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Breaking News Mon, 6 Feb 2012
The Carnival Spirit docked at the Cruise Terminal in San Diego, California.
Cruise   Florida   Passengers   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Cruise ship  
2 Florida cruise ships riddled with norovirus. Anyone surprised?
Noroviruses like cruise ships. Current and recent passengers on two Princess Cruise Lines ships can now attest to this personally. | More than 200 people on the Ruby Princess and the Crown Princess, b... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)
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Commissioned in 1936, the Royal Ulsterman was a 3,250 ton passenger ship which, along with her sister-ship, HMS Royal Scotsman, sailed the Glasgow-Belfast run for Burns and Laird Lines Ltd. During the Second World War, Royal Ulsterman served as a Royal Navy Reserve troop transport, taking part in nearly all of the major Allied amphibious operations of the European war, including the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation Neptune, and the liberation of the Channel Islands.
British   Photos   Portland   Wikipedia: World War II   World War II  
Treasure hunter says he found $3b war wreck
| Portland, Maine: A treasure hunter said on Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during Second World War while carryin... (photo: Creative Commons / Ggbroad)
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Iranian villagers walk through ruins after an earthquake at the Zeynabi village in the Iranian Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, sending tremors across the Persian Gulf and shaking the skyscrapers of Dubai. Iranian state television reported that five people were killed and 26 others were injured. Iranians bemoan sanctions hardship as vote approaches
| (Reuters) - Each day that he struggles to buy food for his family, vegetable seller Hasan Sharafi shoulders part of the burden of Iran's defiance of the West over its nuclear programme. He can hardl... (photo: AP / Abdolhosein Rezvani) The Star
Iran   Photos   Sanctions   US   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Jellyfish in sea life Helsinki. Jellyfish still the same - it's interaction that's different
| THEY not only sting people and break fishing nets. In recent times Jellyfish have also clogged up desalination works, blocked the cooling systems of nuclear power stations and even disabled a war sh... (photo: Public Domain / Skorpion87) Sydney Morning Herald
Australia   Climate   Desalination   Fishing   Photos   Wikipedia: Jellyfish  
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Falmouth Bay residents split over dredging plan for giant cruise liners Falmouth Bay residents split over dredging plan for giant cruise liners
The picturesque harbour at Falmouth which developers hope giant cruisers will be able to visit once the the waters of the bay are dredged. Photograph: Andy Stothert/Getty... (photo: WN / Marzena) The Observer
Cruise   Harbour   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Falmouth, Cornwall  
European cold snap 'kills 220' European cold snap 'kills 220'
| At least 221 people have died during a cold snap in which temperatures have plummeted to minus 30 degrees and below across eastern Europe, with Ukraine the hardest hit.... (photo: WN / Marzena) Irish Times
Europe   Health   People   Photos   Ukraine   Wikipedia: Winter  
Afghans carry a body for funeral ceremony, who was killed on Tuesday's suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan at highest level in a decade
A string of bigger and more complex suicide attacks by insurgents in Afghanistan have pushed civilian deaths to their highest level in a decade a United Nations report sa... (photo: AP / Ahmad Jamshid) The Daily Telegraph
Afghanistan   Death   Insurgents   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Ice-covered limbs of trees are seen on this February 3,2011 file photo during a ice storm in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA. More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe
Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten it... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Jakarta Globe
Europe   Photos   Snow   Weather   Wikipedia: Snow  
 World War II -- American troops crossing Colditz bridge 12th April 1945, taken by a GI. (cg1) Treasure hunter says he found $3 billion WWII wreck
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | PORTLAND, Maine: A treasure hunter said on Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boa... (photo: US DoD file) The Times Of India
Photos   Portland   Treasure   Wikipedia: World War II   World War II  
Weather History: February 3: Record Temps, Storms, Ice, Snow, Wind & Tropics Weather History: February 3: Record Temps, Storms, Ice, Snow, Wind & Tropics
| Meteorological events that happened on February 3rd: | 1803 | A great snowstorm dropped 20 inches of snow over the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina. | 1844 | Boston... (photo: WN / Marzena) The Examiner
History   Meteorological   Photos   Weather   Wind  
Commissioned in 1936, the Royal Ulsterman was a 3,250 ton passenger ship which, along with her sister-ship, HMS Royal Scotsman, sailed the Glasgow-Belfast run for Burns and Laird Lines Ltd. During the Second World War, Royal Ulsterman served as a Royal Navy Reserve troop transport, taking part in nearly all of the major Allied amphibious operations of the European war, including the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation Neptune, and the liberation of the Channel Islands. Treasure hunter says he found $3b war wreck
| Portland, Maine: A treasure hunter said on Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during ... (photo: Creative Commons / Ggbroad) Gulf News
British   Photos   Portland   Wikipedia: World War II   World War II  
ALTERNATE CROP OF PNG102 Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea's east coast, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. 238 saved, 100-plus missing as PNG ferry sinks
| AUSTRALIAN rescuers helped save more than 200 Papua New Guineans from drowning after their ferry sank at sea yesterday, but by nightfall fears remained for more than 10... (photo: AP / Post Courier, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT) Sydney Morning Herald
Disaster   Papua New Guinea   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: List of maritime disasters  
A Kosovo Albanian man strolls near the damn of the artificial lake of Badovac Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Heavy snow and freezing weather on Monday led to some deaths in Serbia and Bulgaria Europe freeze: Heavy snow across the continent
Heavy snow has caused disruption across Europe, carpeting much of Italy to the south and Turkey to the east. | The freeze that has swept south through the continent has c... (photo: AP / Visar Kryeziu) BBC News
Environment   Europe   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Winter storm  
Fruits such as grapes and longan in a fruit plastic bag. First consignment of grapes leaves for UK
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | PUNE: This season's grape export has begun with the first consignment being sent to the UK market. So far, seven containers have left for the... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) The Times Of India
Export   Fruit   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Grape  
File - The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits the Strait of Hormuz, 29 October, 2011. The 'Other' USS Carriers in the Persian Gulf
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | We Americans might think of ourselves as democratized, but with out a doubt we are extremely virulent, even Ebolaized. Th... (photo: US Navy / Quartermaster 1st Class Thomas E. Dowling) WorldNews.com
Iran   Mideast   Photos   US   Wikipedia: IranUnited States relations  
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Second cruise ship with norovirus outbreak returns to Port E
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	Russian fuel ship nears ice-bound Alaska port
Russian fuel ship nears ice-bound Alaska port
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Hearing set for Italian cruise ship captain under house arre
Stomach virus infects cruise passengers
Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virus
CDC: third weekend cruise ship with norovirus, this time in
100 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
100 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
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