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Papua New Guinea ferry sinks, rescue operation underway

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:08:21 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rescuers were reporting 219 saved at 08:00 Swiss time but another 350 are missing after a boat disaster in Papua New Guinea. The MV Rabaul Queen, operated by Star Ships, which is one of the country’s largest ferry operators, sank between Lae and Kimbe West after being reported missing at about 08:30 [...]

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Mauritania’s capital could sink into the sea by 2050

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:23:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, could have a lifespan of only 40 years if measures are not taken soon: the city is being invaded by the sea, at a rate of 25 metres a year. Local homes and businesses are collapsing as water seeps in from the ocean, undermining their foundations and creating [...]

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N Korea severs ties with the South

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:40:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com S Korea and US will have joint sea missions Late Tuesday North Korea announced that it is severing all communication and relations with the South, and South Korea said that it is cutting trade and it will not allow ships from the North to pass through its waters. South Korea and the US will carry [...]

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Ship with 83 sinks off Lebanon

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:28:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A commercial ship carrying 83 passengers and crew, plus livestock, has sunk off the coast of Lebanon in stormy seas. Rescue operations have been hampered by bad weather and choppy water, but 34 survivors have been rescued, four people are known to be dead,and the search for others from the Panamanian-registered Dany F II continues. [...]

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Indonesian ferry sinks: 240 saved but 29 die

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com (AP video) A ferry with more than 242 people aboard sank in heavy seas off the island of Sumatra Sunday. A dramatic rescue operation brought some 240 people to safety, but at least 29 people died, and it was clear that the ferry’s manifest did not list all the people aboard, not uncommon in a [...]

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Last Titanic survivor dies, age 97, in UK

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:45:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com [CNN video] Millvina Dean of Hampshire, England, died Sunday at the age of 97. The last living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, she had to sell some of her mementoes, report CNN and the BBC, to pay for the cost of her nursing home care, but she remained upbeat to the end. Her [...]

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