Two Ships Sink in Thailand River
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Two cargo boats sank in Thailand's Mekong River after the water level dropped sharply and exposed hazardous reefs.  The first boat, a Lao vessel, hit a reef and capsized, killing a man and his son, the Bangkok Post reported Monday.
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Thousands of tonnes of timber are washed on to south coast beaches after a cargo ship sinks off Dorset.
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Two men who were reported missing in a boat adrift in the Channel on Friday, are found in French waters.
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Two Filipino seamen were killed overnight during a safety exercise aboard an iron ore carrier off the West Australian coast, the national broadcaster ABC reported.
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Rescue workers scoured Indonesian waters after a ship carrying 59 people capsized in stormy weather, killing at least two children and leaving more than 20 missing, a port official said Thursday.
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A Bulgarian cargo ship with 11 seamen on board sank in rough weather in the Sea of Azov on the border between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, the Bulgarian coastguard said.
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Thailand&#39;s beach resorts were among the worst-hit as waves triggered by the underwater quake swept scores of people out to sea, drowning swimmers and sinking boats.
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At least 100 people died in Thailand after a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake hit the country's western coast.
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A series of small bombs explode near commercial banks in southern Thailand, killing two people.
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A passenger plane trying to land today in heavy rain on the tourist island of Phuket crashed and was engulfed in flames. At least 60 people were killed, Thai officials said.
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By GRAEME MURRAY  TWO men were in a serious condition in hospital today after a boat exploded near a popular beauty spot.  The pair were on a 24ft cruiser on the River Leven, near Balloch in West Dunbartonshire, when the craft burst into flames.
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PHUKET, Thailand : At least 392 people were killed and 3,000 injured by Sunday&#39;s tidal waves in southern Thailand, the interior ministry said Monday.
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Bad weather and overloading sank a  boat on a lake between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda  and at least 35 people were feared drowned, a local shipping  official said on Tuesday.
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More than 21 tons of lead, zinc, barium, copper and other toxic metals have fallen or washed away from decaying government ships in Suisun Bay, and high levels of the materials were found in sediment under the vessels, according to a draft report.
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press. The spill _ the worst on the river in nearly a decade _ stranded commercial vessels trying to move goods through the busy Port of Philadelphia
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JOH AIRONG, Thailand  - Two bombs exploded in  Thailand's restive south on Monday, wounding eight people,  officials said.
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BANGKOK,  - More than 700 foreign tourists are believed to have died when tidal waves smashed into southern Thailand over the weekend, the deputy interior minister said.