Coastguards scramble to save stranded migrants
238803
Cornish coastguards were today involved in a desperate attempt to rescue 59 people cast adrift in an inflatable boat off the coast of Libya after falling victim to a human trafficking operation.
437653
Rescue operation under way after trawler fire leaves 23 crew members stranded without power.
428477
A MAJOR rescue effort was under way last night to save the survivors of a second mass whale stranding in Tasmanian waters in 24 hours.
411417
Near death after days at sea, the African illegal immigrants had made it to Europe, but were too weak to step down the ship's gangplank. The scene last week was appalling but familiar &#151; more emaciated arrivals among the thousands risking death to reach Italy's lengthy coastline and, from there, prosperity in Europe.
585545
An operation is under way to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal.
164170
An operation is underway to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal.
358575
Three Britons and German swept to deaths trying to save children from treacherous sea currents.
704764
Spanish authorities rescued more than  200 would-be migrants on Saturday from a decrepit fishing boat  found drifting off the Canary Islands, officials said.
80340
By MARY HURST  FERNANDINA BEACH - Fire Rescue personnel are urging people to swim in areas manned by lifeguards and to heed flag warnings when waves are rough.
129163
Scores of migrants who spent days at sea were missing and feared dead Sunday after their boat wrecked off Senegal's coast, the Red Cross said.
196004
A major rescue effort has been launched off the coast of Ireland after a Canadian submarine sent a distress signal for assistance from the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday.
269186
By Lydia Polgreen  Two dozen people were rescued and dozens more were feared dead after a boat carrying people trying to reach the Canary Islands was wrecked in northern Senegal, officials have said.
721245
Police caught nearly 1,200 people trying to reach the Canary Islands in overcrowded boats that left from the west African nation of Mauritania, setting a record for a weekend, officials said Sunday.
184049
Rome summoned the Libyan ambassador for talks after Italian coastguards apprehended 650 clandestine migrants on two boats near the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily, amid mounting tension over illegal immigration.
150361
The governmentâs inability to manage a reverse exodus has left the most vulnerable in an uneasy limbo.
724425
By Jessica Foster, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 19--The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen who were stranded  without power on their boat from 6- to 8-foot seas east of Georgetown on  Sunday.
616353
Japan's Coast Guard Sunday dispatched patrol ships and aircraft after spotting a boat carrying Chinese activists to a group of disputed islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan.