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In the 'Axis of Evil'

jpost Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:46:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Mediterranean[2]; ferry[1]; Syria[16]; Turkey[2]; Israel[10]; Russia[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Hassan Nasrallah[1]; Monte Sinaí[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[3]; Bashar Assad[1]; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[1];

Trying to nap in my Istanbul hotel. Cannot sleep. Tonight my wife and I are flying to Syria, the “Axis of Evil.” It has been my dream to visit the “other side of the fence” ever since working in the banana fields on a border kibbutz. We have American passports without an Israeli stamp. Our Arab-American friends are bewildered by our plans....

UN Navy crew's mutiny against the 'Sea Witch' captain who ' belittled' them

telegraph Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:04:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Mediterranean[1]; ship[3]; fire[1]; aground[2]; incident[1];

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Other categories: Maritime Safety;

Standing on the bridge of her warship with the ocean before her and a crew of men awaiting her command, the future looked fantastic for Captain Holly Graf, the first American to take charge of a US Navy cruiser....

Endangered Species: Why Japan Keeps Fighting the Whale Wars

time Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:31:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Atlantic[1]; ship[2]; collision[1];

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Entities: Peter Bethune[1]; Douglas MacArthur[2]; Sea Shepherd[4];

Other categories: Trade; Maritime Safety; Ecology;

Few Japanese ever sit down to a plate of whale sashimi anymore, but they still resist viscerally the idea that the international community could force Japan to stop whaling....

Intense Wind and Rain Blast the New York Region

nytimes Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:25:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Atlantic[3]; Fire[1]; Ferry[1]; fire[2];

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Entities: Jersey Turnpike[1]; Jersey Shore[1];

A nor’easter was blamed for two deaths in New Jersey and left hundreds of thousands without power in New Jersey, metropolitan New York and Connecticut....

SpaceX tests rocket engines for NASA role

msnbc Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:58:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) ferry[2]; Israel[1]; cargo[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Elon Musk[1];

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Elon Musk said: "All appeared normal at first glance,"

California-based SpaceX said it conducted a successful engine test for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Saturday, marking a key milestone on the way to the inaugural launch of a rocket that could one day ferry astronauts to the International Space Station....

From the archive: Texan daredevil enters Piper Alpha inferno

sundaytimes Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:03:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) oil rig[1]; North Sea[3]; fire[2];

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Other categories: Alternative Energy; Manmade Disasters;

PAUL “Red” Adair, the Texan firefighting specialist, boarded the stricken Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea yesterday in an attempt to determine how to put out the fires still burning and cap the leak of oil and gas from ruptured pipes....

Articles published more than 1 day ago

Our shrinking nest eggs: whose fault?

heraldscotland Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:34:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) sinking[1]; Scotland[1]; Greece[1]; ship[1]; Ireland[1];

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Entities: Roger Bootle[1]; Gordon Brown[3]; Eric Daniels[1]; Lloyds Banking Group[2]; John Kay[1]; Archie Kane[1]; David Walker[1]; Ray Martin[2];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Consumer Affairs;

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Roger Bootle says: “Institutional investors have been weak in pursuing their members’ best interests”

Gordon Brown intends that the imminent General Election will be fought on his piloting of the much-buffeted ship of state....

Air France black box search to resume on Mar.25 - paper

thestar Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:24:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Atlantic[1]; France[3]; accident[1]; ship[1];

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Entities: Helen Massy-Beresford[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters;

PARIS (Reuters) - The search for the wreckage and black boxes of an Air France aircraft which crashed into the Atlantic last year killing all 228 people on board will resume on 25 March, newspaper Le Figaro said....

High-rise asylum seekers plumb depths of despair in Scotland

sundaytimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:11:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Scotland[1]; ferry[1]; Libya[1]; fire[1]; Italy[1];

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Other categories: Maritime Safety; Terrorist Attack;

Some days the wind rages so hard it seems to bend the steel window frames. Other days are so still that you can hear the rusty squeak of playground swings from the 29th floor....

Articles published more than 2 days ago

Russian sailors from “Arionas” tanker die of fake alcohol poisoning

ruvr-en Friday, March 12, 2010 10:41:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) tanker[3]; English Channel[1]; Russia[1]; cargo[1]; incident[1];

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Other categories: Security; Maritime Safety;

Three Russian sailors from “Arionas” tanker have died of fake alcohol poisoning. The conclusion was reached by the Procurator’s office of Le Havre, which investigated the causes of the Russians’ death. The sailors had acquired the spirits at one of the ports, as alcohol was prohibited on the vessel....

Left in Paris, Mrs Sarko puts on a frosty front while her husband appears ecstatic to meet Gordon Brown at Downing Street

dailymail Friday, March 12, 2010 9:44:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) France[2]; tanker[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Gordon Brown[2]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; Carla Bruni[1];

Other categories: European Parliament; Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Market; European Parliament Political Groups;

France's first lady had plenty to think about amid growing talk that both she and her husband Nicolas Sarkozy are having affairs....

Baroud calls for boosting capacity to manage disasters

LBdailystar Friday, March 12, 2010 9:34:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) France[2]; ship[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Ziad Barud[1]; Rafik al-Hariri[1];

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Ziad Barud said: “It’s abnormal if we don’t brace ourselves for catastrophes while most countries are doing so. Let us hope that nothing bad will take place in Lebanon, and at the same time be ready to deal with any tragic event that might happen,”

Ziad Barud said: “This government is the first to ever seriously address this issue. A draft law granting Civil Defense volunteers permanent, full-time employment will soon be sent by the Interior Ministry to the government,”

Ziad Barud noted: “We are in the process of forming an elite force tasked with shouldering tough missions,”

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud stressed on Friday the importance of boosting the country's ability to face potential natural disasters and emergencies, adding that an "elite force" was in the works for such eventualities. "It's abnormal if we don't brace ourselves for catastrophes while most countries are doing so....

A President and Two Slaps

daralhayat Friday, March 12, 2010 7:54:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) ship[1]; Israel[2]; incident[1];

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Entities: Joseph Biden[1]; Barack Obama[1];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; Monetary Issues EU;

Ghassan Charbel America is a great state and a great problem; a problem when the world doesn’t understand it, a tragedy when it doesn’t understand the world. Its abilities are enormous, and so are its mistakes. Both its hostilities and its friendships are costly. The world cannot tolerate to see it wash its hands of its problems....

Russia and India sign major military deals

rian-en Friday, March 12, 2010 6:39:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) ship[3]; explosion[1]; Russia[7];

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Entities: Sergei Kiriyenko[1]; Sergei Ivanov[2];

Other categories: GPS-transport; Transport and Energy Security;

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Sergei Kiriyenko said: "There is Haripur, there is Kudankulam, and there will be another,"

Russia and India signed on Friday a host of high-profile deals during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's working visit to the country...

Russia Aims To Boost India Ties On Nuclear Energy, Space, Defense

rferl Friday, March 12, 2010 2:25:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) accident[1]; ship[1]; Russia[9]; Baltic Sea[1];

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Entities: Vishnu Prakash[1]; Rahul Bedi[1]; Pratibha Devisingh Patil[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Cabinet Committee[1]; Manmohan Singh[1];

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Vladimir Putin said: "The Russian government is ready to directly support this activity -- if necessary, with the help of additional financial means,"

Rahul Bedi says: "One is the long-standing deal for the refit of an aircraft carrier that the Indian Navy is acquiring from the Russians. Another is for MiG-29 naval combat aircraft, and another very important factor is the lease of a nuclear-powered submarine by the Indian Navy," "The lease is for 10 years and it is worth anywhere between $600 million and $700 million. The submarine was supposed to arrive in India last year in September but because of an accident that occurred in the Baltic Sea, the submarine is now expected to arrive sometime in May or June of this year"

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in New Delhi today for talks on ways to boost cooperation with India in the nuclear-power, space, and defense sectors....

■ Hugh ‘Bobby’ Craddock - Multi-skilled sport...

newera Friday, March 12, 2010 1:00:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) sinking[1]; ship[1]; Germany[1];

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Entities: Manuel Coelho[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; Maritime Safety;

CAPE TOWN – When young Bobby Craddock arrived in South West Africa in 1974, languishing in the second division with the unfashionable Army team – few would have imagined the hard tackling bearded defender would go on and become a household name in domestic football....

8 FOREIGN SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN THE UK DURING FEBRUARY 2010

ukgovpublic Friday, March 12, 2010 12:25:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Ship[4]; ferry[1]; ship[14]; pollution[1]; Russia[1]; Norway[2]; Cargo[6]; cargo[1]; fire[3]; incident[1];

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Entities: Bureau Veritas[2];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; EU Russia; Echo; Market;

Latest monthly figures show that there were 4 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during February 2010 and 4 vessels under detention from the previous month. The overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last twelve months was 3% this is slightly down from Januarys’ twelve month rate....

Russian vessel's crew rescued on Caspian Sea

trendnews-az Friday, March 12, 2010 9:52:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) ship[1]; Russia[1]; fire[2];

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Other categories: Maritime Safety;

The fire was extinguished and crew of 'Kayakend' vessel, sailing under the flag of Russia and registered at the port of Makhachkala was rescued with the assistance of ships and helicopters of the Caspian Sea Oil Fleet company of SOCAR ......

Japan arrests anti-whaling activist

cnn Friday, March 12, 2010 8:08:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Atlantic[1]; ship[4]; collision[1]; incident[1];

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Entities: Ady Gil[3]; Peter James[1]; Sea Shepherd[8];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters; Transport and Energy Security; Fisheries management;

Japanese authorities arrested an activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month in waters off the Antarctic....

DoD News: Contracts for March 11, 2010

globalsecurity Friday, March 12, 2010 6:25:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Finland[1]; Fire[1]; ship[2]; Germany[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Fort Bliss[1]; Fort Hood[1];

Other categories: Manmade Disasters;

AIR FORCE ADVENT Environmental, Inc., Mount Pleasant, S.C. (FA8903-10-D-8602); EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. (FA8903-10-D-8601); and Zapata Inc., Charlotte, N.C. (8903-10-D-8600), were awarded a $350,000,000 contract which will provide environmental support restoration and remediation....

Greece Grinds to a Halt Amid Strike

wsj Friday, March 12, 2010 1:20:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Greece[4]; ferry[1]; fire[1];

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Other categories: Market; Budget (general);

Violence broke out between police and protesters in Athens as 30,000 people gathered to demonstrate against the government's austerity program as part of a nationwide general strike....

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Search for Air France black boxes delayed

AP Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:09:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Atlantic[1]; France[3]; accident[2]; ship[1]; Russia[1]; Germany[1];

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Entities: Jean-Paul Troadec[1]; Paul Hewson[2];

Other categories: Maritime Safety;

PARIS (AP) -- The search for the black boxes of an Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has been delayed by weather conditions and trouble getting a search ship to Brazil, officials said Thursday.......

Military truck with ammunition raises false alarm for police

TurkishDailyNews Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:09:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Aegean[1]; cargo[2]; incident[1];

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Entities: Abdullah Gül[1]; Mustafa Bilgili[1]; Beshir Atalay[1]; İlker Başbuğ[1];

Anti-terror police in Ankara scrambled Wednesday night to intercept a truck reportedly laden with ammunition before learning the gear belonged to the military....

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Greece general strike halts services

CBC Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:09:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Greece[5]; ferry[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Yiannis Panagopoulos[1];

Other categories: Maritime Safety; Budget (general);

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Yiannis Panagopoulos said: "They are trying to make workers pay the price for this crisis,"

Protesters clashed with riot police as more than 10,000 people marched through central Athens Thursday during a nationwide general strike against the government's harsh new austerity measures....

Greece frozen by 3rd massive strike

CBC Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:05:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Greece[4]; ferry[1]; fire[1];

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Entities: Yiannis Panagopoulos[1];

Other categories: Maritime Safety; Budget (general);

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Yiannis Panagopoulos said: "They are trying to make workers pay the price for this crisis,"

Airports, public sector offices, hospitals and schools throughout Greece closed on Thursday as labour workers launched a third general strike in recent weeks to protest harsh spending cuts by the country's Socialist government....

Greek workers strike against anti-austerity plans

icWales Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:06:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) Greece[2]; ferry[1]; fire[1];

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Other categories: Maritime Safety;

Debt-plagued Greece is today facing the start of a new wave of industrial action against painful spending cuts....

Joe Biden' s Mideast peace talks descend into 'condemnation'

theglobeandmail Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:50:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) ship[1]; Israel[7]; fire[1];

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Entities: Mahmoud Abbas[1]; Barack Obama[1]; James Baker[1]; Danny Danon[1]; Benjamin Netanyahu[1]; Eli Yishai[1];

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Danny Danon said (about Barack Obama) : “We see it as nothing short of an insult that President Obama himself is not coming,”

A merican condemnations, Israeli apologies and Palestinian disbelief quickly undermined what was supposed to be a relatively low-key effort to breathe some life into the near-dead peace process. U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's visit had barely begun before the Obama administration was repeatedly.......

Articles published more than 4 days ago

Uruguay demands concrete help from Germany to salvage sunken ship

earthtimes Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:27:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (MaritimeSafetyEurope) sunk[1]; ship[5]; Germany[5];

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Entities: Guido Westerwelle[1];

Other categories: Maritime Safety;

Montevideo - Uruguay on Wednesday demanded concrete assistance from Berlin for efforts to salvage the German battleship Graf Spee, which sank off the coast of Montevideo in December 1939. Hours after German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visited ......

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