iceberg - the size of Luxembourg - which broke off the Antarctic continent could disrupt the world's ocean currents and weather patterns
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| Oct.20 |
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China ups rescue effort for hijacked ship. East Africa
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| Sep.23 |
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Mexican smugglers use Pacific| Mexico: Mexican smugglers trying to find new routes into the U.S. are turning increasingly to the Pacific Ocean for a short sail to the California coast | |
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| Sep.21 |
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  L. American cartels expand to West Africa Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area
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| Aug.23 |
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Girl dies after wave knocks her into ocean Map of Acadia National Park USA| New England: A 7-year-old girl died after a large ocean wave kicked up by Hurricane Bill knocked her and two other people into the Atlantic off Maine | |
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| Aug.18 |
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Bill becomes Category 3 hurricane| Caribbean: Hurricane, with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph. churned in the Atlantic Ocean toward the west-northwest as a major Category 3 hurricane | |
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| Jul.1 |
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Teen plane survivor recovers in hospital  Comoros: The father of a girl who remarkably survived a plane crash has described how his daughter was ejected from the plane into the Indian Ocean
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France reverses 'black box' claim
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| Jun.30 |
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 Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash Comoros: A massive rescue effort was under way after a young child was found among the wreckage of a downed Yemeni jet off the coast of Comoros
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France 'banned Yemen crash plane'. Paris
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| Jun.29 |
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Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard| Comoros: A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros. The Airbus 310 was operated by the state carrier Ye... | |
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| Jun.19 |
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Air France bodies had broken bones| Paris: At least some of the bodies recovered had broken bones, evidence that suggests the flight broke apart before hitting the ocean | |
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| Jun.9 |
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41 bodies recovered from Air France crash. Northeastern Brazil
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| Jun.8 |
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More bodies found from Air France crash. Northeastern Brazil
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| Jun.6 |
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 Pirates release tugboat held 10 months| Somalia: Somali pirates freed Yenegoa Ocean, a Nigerian tugboat, and the Dutch navy frigate De Zeven Provincien was escorting it to a safe harbor | |
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| Jun.4 |
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 Air France jet crash debris retrieved  Brazil: The Brazilian navy began retrieving debris from a jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with 228 people onboard | |
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Mystery grows over plane crash  Brazil: Conflicting reports emerged about what caused an Air France jet carrying 228 people into the Atlantic Ocean as the hunt for evidence intensified | |
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| Jun.3 |
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Brazil navy arrives in ocean zone| The hunt for clues as to the fate of an Air France jet lost in a storm has intensified with the arrival of the first Brazilian navy vessel | |
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| Jun.2 |
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Plane searchers spot ocean debris. Brazil
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| Jun.1 |
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Atlantic searched for lost plane. Brazil
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| May.2 |
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  Pirates hijack UK ship in Indian Ocean  Seychelles: Pirates hijacked a British-owned bulk carrier, but NATO forces stopped an attack on another vessel in the Gulf of Aden hours earlier | |
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| Mar.9 |
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Freighter in collision may have sunk Japan: South Korean freighter Orchid Pia with 16 crew members aboard may have sunk after colliding with a second freighter in the Pacific Ocean
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| Feb.16 |
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British, French nuclear submarines collide United Kingdom: A British Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard and its French Le Triomphant collided while on operations in the Atlantic Ocean
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| Feb.6 |
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Pilot saves 5 after ditching plane in sea. Australia
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| Nov.17 |
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Hijacked oil tanker nears Somalia The Sirius Star, a giant Saudi tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean, is nearing the coast of Somalia
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Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker. Kenya
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| May.31 |
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6.4 earthquake hit Pacific Ocean Map of Basco Philippines  Philippines: The quake hit off the northern Philippines and was felt as far as southeastern Taiwan. The epicenter was about 80 kilometers west of Basco | |
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| Apr.22 |
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Balloon priest still missing at sea| Sao Paulo: Rescuers reached a cluster of brightly colored party balloons floating in the ocean but did not find Rev. Adelir Antonio di Carli | |
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| Feb.26 |
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Eskimo village sues over global warming Alaska: A village eroding into the Arctic Ocean sued two dozen oil, power and coal companies , claiming that the warming threatens the community's e...
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| Sep.20 |
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Arctic seabed 'belongs to Russia' A Russian expedition 'has proved' that a ridge of mountains below the Arctic Ocean is part of Russia's continental shelf
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| May.17 |
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Polar ocean 'soaking up less CO2'. Antarctica
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| May.4 |
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S Pacific to stop bottom trawling  Chile: South Pacific nations have agreed that the ocean will be protected from fishing boats which drag heavy nets across the sea floor | |
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| Jun.28 |
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Asia tsunami warning system ready Tsunami Disaster: Unesco: A system covering the Indian Ocean region is now up and running
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| May.17 |
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Second quake strikes near Tonga| 5.9 earthquake hit about 6 miles below the ocean about 90 miles east-northeast of main center of Nuku'alofa | |
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| May.16 |
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Pacific states hold tsunami test |
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| Jan.22 |
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US navy captures 'pirates'  Somalia: USS Winston S Churchill captured a number of suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia | |
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| Dec.26 |
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Siren's wail marks tsunami moment Aceh: A siren followed by a minute of silence marked the moment a year ago when the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed ashore
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| Nov.30 |
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Ocean changes to cool Europe| European Union: Changes to currents in the Atlantic may cool European weather within a few decades | |
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| Oct.8 |
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Europe ice mission lost in ocean| European Union: The European Space Agency ice mission Cryosat has been lost off the Russian coast | |
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| Aug.17 |
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 104 people missing off Colombia| A boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized and sank in rough waters in the Pacific Ocean. Only 9 survivors found | |
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| Aug.3 |
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Tropical Storm Harvey nears Bermuda Harvey has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and should move over Bermuda
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| Apr.21 |
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Glaciers show retreat Antarctica: A study shows nearly 90% of the ice bodies streaming down from the mountains to the ocean are losing mass
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| Jan.9 |
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 Powell looks to tsunami long haul| Washington: The outgoing US secretary of state has said he will tell Bush that U.S. should provide long-term aid to the Indian Ocean | |
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| Jan.6 |
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Summit approves tsunami warning. Indonesia
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| Jan.5 |
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Annan appealed for $977 million in relief |
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| Dec.31 |
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US pledges $350m in tsunami aid. Washington
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| Dec.29 |
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US forms quake relief coalition Washington: The US, Australia, Japan and India have formed a coalition to lead aid efforts after the Indian Ocean sea surges
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| Mar.27 |
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Rare hurricane stirs South Atlantic| Brazil: It's the first since 1966 a hurricane-strength storm in the South Atlantic Ocean | |
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| Jan.8 |
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 Queen names luxury ocean liner| England: Elizabeth has named a new $800 million cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship of its type ever built | |
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| Nov.6 |
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Weak El Nino brewing in Pacific Ocean| Oceania: The sea-surface temperature conditions characterized as a weak or borderline El Nino by the end of November | |
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| Dec.10 |
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 Scud missile ship seized Yemen: 12 missiles were found aboard unflagged ship, called the So San, that stopped in the Indian Ocean by a Spanish frigate
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| Dec.12 |
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US bomber crashes in Indian Ocean| USA: B-1 bomber has crashed 30 miles north of the Diego Garcia. All 4 rescued | |
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| Nov.25 |
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Ehime Maru laid to rest| Hawaii: The wreck of a Japanese fisheries vessel has been laid to rest on the bed of the Pacific Ocean | |
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| Feb.11 |
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Hopes fade for ship survivors Hawaii: Rescuers searched the Pacific Ocean for survivors of a Japanese fishing research vessel
before year 2000
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| Oct. 15, 1522 |
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 Hernan Cortes named governor of New Spain| Mexico: King Charles appointed Cortés as governor, captain general and chief justice of the conquered territory, dubbed 'New Spain of the Ocean Sea' | |
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Vasco da Gama leaves Portugal to find way to India Map of Lisbon Portugal| He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route | |
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