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Russians Find Mystery Ship, Crew Alive Onboard

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(Newser) – The Russian ship that mysteriously disappeared nearly three weeks ago has been found off the West African coast, with all 15 crew members aboard, Russia’s defense minister announced today. The crew is now aboard the Russian frigate that found them. The defense minister said the crew was not under armed control when found, but declined to give any other details.

Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov during a meeting, Aug. 17, 2009. Serdyukov later announced that the Arctic Sea had been found.
Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov during a meeting, Aug. 17, 2009. Serdyukov later announced that the Arctic Sea had been found.   (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
In this Dec. 29, 2008 file photo the cargo ship the Arctic Sea is seen in Kotka, Finland.
In this Dec. 29, 2008 file photo the cargo ship the Arctic Sea is seen in Kotka, Finland.   (AP Photo/Pekka Laakso, Lehitukuva, File)
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SalParadise
Aug 17, 09 12:46 PM CDT
I feel like there MIGHT be something they're not telling us. Reply
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Reader60610265
Aug 17, 09 2:19 PM CDT
Well at least they haven't tried to blame it on the triangle. ship vanishes reappears crew knows nothing . Great story. Reply
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Revenge_of_Mint
Aug 17, 09 3:18 PM CDT
There was obviously some sort of crazy Russian experiment that got loose on the boat. An elite super secret special op force was able to contain it but only after all of the crew members were driven to insanity. They said they found them alive not sane and for all we know they might have giant spider eggs growing inside them. Reply
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pete_ess
Aug 17, 09 4:16 PM CDT
Probably an underhand arms deal by the biggest seller of deathly arms in the world - Oh, wait, no: That would be the USA. Reply
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