Crew of hijacked ship 'unharmed'
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Crew members on a tugboat seized by pirates off the Somali coast are unharmed and have access to food and water, the ship's Danish owner said Wednesday.
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Five sailors, who were stranded in a life raft in the sea for 8 days after their yacht sank, were rescued off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England by British coast guards on Wednesday.
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Police in the Canary Islands arrest a man as the hijacking of a Mauritanian plane ends safely, officials say.
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A militant group which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan said on Saturday the hostages were safe.
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Three sailors may have survived if a ship's officer had not ignored the possibility their yacht had been sunk, a court hears.
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A newly-wed couple are among those lifted to safety after a ship was hit by a giant wave off the Isles of Scilly.
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Hijackers have released two more of the around 24 hostages they are holding after seizing a bus in an Athens suburb, bringing the total freed to 12.
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended  peacefully on Thursday when all 23 passengers were freed and  police revealed the two armed Albanian hijackers had been  bluffing when they threatened to blow up the bus.
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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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A Spanish fishing boat that went missing in a brutal storm off northwest Scotland has been located, and its crew of 19 appears to be safe, the Royal Air Force and coastguard officials said.
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Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks are apparently unharmed after being released Tuesday.
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors. &quot;We just got custody of the drivers,&quot; Rana Abu Zaineh, a spokeswoman
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Somali pirates have released a cargo ship and its 16 Asian crew members they had held for 26 days, after the cargo owners agreed to pay a $100,000 ransom, a maritime official said Tuesday.
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Emergency crews go to the aid of 11 people stranded on board a damaged yacht in the North Sea.
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An Italian aid worker abducted in the Philippines was released unharmed early Wednesday, the military said.
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The captain of a British Royal Navy warship returning from service in Iraq has been relieved of his post after a near-mutiny by crew members, a report said.
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The crew of an Indonesian cargo vessel hang on until rescuers from HMAS Anzac arrive. Fifteen people on board the vessel were rescued.