SANDAKAN, April 2, 2012 Passengers of a fire-damaged luxury cruise ship lauded the captain and crew on Monday for maintaining order and bringing them safely ashore in Malaysia after 24 hours adrift in Philippine waters. The Azamara Quest was stranded off the southern Philippines with 1,000 people aboard after flames engulfed one of its engine rooms Friday, injuring five crew members. It restored propulsion the next night and reached the harbour of Sandakan city in Malaysia’s ...
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Jaisalmer, March 4, 2012 The Army on Sunday successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at the Pokharan range here to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service. “In conformity and pursuit of operational and strategic surface to surface missile capability development, the second BrahMos unit of Indian Army has been operationalised. The Indian Army unit successfully launched BrahMos missile and destroyed the preselected target ...
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ROME, January 17, 2012 Italy’s cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis on Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. The ship’s owner accused the jailed captain of causing the wreck that left at least six dead and 29 missing, saying he made an “unapproved, unauthorised manoeuvre” to ...
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Rome, January 14, 2012 (Tehelkanews) A cruise ship that ran aground off Italy’s western coast was listing 80 degrees to one side and had a 70-metre crack in its hull, reports said Saturday. Local officials amended the death toll, saying three, not six, people had been confirmed dead so far. It was unclear how many people were still missing. Rescuers searched the waters throughout the night and into the day, Ansa news agency said. Some victims died while attempting to ...
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Rome, January 14, 2012 (Tehelkanews) Six people were reported killed after a cruise ship apparently hit a shoal and began taking water off Italy’s western coast, reports quoted rescue workers saying late Friday. Italian news agency ANSA said most of the estimated 4,200 people aboard had been evacuated in lifeboats from the 290-metre Costa Concordia to the nearby island of Giglio. “We are in a full emergency,” the island’s mayor Sergio Ortelli said of preparations to ...
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San Diego, California (CNN) -- Even though they were stuck without air conditioning, hot showers and decent meals, at least four passengers who made it off a crippled Carnival Cruise Lines ship said Friday that they would go on a cruise again. "I'm so thankful that we're all alive," Leticia Lewis said on CNN's "American Morning." "I don't wish this experience on anyone. It wasn't a wonderful event. But I would take another one." Amber Haslerud, another passenger, said her voyage on the ...
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A formula film from the first shot, Knight and Day works, thanks to the appeal of its stars, the banter and the breathless action. Just like Robert De Niro in Analyze This where he spoofs his tough guy avatar, here you have Tom Cruise parodying his Ethan Hunt from the Mission Impossible movies. Cameron Diaz continues her ditzy blonde act which is cute enough not to grate. So Tom Cruise is Roy Miller, a secret agent with all kinds of skills, and Diaz is June Haven who runs a garage. The two ...
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