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NEWS ABOUT: Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean stories: 20 news summaries

Somali Pirates Demand $7M Ransom for UK Couple

Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago

Oct 30, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British couple abducted from their yacht at gunpoint are being held for $7 million ransom, a rep for the Somali pirates who kidnapped them said today. Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago in the Indian Ocean. "NATO operations had a lot of negative impact here,... More »

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Somalia • kidnapping • abduction • Indian Ocean • pirates • yachts • ransom • African • Paul Chandler • Rachel Chandler

Thirteen Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found Near Tanzania

Remains suspected to be from Yemenia flight

Jul 7, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen bodies found off the coast of Tanzania’s Mafia Island may be the remains of passengers from the Yemen Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, Reuters reports. Tanzanian authorities say that airplane seats and what may be part of an airplane wing were also found... More »

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Africa • flight • Tanzania • plane crash • Indian Ocean • Comoros • accident • remains • bodies • Yemenia Air

Sub Reports Signal from Yemenia Black Boxes

No word on when data recorders will be recovered from ocean

Jul 5, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A submarine has located the black boxes from Yemenia Flight 626 in the Indian Ocean, a French investigative agency said today. Divers and search crews are still working to find debris from the plane, and have recovered parts of the fuselage, reports the AP. Officials did not say when the... More »

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black box • plane crash • Indian Ocean • Comoros • Yemenia Air

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 Youngster Found Alive in Indian 
 Ocean After Yemeni Jet Crash 

Child rescued from water

Jun 30, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers have pulled one survivor the wreckage of a Yemeni airliner that went down early today in the Indian Ocean, though officials have issued conflicting details, the AP reports: one says it was a 14-year-old girl, another a 5-year-old boy. Yemenia Air Flight 626 was en route from Yemen to... More »

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Airbus • plane crash • Indian Ocean • Comoros • Yemen • Yemenia Air • Airbus A310

(Newser) - Somali pirates holding an American ship captain hostage say they want a $2 million ransom and have threatened to kill him, Reuters and the AP report. The ransom demand followed an escape attempt by Richard Phillips, who attempted to swim for safety early this morning. Reports conflict on what happened... More »

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Somalia • kidnapping • piracy • Indian Ocean • pirates • Horn of Africa • hostage • Maersk Alabama • Richard Phillips

 Showdown Looms: Pirate 
 Ships Head to Hijacking Site 

Previously-captured boats carry 54 international hostages

Apr 10, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - As bandits hold a US captain on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean, their pirate colleagues are rushing to their aid with an international gallery of hostages, the AP reports. The bandits apparently fear being shot or arrested if they hand over the captain and are hoping to get support... More »

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Somalia • Indian Ocean • pirates • US Navy • hostage • Richard Phillips

(Newser) - The high-seas hostage situation rolls on, with a growing armada of US vessels on site or en route and negotiations continuing between the pirates and the Navy, assisted by the FBI. The four bandits, adrift in a 24-foot lifeboat with the American captain, sound desperate: "We are surrounded by... More »

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Somalia • Indian Ocean • pirates • hostage • Richard Phillips

(Newser) - A Navy warship and other vessels have arrived in the waters off Somalia where pirates are holding the American captain of a cargo ship hostage, CNN reports. The pirates and the captain are in a lifeboat as the cargo ship's American crew continues negotiations to free Capt. Richard Phillips of... More »

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Somalia • Indian Ocean • pirates • hijacking

 Somali Pirates on 
 Hijacking Spree, 
 Capture 5 Ships 

Somali pirates moving further afield to dodge naval patrols

Apr 6, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates operating in the Indian ocean are on a hijacking binge, reports the BBC, capturing 5 vessels since Saturday, including a British cargo ship this morning in the Gulf of Aden. AFP reports. The pirates are venturing further afield to avoid the increased international naval presence in the Gulf... More »

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Somalia • Indian Ocean • pirates • yachts • Gulf of Aden

 Africa Crushes Comoros Coup 

20th time unlucky for Indian Ocean rebels

Mar 26, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest renegades to seize power in the Comoros Islands have been defeated, reports the Independent. Government and African Union troops regained control in an amphibious assault at sunrise yesterday. The island nation in the Indian Ocean has been rocked by more than 20 coups or coup attempts, many... More »

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Africa • African Union • Indian Ocean • Comoros • mercenaries • coup d'etat

 WWII Ship Found After 66 Years 

Legendary HMAS Sydney sank in battle with German raider

Mar 17, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Risqué Pics Won't Dethrone
Miss France

Pageant winner barred from international competition under deal

Dec 28, 07 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Miss France will keep her crown despite the publication of racy pictures featuring the 22-year-old student, AFP reports. Photographs of Valerie Begue licking yogurt off a wall and straddling a cross in a bikini had Genevieve de Fontenay, the pageant's sharp-tongued patron, threatening to strip Begue of her title; Begue... More »

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France • Indian Ocean • Miss France • Valerie Begue • Reunion • Genevieve de Fontenay • beauty pageants

Tsunami Survivors Look Ahead

Officials concerned about post-aid economy, beefing up warning systems

Dec 26, 07 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - As candles are lit today in memory of the 230,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Christian Science Monitor reports on the results of the $13.6 billion effort to help survivors. The aid has largely been used effectively, but now officials worry about the recovering... More »

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United Nations • Indonesia • tsunami • Thailand • aid • Indian Ocean • natural disaster • Aceh • foreign donors • Tamil Nadu

Japanese Party Scrambles to Keep Boss
to Dodge Chaos

Opposition chief to quit amid deadlock mess

Nov 5, 07 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Members of Japan's opposition party are pleading with their leader to rethink his announced resignation, fearing the move will break up the party and hurt its chances at the polls. The head of the Democratic Party of Japan said he would resign yesterday after the party leadership resoundingly voted to... More »

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Afghanistan • Japan • Liberal Democratic Party • America • resignation • Indian Ocean • Democratic Party of Japan • refueling • Yasuo Fukuda • Ichiro Ozawa • parliament

(Newser) - British officials will investigate persistent claims that the CIA secretly interrogated terrorism suspects at a UK prison in the Indian Ocean, the Guardian reports. Authorities have repeatedly questioned American officials, who deny the reports. But an organization representing detainees insists the claims are true, adding that the British may... More »

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United Nations • CIA • torture • terrorism • United Kingdom • Diego Garcia • Indian Ocean • interrogation • black sites • Barry McCaffrey • al-Qaeda

Earliest Humans Put a Shrimp
on the Barbie

'Mother of all' ice age survivors roasted shellfish at the beach

Oct 18, 07 1:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Remnants of one of the earliest known human settlements, possibly the community from which all modern people are descended, have been discovered on the South African coast. The band of humans survived 164,000 years ago on cooked shellfish and the occasional whale, and wore red body paint, according to... More »

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South Africa • Indian Ocean • Journal Nature • Pinnacle Point • Mossel Bay • body paint • stone blades • glacial period • progenitor population • Nature

Fourth Quake in 2 Days Wracks Indonesia

Nine dead in latest burst of seismic activity under Indian Ocean

Sep 13, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fourth in a string of violent earthquakes and more than 60 lower-level tremors rattled Indonesia late today, at a magnitude of 6.2. With its epicenter two miles deep in the Indian Ocean, 65 miles west-northwest of Bengkulu, the government issued, then canceled, another tsunami warning. Nine have died... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • Indian Ocean • natural disaster • Jakarta • Bengkulu • earthquake

Tsunami Warning as Quake Rocks Indonesia

Powerful tremor registers 7.9

Sep 12, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indonesia has been hit by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake—triggering widespread tsunami warnings. Buildings swayed in Jakarta, and an official warning has been issued for much of the region surrounding the Indian ocean. More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • Indian Ocean • Jakarta • earthquake

China to Test Controversial Malaria Treatment

Researchers aim to eradicate disease on African island

Jun 6, 07 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese researcher will test a radical new strategy designed to wipe out malaria on a small African island, the International Herald Tribune reports. Mass treatment with a highly effective antimalarial drug would virtually clear the parasite from patients' blood, but critics fear the plan could backfire, causing drug resistance... More »

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China • Africa • health • drugs • malaria • public health • artemisinin • treatment • Indian Ocean • Moheli • Comoros

Islanders Win Bid to Return

UK subjects, forced
out by US military
30 years ago, prevail
in legal battle

May 23, 07 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Indian Ocean islanders will be allowed to return home 30 years after being forced out to make room for a US air base, a British court ruled today. The court said the British government acted unlawfully when it expelled the Chagos archipelago residents after secretly selling a lease... More »

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Chagos Archipelago • Diego Garcia • Indian Ocean • air base • islanders

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