Australian border protection ship runs aground off Christmas Island
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An Australian naval vessel carrying out routine border protection activities in waters near Indonesia has run aground off the remote possession of Christmas Island, officials said Sunday.
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An earthquake measured 8.1 on the Richter Scale, the world&#39;s biggest in almost four years, was registered near Macquarie Island of Australia early Friday morning.
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A large container ship ran aground in the English Channel south of Dover on Wednesday, coastguards said, adding that all on board were safe and there were no reports of pollution.
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Injured captain is winched to safety at the second attempt as stricken ship rolls in gale-force winds
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One of Australia's most popular tourist trains derailed Tuesday in the remote Outback, but no one among the 82 people aboard was seriously hurt, a spokesman said.
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A Japanese whaling ship and protest  vessels have collided in the Southern Ocean, with the  protesters saying they will next ram a Japanese factory ship,  despite Australian calls for them to back off before someone is  killed.
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Stormy seas pushed a coal freighter carrying at least 21 Filipino crew members onto a sand bank off Australia's east coast Friday, prompting a major rescue operation and fears of an oil leak.
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An oil tanker is sent to the aid of a British yachtsman who was badly injured during an Atlantic crossing
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A groping Santa, a drunken car chase, a bloody punchout. Festivities in Antarctica got a little out of hand this Christmas.
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A container ship that ran aground off southern England and drew thousands of looters has been refloated, a coast guard official said Monday.
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The U.S. nuclear submarine USS San  Francisco, which ran aground off Guam in an accident that  killed one of its crewmen, arrived at the Pacific Ocean island  on Monday, the U.S. Navy said.
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One hundred passengers and crew escaped unhurt after their cruise ship hit ice in the Antarctic and started sinking on Friday, the ship's owner and coast guard officials said.
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Australia will deploy a ship fitted with machine guns to monitor Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, a report said Tuesday.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Australia&#39;s southern island state of Tasmania early on Friday, but caused no damage or injury.
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A ferry that ran into difficulties in the Irish Sea, prompting British and Irish rescue teams to be scrambled, ran aground Thursday evening at Blackpool, northwest England, officials said.
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Massive waves and violent winds battered two ships, forcing them aground during storms overnight off Britain's northwestern coast, the coast guard said Friday.
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At least 46 passengers were rescued after a boat ran aground in central Philippines, a local radio reported Wednesday. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Arman Balilo told