Round-world yachtsman rescued by compatriot
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British yachtsman Mike Golding turned back 80 miles in the Five Oceans solo round the world race to rescue rival and compatriot Alex Thomson on Friday.
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FALMOUTH, England  - Britain's Ellen MacArthur  headed home to a hero's welcome Tuesday after breaking the  record for sailing solo round the world.
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The crew of a decades-old cargo plane put the aircraft down in a lake in a Miami suburb Saturday after it developed engine trouble, avoiding high-rise buildings in the densely populated area, then were rescued from the floating fuselage.
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A teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery.
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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.
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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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The three-man crew of a fishing vessel are rescued off the Pembrokeshire coast, after their boat caught fire.
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French and Spanish rescue aircraft and boats went to the assistance of a cruise ship limping in the Mediterranean with more than 700 people aboard Monday after a storm knocked out its engines, maritime ...
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A couple are in good health after being rescued from their yacht found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Science & environment: One of the first large cargo ships in 100 years to cross the Atlantic with the help of the wind due to set sail
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A 46-year-old Englishman was recovering in hospital today after being rescued from his yacht 150 miles off the Irish coast.
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A fully loaded cup yacht hurtling through the ocean in a decent breeze is exhilarating, if not a little frightening. I&#39;m on Emirates Team New Zealand as 18th man for the last match of the day, against Italian challengers +39.
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PHUKET, Thailand, Sept. 17 -- Stunned by the plane crash, Robert Borland found himself helpless on the floor of the jet with his trousers aflame when a passenger in a yellow shirt helped him out onto the wing. He knows nothing else about the man who probably saved his life.
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A crew led by a Scot who claims to be a relative of Christopher Columbus shatters the Atlantic rowing record.
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A fresh operation has begun to rescue a ship's captain who was badly injured in a gale near the Isles of Scilly.
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: The crew of an Australian navy frigate rescued 15 Indonesian sailors moments after their freighter sank in the Java Sea, the naval commander said on Saturday.
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French and Spanish rescue aircraft and boats went to the assistance of a cruise ship limping in the Mediterranean with more than 700 people aboard Monday after a storm knocked out its engines, maritime officials said.