Month: July 2014
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Tanker Deters Pirate Approach
TORM Sofia approached by suspected pirate skiff. TORM Tanker Deters Pirate Approach The TORM Sofia succeeded in deterring a suspicious approach to the vessel by a group of pirates in the Gulf […]
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Russian sailors get French warship training
A group of 400 Russian sailors has arrived in France for training aboard one of two warships that France is selling to Russia despite US criticism. Russian sailors get French […]
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Keeping Trident ‘in UK’s national interest’
It is in the UK’s national interest to keep the Trident nuclear weapons system, a group of former ministers, diplomats and generals have argued. Keeping Trident nuclear weapons ‘in UK’s […]
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EU-wide response to migrant boats
Thirty lifeless bodies found in the bow of a fishing boat carrying 600 migrants off the coast of Sicily have reignited the debate on illegal crossings in the Mediterranean and how the […]
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Japan set for landmark military change
Japan’s cabinet is poised to approve a landmark change in security policy, paving the way for its military to fight overseas. Japan set for landmark military change Japan’s cabinet is […]
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Record hash seizure for CTF 150
The drugs, 6,248 kilograms of cannabis resin (also known as hashish or hash), are the largest maritime seizure of hash in the Indian Ocean to date. Record hash seizure for […]
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Gibraltar row
Britain should set out a “more robust” response to Spanish incursions into British waters in Gibraltar and consider legal action against the Madrid government, MPs have said. Gibraltar row: UK […]
