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| Fri. |
Puerto Rico |
US Coast Guard repatriates 16 Cubans rescued from boat
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| Thu. |
Japan |
U.S. naval ship grounded off Japanese coast
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| Jan. 15 |
China |
Boat sinks on China's Yangtze River, leaving 20 missing
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| Jan. 14 |
Australia |
Great white shark closes beaches at the Australian city |
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| Jan. 13 |
Yucatan |
Man falls from one cruise ship, is rescued by another |
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| Jan. 8 |
Costa Rica |
4 dead in tourist catamaran wreck off Costa Rica |
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| Jan. 4 |
Vietnam |
Bodies of sunken Norwegian ship's captain, deputy identified |
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Scotland |
8 missing after cargo ship capsizes off Scotland |
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| Jan. 3 |
England |
Cargo ship aground off southern England |
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Southern Italy |
Heat, smoke delay search of Greek ferry for bodies |
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Vietnam |
Many feared dead after cargo ship sinks off Vietnam |
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| Jan. 2 |
Southern Italy |
Abandoned migrant ship Ezadeen reaches Italy
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| Jan. 1 |
Southern Italy |
Bid to save second abandoned migrant ship off Italian coast
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Southern Italy |
Italy rescuing more migrants in Mediterranean |
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| Dec. 30 |
 Southern Italy |
Italy takes over 'migrant ship' after distress scare 
Map of Gallipoli Italy| Rescuers from the Italian navy and coast guard have taken control of a cargo ship Blue Sky M thought to be carrying hundreds of migrants | |
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| Dec. 29 |
Greece |
Italy ferry death toll rises to 10
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| Dec. 28 |
Greece |
Scores await rescue from Italy ferry |
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 Greece |
Italy ferry fire: Evacuation hampered by winds 
Map of Corfu Greece One person died while attempting to escape a blazing ferry stranded in the Adriatic Sea. Gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation
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| Dec.14 |
Congo |
129 drown after boat sinks on lake |
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| Dec.7 |
Yemen |
African migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, 70 dead
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| Nov.10 |
 South Korea |
Ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in jail Map of Gwangju South Korea Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
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| Nov.3 |
Northern Italy |
Workers find last body while dismantling Concordia ship |
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| Oct.19 |
Sweden |
Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden
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| Oct.17 |
Western Canada |
Container ship towed away from Canadian coast
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| Sep.15 |
 Malta |
500 feared dead after boat sunk off Malta coast| 2 heavily loaded boats were wrecked in the past week, possibly killing 700 people fleeing Africa for Europe | |
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| Sep.13 |
Southern Philippines |
Rescue on for dozens aboard listing Filipino ferry
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| Aug.16 |
London |
Man dies after 35 found in container |
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| Jul.27 |
Paris |
Nibali seals Tour de France win |
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Northern Italy |
Costa Concordia makes final voyage
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| Jul.22 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia to be towed away to Genoa for scrap |
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| Jul.19 |
Malta |
400 migrants rescued near Malta; 19 dead |
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| Jul.14 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia: Wrecked cruise ship floating again |
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| Jun.17 |
Malaysia |
Malaysia boat capsizes, dozens missing |
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| May.26 |
Vietnam |
Vietnam boat sinks after collision |
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| May.23 |
Global |
US ship finds hull of missing yacht
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| May.18 |
South Korea |
S Korea to break up coast guard |
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| May.14 |
South Korea |
South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter |
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| May.13 |
Haiti |
Christopher Columbus's Santa Maria wreck 'found' |
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| May.4 |
South Korea |
South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242 |
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| Apr.27 |
South Korea |
South Korean PM resigns over ferry |
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| Apr.25 |
South Korea |
Divers find cabins crammed with bodies inside sunken ferry
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| Apr.21 |
South Korea |
South Korea ferry toll passes 100 |
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| Apr.20 |
South Korea |
S Korea leader condemns ferry crew |
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South Korea |
Ferry transcript reveals crew panic |
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| Apr.19 |
South Korea |
Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue |
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South Korea |
Mate steering doomed ferry navigating waters for first time |
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South Korea |
'Two months' for Korea ferry salvage |
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| Apr.18 |
South Korea |
‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay |
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South Korea |
Ferry disaster captain arrested Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for Lee Joon-seok, 69, the captain of the ferry that sank
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South Korea |
Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish |
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| Apr.17 |
South Korea |
Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm' |
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South Korea |
Weather hampers S Korea ferry search |
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| Apr.16 |
South Korea |
S Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 people sank
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South Korea |
Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck |
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| Apr.15 |
South Korea |
South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Map of Gwanmae South Korea| Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea. The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
An armada of small boats motoring right up beside... | |
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| Apr.11 |
Southern Italy |
Italy's navy rescues 6,000 migrants in just four days, U.N. says |
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| Mar.10 |
Beijing |
China urges Malaysia to intensify search for flight MH370 |
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| Feb.14 |
Bali |
1 dead, 6 Japanese divers missing in Indonesia |
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| Feb.6 |
Sicily |
More than 1,100 asylum seekers rescued off Italian coast |
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| Feb.2 |
Micronesia |
Mexico Pacific castaway begs to return |
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| Jan.7 |
Antarctica |
Antarctic ships escape from ice trap |
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| Jan.4 |
Antarctica |
Coast Guard ship to attempt to rescue 2 icebreakers in Antarctica |
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| Jan.3 |
Antarctica |
Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice'
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| Jan.2 |
Antarctica |
All 52 passengers rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice
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| Dec.25 |
 Antarctica |
Russian ship stuck in ice near Antarctica Map of Dumont D%27Urville Antarctica The polar expedition ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 people aboard, got trapped in ice and is waiting for other ships for ice-breaking
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| Oct.13 |
Southern Italy |
Italy steps up migrant boat patrols |
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| Oct.11 |
Malta |
Migrant boat capsize leaves 27 dead in Mediterranean |
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| Oct.3 |
Southern Italy |
Hundreds feared dead in Italy shipwreck Map of Lampedusa Italy| At least 130 African migrants have died and many more are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Most of those on board wer... | |
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| Sep.26 |
Italy |
Human remains found on wrecked Costa Concordia |
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| Sep.16 |
Italy |
Costa Concordia ship set upright Map of Giglio Italy Engineers in Italy have succeeded in setting the cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio
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| Aug.16 |
Southern Philippines |
Ferry sinks after collision off Philippines
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| Aug.13 |
 Mumbai |
Indian submarine hit by explosion At least 18 sailors are feared to be trapped on board an Indian submarine that caught fire after an explosion in a Mumbai dockyard
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| Aug.11 |
Philippines |
Typhoon batters Philippines; 23 fishermen missing
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| Jul.20 |
Italy |
Italian court convicts 5 for Costa Concordia |
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| May.27 |
Bahamas |
Cruise halted in Bahamas after fire |
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| May.9 |
Sydney |
2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast
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| Feb.14 |
 Alabama |
Crippled cruise ship reaches land The Carnival Triumph with more than 4,000 people aboard has reached land, four days after an engine fire knocked out the vessel's power
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| Oct.1 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong boat collision kills 36
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| Jun.21 |
Australia |
Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia
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| Apr.5 |
Alaska |
US Coast Guard sinks tsunami 'ghost ship' The US Coast Guard has used cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami
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| Feb.29 |
Seychelles |
Stricken vessel nears dock in Seychelles |
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| Feb.2 |
 Papua New Guinea |
More than 200 rescued after ferry sinks The Australian authorities have been helping Papua New Guinea with rescue efforts after the ship, the MV Rabaul Queen, sank off Cape Fortifi...
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| Jan.18 |
Italy |
Hope fades as search is suspended |
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| Jan.17 |
Italy |
Cruise captain under house arrest |
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Italy |
Five bodies found in cruise wreck |
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| Jan.14 |
Italy |
S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship |
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| Jan.13 |
Italy |
Cruise ship runs aground in Italy Map of Giglio island Italy| At least six people are reported dead after the Costa Concordia carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy. The ship hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island and listed about 2... | |
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| Dec.29 |
Russia |
Nuclear submarine in dock fire |
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| Oct.10 |
New Zealand |
NZ ship oil spill 'significant' |
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| Sep.10 |
Tanzania |
Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks |
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| Jul.10 |
Volga Region |
Cruise ship sinks with 182 aboard A cruise ship carrying 182 people sank in Russia's Volga River, leaving at least one person dead and large numbers missing
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| Apr.6 |
Malta |
150 missing after boat capsizes off Italy |
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| Jan.3 |
Yemen |
80 African migrants feared drowned |
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| Dec.19 |
Australia |
Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck |
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| Dec.14 |
Australia |
'Many drown' in asylum shipwreck
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| Dec.12 |
Antarctica |
S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing |
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| Dec.5 |
Sinai |
Egypt shark attack kills German |
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| Nov.25 |
Fiji |
Boys found alive after 50 days at sea |
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| Nov.10 |
San Diego |
Passengers: Cruise ship isn't 'splendid' |
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| Jun.12 |
Global |
American teenage sailor rescued |
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| Apr.3 |
Queensland |
Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef |
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| Mar.26 |
South Korea |
South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea
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| Jan.11 |
 Sulawesi |
Ferry disaster leaves 246 missing 21 have been rescued. Rescue crews continued their search for the missing a day after The Teratai Prima capsized off the coast of Majena
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| Dec.4 |
Antarctica |
Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast |
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| Jun.21 |
Philippines |
Ferry hit by typhoon
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| Nov.23 |
Antarctica |
Sinking ship 'struck iceberg'
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| Nov.11 |
Russia |
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing
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| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
'Ghost yacht' found
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| Apr.5 |
Greece |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship |
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| Dec.29 |
Indonesia |
Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing A ferry carrying around 850 passengers was travelling from Semarang in Central Java to the port of Kumai in Kalimantan
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| Mar.30 |
Bahrain |
Ferry sinks carrying 150 people |
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| Feb.3 |
 Egypt |
Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
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| Nov.5 |
Somalia |
Cruise ship repels pirates
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| Aug.6 |
Russian Far East |
Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe
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| Jul.9 |
Bangladesh |
500 feared dead in ferry tragedy |
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| Nov.19 |
Spain |
Tanker sank spilling oil |
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| Oct.6 |
Yemen |
French tanker explodes |
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| Sep.27 |
 Senegal |
1,800 people died as ferry sinks The Atlantic Ocean ferry Joola carrying almost 800 passengers and crew has sunk in a fierce storm
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| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide Submarine accidentally hit and sank fishing school vessel. 9 people missing
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| Aug.12 |
 Arctic |
Kursk submarine went down All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank
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