Human Element
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Boat Refugees
New Zealand is proposing new measures to allow authorities to detain large groups of boat refugees under a single warrant for up to six months. If New Zealand passes the […]
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Policy Overhaul
In an effort to prevent future tragedies, the Council of Europe has now endorsed a thorough review of existing protocols regarding migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean. Council of Europe […]
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Asad
In one of the strongest entries at the Tribeca Film Festival, a young Somali boy plays on the beach and dreams of joining the pirates from his local community. TRIBECA […]
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Passenger Rejects Explanation
Princess Cruises, the operator of the Star Princess, blamed a “breakdown in communications” for the tragedy, saying passenger reports that they had seen a boat in distress never made it […]
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Castaways Ignored
Princess Cruises said that although passengers had spotted the castaways and alerted staff, the captain had not received the message. Princess Cruises sorry for ignoring Panama castaways An American cruise […]
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Powerful Images
The iceberg that sank the Titanic. One a series of images published by the Boston Globe in an online photo gallery. Before putting the Titanic back to bed after weeks […]
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Innocent Somali Crew Rescued
On Saturday 14 April Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia, who is now operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, stopped a Yemeni dhow that was suspected of […]
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It’s everyone for himself on sinking ships
STOCKHOLM (AP) – A hundred years after the Titanic sank, two Swedish researchers on Thursday said when it comes to sinking ships, male chivalry is “a myth” and more men […]
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Concerns remain after late-night rescue
Concern is growing that fuel tanks may have ruptured in a cargo ship which ran aground off north Wales, leading to the dramatic late-night rescue of the crew. Seven crew […]
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Unseen Titanic
The April 2012 edition of National Geographic magazine features the first ever complete views of the wreck of the Titanic, made from thousands of high-resolution images, in its current state […]
