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Powerful storm damages world’s third largest cruise ship

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 19:25 Last update: about 12 years ago

The third largest cruise ship in the world was caught in a powerful storm on Sunday that rocked the vessel wildly, overturning furniture, smashing glassware and collapsing part of a ceiling in a...

IOM says 409 migrants die in Mediterranean in 2016

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 12:52 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

The International Organization for Migration says 409 people have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, and migrant crossings in the first six weeks of 2016 are running at nearly ten...

Indian scientists study chunk that fell from sky, killed man

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:39 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India, after authorities said it was a meteorite. The object slammed into the ground at an...

2015 sets record for most shark attacks, with 98 worldwide

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Experts say 2015 saw a record-setting 98 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, including 30 in Florida alone. The Florida Museum of Natural History released the numbers Monday. Scientists say the...

No new trial for priest convicted of sex tourism with boys

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 07:48 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

A priest who was convicted of sexually assaulting poor street children during missionary trips to Honduras and said federal prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence in his case won't get a new trial, a...

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