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  • June 2008

    • Navy Ship Leaves Port —Without 100 Sailors

      Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 08 6:34 PM CDT

      Navy Ship Leaves Port —Without 100 Sailors

      (Newser) - A US aircraft carrier set sail from Hong Kong early Sunday with about 100 of its crew still on shore leave, the AP reports. The USS Ronald Reagan and its support ships left port early because Typhoon Fengshen was bearing down. Officials are scrambling to book flights to reunite the sailors and their ship—though security prevented them from saying where. More »

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      China  • weather  • Hong Kong  • Navy  • sailor  • aircraft carrier

  • April 2008

    • Japan Busts US Sailor in Murder-Robbery

      Reuters  |  Apr 3, 08 6:05 AM CDT

      Japan Busts US Sailor in Murder-Robbery

      (Newser) - Japanese police arrested a US sailor today on suspicion of stabbing a taxi driver to death and then robbing him, Reuters reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian national serving in the American Navy was already in US custody on charges of desertion. The American ambassador to Japan was forced to apologize for yet another US serviceman implicated in a crime in recent months. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Japan  • US military  • robbery  • military bases  • sailor

  • March 2008

    • WWII Ship Found After 66 Years

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Mar 17, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      WWII Ship Found After 66 Years

      (Newser) - A legendary Australian war ship sunk in the Indian Ocean by a German raider during World War II has been found nearly intact after 66 years, the Australian PM confirmed today. The HMAS Sydney sank after a 30-minute battle with the Kormoran in Australia's greatest tragedy at sea. The wreckage won't be disturbed, out of respect for the 645 Australian sailors who went down with the ship. More »

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      Germany  • Australia  • World War II  • history  • discovery  • Kevin Rudd  • Indian Ocean  • sailor  • shipwreck  • sonar

  • February 2008

    • Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST

      Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      (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 Sea under notorious commander "Silent Otto" Kretschmer. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • World War II  • history  • Adolf Hitler  • discovery  • sailor  • submarine  • Black Sea  • sonar  • Romania

  • August 2007

    • Navy Squelches YouTube Vid

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 07 11:49 AM CDT

      Navy Squelches YouTube Vid

      (Newser) - The Navy removed an airman's video from YouTube because it showed a "lack of propriety" in the use of safety equipment  aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan , the AP reports. The video, set to Shania Twain's "That Don't Impress Me Much," showed a sailor dancing in a full-body radiation suit. More »

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      YouTube  • military  • soldier  • Navy  • sailor

  • April 2007

    • Freed 15 Deals Spur Outrage

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 9, 07 8:55 AM CDT

      Freed 15 Deals Spur Outrage

      (Newser) - Britain’s military chiefs are under fire for allowing 15 British sailors and Royal Marines released by Iran to sell their stories. Faye Turney has already closed a deal for almost $200,000, and at least two others are considering offers. The families of British servicemen killed and wounded in Iraq are outraged. More »

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      Iran  • Great Britain  • hostage  • Marine  • sailor  • Faye Turney

    • Resisting Captors Was "Not an Option"

      BBC  |  Apr 6, 07 11:01 AM CDT

      Resisting Captors Was "Not an Option"

      (Newser) - Britain's freed sailors say they were blindfolded, psychologically tortured, and isolated from each other during their captivity in Iran. They were lined up while weapons were cocked, and told that if they did not say they were in Iranian waters when they were caught, they would face seven years in prison, the BBC reports.  More »

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      Iran  • Great Britain  • terrorism  • hostage  • war  • Marine  • sailor

    • Britons Ask: Were Captives Too Cozy With Iranians?

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Apr 6, 07 7:04 AM CDT

      Britons Ask: Were Captives Too Cozy With Iranians?

      (Newser) - As the euphoria over the homecoming of the 15 British captives subsides, some Britons are charging that the sailors and marines went overboard in co-operating with their captors. Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Gray tells London’s Daily Mail: "In my days you would have got name, rank and serial number and that would be your lot." He called the saiilors' behavior a "bloody shambles.” More »

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      Iran  • Great Britain  • terrorism  • hostage  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • war  • Tony Blair  • Marine  • propaganda  • sailor

    • Was There a Deal with Iran?

      New York Times  |  Apr 5, 07 7:54 AM CDT

      Was There a Deal with Iran?

      (Newser) - Officials deny that concessions were made to Iran for the release of the captured British sailors, but the Times speculates that there may have been a secret deal. An Iranian diplomat held in Iraq for eight weeks was freed the day before the British prisoners were. Also, American officials said yesterday that they would review a request that an envoy be allowed to visit five Iranians imprisoned after a raid in Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Great Britain  • hostage  • sailor  • deal

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