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Demolition resumes on Georgia shipwreck after big fire

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Salvage crews on the coast of Georgia resumed sawing apart the remains of an overturned cargo ship Thursday nearly two weeks...

More than 100 missing, feared dead after Nigeria boat sinks

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LAGOS, Nigeria — More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after a boat with more than 165 passengers, including women and children,...

Indian navy searches for 78 missing from barge sunk by storm

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NEW DELHI — Indian navy ships and helicopters searched in extreme weather and rough seas Wednesday for 78 people still missing from a barge...

23 rescued from suspected smuggling boat off California

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Twenty-three people were rescued Monday from a suspected smuggling boat off the San Diego coast not far from where another vessel broke up a...

Damage assessment begins on overturned cargo ship after fire

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A salvage team on Saturday began assessing damage caused by a fire inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that...

Flames engulfing cargo ship’s remains off Georgia coast

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ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Fire burned Friday inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled on the Georgia coast. ...

Danes mull new probe of 1990 ferry fire that killed 159

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish lawmakers agreed Wednesday to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people,...

Iran rejects US claim that speedboats sparked encounter

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked...

UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya

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CAIRO — At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...

Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded

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CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground...