USS Kitty Hawk "did not have approval to visit HK"
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The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Thursday the USS Kitty Hawk, banned from entering Hong Kong in November, had not obtained final permission from China before setting off from its home base in Japan.
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home in the United States for breaking sanctions, rejecting his demand for protection as a political refugee. His lawyers responded on Tuesday by appealing against the decision, which they described as &quot;very regrettable&quot;.
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The former pop singer Cat Stevens,  now known as Yusuf Islam, was denied entry to the United States  and his flight from London was diverted to Maine, after his  name turned up on a watch list, a U.S. transportation security  official said.
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Thursday said he had been misidentified on a terrorism watch list when he tried to board airliners between Washington and Boston.
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Six people who disappeared two days ago when a helicopter trying to rescue them crashed into Alaskan waters are still unaccounted for, a spokesman for the US Coast Guard said.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The search for six crew  members missing from a wrecked cargo ship off an Alaska island  has been suspended, and authorities are focusing on the cleanup  of spilled bunker fuel oil from the vessel, an official said on  Saturday.
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By Rolf Boone, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 16--OLYMPIA -- Repaving of a Port of Olympia cargo yard can continue after a legal effort Friday to prohibit the work was denied in Thurston County Superior Court.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The sealift of the Canadian navy submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has been postponed because of poor weather, the Defence Department has confirmed.
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Tiger Woods and his new wife were briefly held aboard their private yacht Thursday by U.S. Coast Guard officers and turned away from San Juan's port because they failed to notify authorities of their arrival ahead of time, an official said.
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The U.S. military's Asia-Pacific commander said Thursday he doesn't expect China to refuse future requests for American naval ships to dock in Hong Kong, following his discussions with Chinese officials this week.
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HALIFAX - A federal tribunal has rejected a company&#39;s request to hear a complaint that raises questions about Ottawa&#39;s handling of a $5-billion contract to replace the military&#39;s fleet of aging Sea King helicopters.
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The Pentagon, under fire for rushing  an outside report on ways to replace the U.S. Air Force's aging  KC-135 mid-air refueling tankers, is seeking a second opinion,  the top U.S. weapons buyer said Wednesday.
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Visiting Defense Minister Robert Hill defended on Friday Canberra&#39;s proposal on a new maritime security zone following Indonesia&#39;s rejection.
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told Reuters on Thursday it was simply taking time to bring people to Yangon from around the country. where she is without a telephone and requires military permission to meet visitors.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Canada will buy at least six patrol ships to assert its sovereignty claim in the Arctic, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday backed away from an election pledge for navy icebreakers that would ply the waters of the Northwest Passage all year round.
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China blocked a long-planned Thanksgiving visit to Hong Kong by a U.S. aircraft carrier group, then abruptly changed its mind on Thursday.