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Missing Cargo Ship Arctic Sea Found

Russian navy has found the cargo ship Arctic Sea that went missing on July 30th. The crew is alive and unharmed, and have boarded a Russian anti-submarine ship, according to Russia's defence minister Anatoly...

created by Annina Bergman | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago
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Minister Baird announces Oshawa Port Authority

On May 21, 2009, Transport Minister John Baird announced his long-awaited decision about the future of the Oshawa Harbour: the Oshawa Harbour Commission is to become the Oshawa Port Authority. It is a surprising...

created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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Port Call - Key West

KEY WEST, FLORIDA - This is day two of a seven day travel report from the Disney Cruise Line Magic. After a great night of feeling the gentile movement of the Disney Cruise ship Magic we arrive at our first port...

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opinion by Jennings David L | 33 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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CANADA - Helicopter Crash off Eastern Coast

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Canada Helicopter Crash off Eastern Coast

See recent news on this Canadian helicopter tragedy - Newfoundland Helicopter Crash - Update. Update March 14th:Flags of provincial government buildings now fly at half-mast as the province mourns the 17...

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created by Blue Crush | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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Harper, Campbell make Evergreen Line funding announcement in BC

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and BC Premier Gordon Campbell announced today that there will be an Evergreen Skytrain Line to the Tri-cities area of Vancouver. Harper thinks that the new project will boost...

created by Amy Judd | 39 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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Man Nearly Crushed in Freak Train Accident

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Turkish Man Survives Truck, Train Collision

A Turkish Port worker says "life is really beautiful," after surviving a collision between a truck and a train with only minor injuries. "Dramatic CCTV captured the accident as Cem stood next to a railway...

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created by Blue Crush | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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How Washington could have helped the market at no cost to taxpayers

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B.C. government bails out Port Mann P3

There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday,...

created by mike_yvr | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Elderly Couple Missing from Carnival Cruise Ship

An elderly couple is missing from a Carnival Cruise ship that sails out of California and are "presumed to have gone overboard." "A statement released overnight by Carnival says the 90-year-old man and his...

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created by Blue Crush | 45 wks ago
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Dog drives vehicle into coffee house

Not a dog bites man story, but almost as good." A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee house. Suffolk County police said no one was injured in the...

created by mike_yvr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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QE2 runs aground on final voyage

The Queen Elizabeth II oceanliner from the UK is about to be put into retirement. But on its last voyage it ran into some trouble off the coast of Southhampton, becoming trapped on a sandbank. The boat is set to become a floating hotel in Dubai."It was hardly the most regal...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Irish police seize yacht with cocaine worth more than £500m

A yacht from Ireland was siezed this morning in a raid, and 700 million euros worth of cocain was found on board. The capture follows an investigation which was launched after one of the yachts in the smuggling ring overturned off the coast of Cork and dumped 62 bales of...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Storm lashes Bangladesh, thousands of houses damaged

The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has created a cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday afternoon. The tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early on Monday, damaging thousands of...

created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago
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What jaxport is not telling you?

In the last decade, cargo tonnage at JAXPORT has increased by more than 40 percent, with more than eight million tons of cargo shipped through the port in 2007, including nearly 800,000 containers (measured in 20...

opinion by diverdan363 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Hurricane death toll in Haiti passes 500 as floods recede

On Friday, one of our financial coordinators passed away. Her husband John Rigdon have been diligently translating the Bible to Creo for the Haitian people. Lorianne Rigdon was an essential part of Lakemont...

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created by politisite | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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US warship reaches Georgian port

"A US warship has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi carrying the first delivery of aid supplies by sea. Russian forces are still in control of the military port of Poti, to the north of Batumi, after Moscow withdrew most of its combat troops from the country. French...

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created by Babel-Fish | 1 year ago
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