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Congo military plane crashes in Kinshasa, no survivors: airport director

AmilitarycargoplanecrashedinCongo’scapitalKinshasaonSaturday,killingthecrew,thedirectorofthecity’smainairportsaid.Itwasunclearhowmanycrewmemberswereonboard.“The

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Isolated Mars research subjects to return to civilization after 8 months

AftereightmonthsoflivinginisolationonaremoteHawaiivolcano,thesix-membercrewinvolvedintheNASA-backedresearchprogramwillemergefromtheirMars-likehabitatonSundayand

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India's first all-woman crew on around-the-globe mission

Ateamofsixnavalofficersarestartingahistoricandgruellingaround-the-worldmissiononSunday--thefirstcircumnavigationoftheglobebyanIndianall-femalecrew.LieutenantCom

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Passenger plane skids off runway in southern India

ApassengerplaneofIndia'snationalcarrierAirIndiaskiddedofftherunwayafterlandingataninternationalairportinthesouthernstateofKeralaTuesday,asenioraviationofficials

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U.S. likely to bar Japan investigators from interviewing warship crew

TheUnitedStateswilllikelybarJapaneseinvestigatorsfrominterviewingUSSFitzgeraldcrewmanningtheguidedmissiledestroyerwhenitwasstruckbyacargoshipinJapanesewaterskil

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Contingency spacewalk to replace data relay box approved for Tuesday

TwocrewmembersoftheInternationalSpaceStationwereclearedforacontingencyspacewalkonTuesdaytoreplaceadatarelaybox,accordingtoNASA.Themultiplexer-demultiplexerdatar

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Eight Philippine fishermen shot dead at sea

Eight local fishermen have been found shot dead in their boat off the piracy-plagued southern Philippines, the military said Tuesday.

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Philippine military says S. Korean ship hijacked

Armed men believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group have hijacked a South Korean vessel off the island of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines seizing its two crew members, a spokesman for the Philippine military said on Friday.

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World's biggest floating book fair welcomed in Namibia

A 132-meter-long ship is laden with more than 5,000 titles and manned by 400 volunteers from 60 countries. Most of the books are rare educational and Christian titles.

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No payrise since 1998: HK-based flight attendants threaten to take British Airways to court

The union representing Hong Kong-based British Airways cabin crew is threatening to take the airline to court in the UK if talks break down this month over union recognition and pay rises, as the group revealed that most crew members had not seen a raise since 1998.

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EgyptAir flight MS804: What we know so far

EgyptAir flight MS804 disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday (May 19) in a crash that Egypt said may have been caused by a terrorist attack.

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Russia says detained Russian yacht arrives in DPRK, crew in good condition

A Russian yacht detained by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has arrived at the country's Kimchaek port, and the crew members are in good condition, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

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Fishermen sue state over Bikini Atoll H-bomb tests "cover-up"

​Forty-five plaintiffs, including fishermen who say they were exposed to radiation from U.S. hydrogen bomb tests near Bikini Atoll decades ago, are suing the Japanese government over the alleged cover-up of their suspected exposure.

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22 rescued from container vessel fire off E China

Chinese marine rescuers have saved the crew of a container vessel that caught fire after colliding with a Liberian boat in the sea off east China.

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Philippine army urges no payments to Abu Sayyaf to free foreign captives

The Philippines discouraged ransom payments on Wednesday (April 20) for captives held by Islamist militants in a bid to stop a kidnap "industry" emerging after a series of rebel seizures of Indonesian and Malaysian crew.

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Australian TV crew released from Lebanese prison

​An Australian television crew has been released from a Lebanese prison, following a botched abduction and recovery effort of an Australian mother's children.

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Company of 10 Indonesian crew kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf agrees to pay $1.46 million ransom

The private company that owns the Indonesian boats whose 10 crew members are being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf militants in the Southern Philippines has agreed to hand over 50 million Peso (S$1.46 million) in ransom, said Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Tuesday (April 19).