Philippines is set to call off ferry search
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The Philippines is likely to call off  the search for bodies from a sunken passenger ferry after  military divers found no corpses in the hull, an army official  said on Sunday.
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The Indonesian navy plans to tow a  fire-gutted ferry from the Java Sea toward port on Friday, an  officer said, amid confusion over how many passengers were on  board and may still be missing.
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The shipping giant P&amp;O is to close four of its 13 ferry routes with the loss of about 1,200 jobs, it was announced today. Reducing the number of ships it operates from
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Diplomats from a number of islands in the South Pacific are reported to be pressing the Government to reverse a decision to block all phone calls made to the islands.
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NEW DELHI -- India's government again put aside private aid groups' urgent requests yesterday to help tsunami survivors on the devastated Andaman and Nicobar Islands, saying a decision would be made after five days.
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The Philippines will phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010 in favor of more energy-efficient fluorescent globes to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and household costs, the president said Tuesday.
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PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut (CP) - Bad weather forced helicopters and ground searchers to call off efforts Monday night to locate two soldiers missing in the rugged, mountainous tundra of Baffin Island.
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The Coast Guard called off its search Wednesday for five fishermen lost at sea when their scallop boat capsized in cold, turbulent water off Nantucket.
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The United States military has indicated that it will wind down its relief operations in tsunami-hit Indonesia towards the end of February, Malaysia's Defence Minister Najib Razak said.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for six boaters and said it was investigating the distress calls about their small craft taking on water as a possible hoax.
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has ordered a renewed crackdown on illegal logging, as the toll from a series of flash floods and landslides spawned by a tropical storm left hits almost 500 people dead or missing.
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MANILA, Philippines An investigation in the Philippines concludes that a deadly ferry fire in February was caused by a bomb, likely planted by the brutal Abu Sayyaf (AH&#39;-boo SEYE&#39;-yahf) group.
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A new storm system approaching the Philippines is on track to become the second typhoon in 10 days to batter the archipelago, as the country struggles to recover from mudslides that left more than 1,000 people dead or missing, forecasters said Thursday.
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A new tropical storm is heading for the Philippines,  threatening to disrupt relief efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Xangsane, which killed 76 and left millions without power and drinking water.
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Computing pioneer lost Coastguards in northern California are planning to call off the search for missing Microsoft researcher Jim Gray early on Thursday. He went missing on a sailing trip off San Francisco Bay on Sunday.â¦
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killed up to 600 people in a part of the northern Philippines due to be hit by a typhoon in just over 24 hours. forced to carry supplies on foot after roads were cut off and bad weather grounded rescue helicopters.
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Japan has decided to pull its whaling fleet out of the Antarctic and end this year's whale hunt early after a deadly fire crippled its mothership, officials said Wednesday.