Britain evacuates North Sea rig
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British defense officials said they had  sent about 14 helicopters to evacuate a North Sea oil rig on  Sunday following a security alert.
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The crew of a replica Viking longship dropped plans to sail across the North Sea on Monday because of unfavorable winds and was to be towed to a group of islands north of the Scottish mainland.
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Far-reaching plans to close about one-fifth of the North Sea to trawlermen were abruptly dropped last night, as the European Commission caved in to pressure from a group of countries, including Britain.
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A small cruise ship ran aground off Greenland's west coast and more than 50 people were evacuated safely Wednesday, the tour operator said.
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The Royal Air Force said Sunday it was carrying out probably its biggest peacetime rescue operation in Britain as its helicopters helped evacuate more than 100 people from flood-hit areas.
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OIL giant Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated two platforms in Nigeriaâs southern region, following clashes between troops and militia fighters.
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A gas leak forces more than 100 staff to be airlifted from a North Sea oil platform off the Scottish coast.
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Grampian police officers are being flown to a boat in the North Sea after one of its crew went missing overboard.
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A telephoned warning of a suspicious device forced the evacuation of a North Sea oil rig off Scotland on Sunday but it turned out to be a false alarm, emergency services said.
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By Dale Williams  A HUGE clean-up operation was mounted in the Black Country after 60 people were evacuated and families warned to keep windows shut following a major acid spill.   A cloud of white fumes floated over part of Tipton at about 8am yesterday.
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The Foreign Office today advised all British nationals to leave the Niger Delta in Nigeria following a series of kidnappings of foreign oil workers.
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Nearby clashes between troops and militia fighters forced oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group to evacuate two oil facilities in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil region, the company said Friday.
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The Seattle Mariners&#039; plane was evacuated as it was preparing to take off from Toronto on Sunday night because of a fire on the conveyer belt used to load baggage.
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Hundreds of oil workers were evacuated Sunday from an oil rig in the North Sea off Scotland, the defence ministry and rescuers said, but what caused the emergency remained a mystery.
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Quick! Send choppers to get everybody off that North Sea oil rig! -- Oh, um, never mind.
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Passengers and non-essential crew were  airlifted off a ferry that had been at risk of capsizing in the  Irish Sea during a storm on Thursday and later ran aground,  coastguards said.
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BP Plc, Europe&#39;s largest oil company, said it evacuated 500 non-essential workers from offshore rigs near Trinidad and Tobago as Hurricane Ivan approached the Caribbean country.