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Pirates Hijack Danish Yacht With 7 People, Including 3 Children
By not in system - AOL NewsPirates are towing a yacht toward Somalia after capturing the vessel carrying seven Danes, including three children, according to Danish officials. The sailboat was captured Thursday in the Indian Ocean, the Foreign Ministry said, according to news agencies. That was two days after four Americans were killed by Somali pirates. The yacht was carrying a Danish couple, their three children -- ages 12 to 16 -- and two crew members, the Foreign Ministry said today, according to The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse. Foreign Minister Lene Espersen said she was "deeply concerned," the AP ...
10-Foot Tsunami Kills at Least 113 in Indonesia
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (Oct. 26) -- A powerful earthquake triggered a 10-foot (three-meter) tsunami that pounded remote island villages in western Indonesia, killing at least 113 people and leaving scores more missing, an official said Tuesday. The fault that ruptured Monday on Sumatra island's coast also caused the 2004 quake amd monster Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. A day after the quake struck 13 miles (20 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor, rescuers were still struggling to get to the Mentawai islands - which are closest to the epicenter - because ...
Abby Sunderland Is a 16-Year-Old Sailor; Deal With It, America
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyAbby Sunderland is alive and well. Her boat is upright (see photograph, courtesy Australian Search and Rescue, on her blog). She'll be rescued within 24 hours by a French fishing vessel now speeding to her location. I'll bet her first interview will reveal she's not one bit sorry about her quest to become the youngest sailor to traverse the globe solo. The youngest, mind you -- not youngest girl. On June 10, emergency signals went off when Sunderland got caught in 25-foot waves in the wintertime Indian Ocean, a sea her brother Zac, who achieved the same youngest sailor feat when he was just ...
Abby Sunderland: Who Pays for the 16-Year-Old Sailor's Rescue?
By Brigid Sweeney - Politics DailyAmid the relief that the 16-year-old sailor from Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been found alive and well in the Indian Ocean, people are not so-quietly-asking: Who pays for the rescue effort related to the failed 'round-the-world excursion that has been described by one professional sailor as "foolhardy"? The answer, at least in part, is Australia -- and U.S. taxpayers. Australian authorities commissioned a commercial plane to search for Abby Sunderland, whose boat was pounded by rough seas about 2,000 miles off the coast of Western Australia. According to reports, Australian Maritime Safety ...
Rescuers Find Teen Sailor Adrift in Indian Ocean
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 11) -- Rescuers made radio contact today with a California teen feared lost at sea while trying to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world. An Australian search and rescue team aboard an Airbus A330 spotted 16-year-old Abby Sunderland early today, huddled on her disabled yacht with its mast snapped off, some 2,000 miles offshore in the Indian Ocean. Sunderland's parents feared the worst when they lost contact with her boat, "Wild Eyes," in stormy seas Thursday. Two emergency beacons were activated on the boat, her father Laurence Sunderland told AOL News. The ...
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