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Pre-Olympic sailors embark on Rio warmup
AFP, Published on 16/08/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The world's best racing sailors dueled each other, tricky winds, currents -- and floating garbage -- on Rio's iconic Guanabara Bay in a warmup Saturday for next year's Olympics.
At least 40 migrants 'suffocated' in hold of boat off Italy
AFP, Published on 15/08/2015
» ROME - More than 40 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Saturday, the Italian navy said, after apparently suffocating below deck on the boat taking them to Europe.
At least 40 migrants 'suffocated' in boat off Italy
AFP, Published on 15/08/2015
» More than 40 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Saturday, the Italian navy said, after apparently suffocating below deck on the boat taking them to Europe.
For Rio's Olympic sailors, it's not safe to go in the water
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Here’s a piece of advice for sailors at next year's Rio Olympics: think twice before leaping into the water to celebrate the end of a race.
Weather wrecks America's Cup series racing
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» PORTSMOUTH (UNITED KINGDOM) - The form book that predicted Ben Ainslie as the skipper most likely to win the first Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series was played out with unerring accuracy when his team Landrover BAR was crowned Portsmouth champions after the final day of racing had to be abandoned.
Two more vessels sink in monsoon seas off Phuket
Achadtaya Chuenniran, Published on 08/07/2015
» A Cambodian-registered container ship and a fishing boat sank in rough seas off Phuket on Wednesday morning, but the navy saved both crews.
Philippine ferry may have been overloaded, death toll rises to 61
AFP, Published on 05/07/2015
» ORMOC CITY, PHILIPPINES - The death toll from a ferry that capsized in the central Philippines has risen to 61, the coast guard said Sunday, indicating that the vessel was overloaded.
Murder charges in Philippine ferry tragedy
AFP, Published on 04/07/2015
» MANILA — Philippine police have filed murder charges against the owner and crew of a passenger ferry that capsized and left 56 dead, an official said Saturday.
Overloading eyed in Philippine ferry capsize: official
AFP, Published on 04/07/2015
» MANILA - Overloading of cargo and passengers might have been to blame for a Philippine ferry disaster which left dozens dead, an official said Saturday, and a government investigation is now underway.
Death toll in China cruise ship sinking rises to 331: Xinhua
AFP, Published on 06/06/2015
» JIANLI, CHINA - A total of 331 people have been confirmed dead after rescuers lifted a Chinese cruise ship that capsized in central China out of the water, state media reported Saturday.