Reed boat sets off on ocean trip
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A team of explorers sets sail from the US for Spain in a reed boat, aiming to prove the possibility of a pre-Columbus crossing.
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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When Hurricane Katrina struck the Louisiana coast last year Jim Osborne organized a convoy of 10 airboats in South Florida and headed west to assist in the rescue efforts.
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The shipper will keep sailing higher until freight rates go out with the tide.
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A pleasure boat which struck an object on the River Thames is saved from sinking by emergency crews.
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The U.S. Navy's oldest ship in full active service embarks on its last major maneuvers
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Sanitation equipment from the Oxfam charity set for Indian Ocean tsunami victims is loaded onto a plane at East Midlands Airport, central England, December 29, 2004.
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A boat delivers food and water to a ship carrying migrants, anchored off the Mauritanian coast.
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THIBODAUX, La. -- Lynnette Bourg owns two boats: one fiberglass, which she and her husband use for pleasure cruises along the bayou, and one metal, 17 feet long with a pointed hull, which they use for trapping alligators.
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By GRAEME SMITH  A GBP14m project at RAF Kinloss which will use reed beds to clean up the surface run-off water from the runway and aircraft parking bays before it is pumped into Burghhead Bay opened yesterday.
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Travelers lined up before dawn Tuesday to board the Victoria Clipper for the flu-shot special - cruising north to Victoria on the ferry, a trip that&#39;s unusually popular this fall.
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As beautiful as the coast is here, the most difficult trick to doing any serious paddling out of tourist season is finding a boat.
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Indian fishermen still anxious about returning to the sea after the killer Indian Ocean tsunami have a safer alternative -- hit the road.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A research ship  carrying 990 people as a floating university was headed to  Hawaii for repairs on Thursday, a day after it was damaged by a  large wave in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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An airboat speeding across the sawgrass and mud. A ringing in the ears when the engine was cut. Moaning. Screams for help. Desperate gasps at the water's surface. Helicopters in the distance. Christmas carols.
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A major rescue effort has been launched off the coast of Ireland after a Canadian submarine sent a distress signal for assistance from the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday.
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By JIM FREDA  Boaters finally got a chance to get back out on the water this past weekend as rain, wind and big swells had been the pattern the last two weeks, keeping many boats tied to the docks.