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NEWS ABOUT: Black Sea

Black Sea stories: 10 news summaries
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 Cool and Weird Places to Swim 


Sep 19, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you love swimming but tire of the ordinary and the chlorine-scented, consider these "unusual or cool places" uncovered by WebUrbanist:
  • The Dead Sea: Lie back and read a good book in the world's saltiest body of water, which will likely keep you afloat while delivering "
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Florida • travel • Zimbabwe • swimming • Black Sea • Puerto Rico • Gulf of Mexico • Dead Sea • jellyfish • underwater • Southeast Asia

 Apartment Blast 
 Kills 19 in Ukraine 

Gas explosion suspected as rescuers look for survivors

Dec 25, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Rescuers could hear cell phones ringing in the rubble as they pulled bodies from an apartment building in southern Ukraine that collapsed after an explosion last night, Reuters reports. At least 19 people are dead and 24 missing after the blast, likely caused by oxygen stored in the basement. All... More »

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gas • Black Sea • explosion • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko • Yulia Tymoshenko • resorts • Dmitry Medvedev • disaster • apartment

 Russia Keeps Troops in Poti  


Aug 23, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia says it will continue to patrol the key Black Sea port of Poti despite Western demands that it pull back to pre-conflict positions, Reuters reports. A Russian general said troops will continue "peacekeeping" operations there even though the city falls outside the perimeter agreed upon in the recent... More »

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Russia • Georgia • Black Sea • troop withdrawal • ceasefire • military presence

Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

Three German U-boats located in Black Sea

Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black... More »

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Germany • Adolf Hitler • Black Sea • sailor • Nazi • history • World War II • submarine • Romania • U-boats • Hitler's lost fleet • sonar • discovery

Noah's Flood Transformed Agriculture

Melting glaciers inundated Black Sea, scattered farmers

Nov 19, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The real-life inspiration for the biblical flood may have been responsible for the widespread adoption of agriculture in Europe, according to a new study. About 8,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, ice sheets melted, causing massive flooding in the Black Sea basin. That forced... More »

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Turkey • agriculture • farming • Europe • France • Italy • Noah's Ark • flood • Black Sea • Yugoslavia • Balkans • Bosphorus

Troops Join Black Sea Cleanup

Over 20 sailors missing; storm continues

Nov 13, 07 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Russian authorities have brought in troops to help with oil cleanup on the Black Sea. At least 20 sailors are listed as missing and 3 bodies washed up since a storm hit dozens of ships Saturday. Efforts to pump oil from a sunken oil tanker that's already leaked 1.3... More »

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Russia • oil spill • Black Sea • Ukraine • disaster

8 Sailors Missing in Black Sea

Storm claims 10 ships, at least 3 lives; rescue and cleanup efforts stalled

Nov 12, 07 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Eight sailors are still missing in the storm that claimed an oil tanker and up to 10 other ships yesterday in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Akov. Three bodies have been recovered. Four ships have sunk, including the tanker that dumped 1.3... More »

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oil spill • Black Sea • Kerch Strait • disaster

Tanker Dumps Oil Into Black Sea

Nov 11, 07 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A Russian oil tanker spewed more than 1.3 million gallons of oil into the Black Sea early today after breaking apart in violent storms it wasn't designed to withstand, reports the AP. Two other ships carrying sulfur sank, and both rescue and clean-up efforts were being hampered by continuing... More »

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Black Sea • Russian oil tanker

Putin's Russian Undressing

On Siberian fishing trip, Prez celebrates Olympic bid by showing off Grecian pecs

Aug 14, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin purged his shirt yesterday during a fishing jaunt in southern Siberia. The Russian president was celebrating the International Olympic Committee's election of Sochi, a Black Sea resort, to host the 2014 Winter Games. With him was Monaco's Prince Albert II—coincidentally enough a member of the International Olympic... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Siberia • Sochi • Black Sea • fishing • Prince Albert II • Monaco • 2014 Olympics • Yenisey River • International Olympic Committee

Sochi Wins 2014 Games

Putin speech helps Black Sea resort win Winter  Oympics

Jul 5, 07 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in the Black Sea resort of Sochi — thanks in part to personal intervention by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters. Putin addressed a session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala City in English, French and Spanish, helping Sochi win a 51-47... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Sochi • Black Sea • Pyeongchang • Olympic Games

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