Posts Tagged ‘ rescued ’

Two found alive, many missing in Italy liner disaster 

January 15, 2012
Two found alive, many missing in Italy liner disaster 

  A handout from the Italian Guardia de Finanza shows the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio. Two South Korean honeymooners were rescued Sunday from a cruise ship that hit rocks and keeled over off the west coast of Italy, but three were confirmed dead [...]

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Sole rescued sailor floated in open ocean for 5 days 

January 7, 2012
Sole rescued sailor floated in open ocean for 5 days 

  Dau Ngoc Hung (L) arrives at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport January 4. Hung is the sole survivor out of 23 sailors who were on board the Vietnamese cargo vessel Vinalines Queen which reportedly sank off the Philippines on December 25 without sending distress signals. The sole survivor from the Vinalines Queen, the Vietnamese [...]

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Foreign ships join continued search for Vietnamese freighter 

January 3, 2012
Foreign ships join continued search for Vietnamese freighter 

A file photo of the Vinalines Queen Vietnamese search and rescue authorities said Saturday 13 foreign ships traveling in the vicinity of the Vinalines Queen freighter, which allegedly went missing off the Philippines on Dec. 25, have accepted a request to search for the ship. Nguyen Anh Vu, director of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination [...]

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Woman rescued three days after Turkey quake 

October 26, 2011
Woman rescued three days after Turkey quake 

Rescue workers carry a baby from a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 25, 2011. Emergency workers rescued a 27-year-old woman alive from a collapsed building on Wednesday, three days after an earthquake killed more than 400 people in eastern Turkey, but hopes of finding more survivors faded and [...]

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Four missing, after scores of boats in distress off central Vietnam 

December 20, 2010
Four missing, after scores of boats in distress off central Vietnam 

Boats sheltering from whirlwinds in the central province of Quang Ngai. Severe winds capsized ships and boats off the central coast of Vietnam, leaving four fishermen missing, according to the Rescue Department under Vietnam’s Border Guards.   In Thua Thien – Hue Province, a fishing boat carrying five people was slammed by big waves and winds, when it [...]

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Ship sinks off central Vietnam, all passengers rescued 

November 15, 2010
Ship sinks off central Vietnam, all passengers rescued 

Passengers who were on the ship Vinh Hai, which sank, arrive on Ly Son Island after being rescued by other local ships. More than 70 passengers were rescued on Tuesday just before a ship sank off the central province of Quang Ngai. At around 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Vinh Hai developed cracks in its body because of strong [...]

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Bears rescued from bile trade in Vietnam

January 19, 2010
Bears rescued from bile trade in Vietnam

An animal welfare group in Vietnam has rescued 19 bears that were living in cramped containers on an illegal bile farm, the group says. Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation said on Monday the bears were being driven to the group’s Moon Bear Rescue Center near Hanoi after being discovered in 12-meter cargo containers in Binh [...]

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38 rescued after cargo ship sinks off Lebanon

December 19, 2009
38 rescued after cargo ship sinks off Lebanon

Lebanese navy said on Friday it has rescued 38 people and found four bodies off the coast of north Lebanon, after a cargo ship with 83 people on board sank . . . Rescue workers help a survivor of a sunken Panama ship after he was rescued off the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, [...]

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Oil tanker on fire off coast in Malaysia, 9 missing

August 20, 2009
Oil tanker on fire off coast in Malaysia, 9 missing

An oil tanker was caught fire offshore Malaysia in the Malacca Straits, nine people were reported missing while 16 rescued, said the sources, who asked not to be identified on Wednesday. A Liberian-registered tanker is on fire after it collided with a cargo ship in the Strait of Malacca outside Port Dickson, in Negri Sembilan [...]

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Three missing, oil slick spreads after tanker explodes

June 18, 2009
Three missing, oil slick spreads after tanker explodes

Crew members rescued from the Nhat Thuan tanker that exploded and sank off the southern coast early Wednesday morning. Three sailors were missing after a ship carrying waste oil exploded and sank off the country’s southern coast early Wednesday morning, a rescue official said. The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province Rescue Center and port authorities have [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...