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  • Sectarian Violence Kills 11 in Iraq

    It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb of Rasheed, killing him, his wife, and two children. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in Rasheed. Police say gunmen killed ...

  • Navy dolphins discover rare old torpedo off Calif. coast near Coronado

    The so-called Howell torpedo was discovered by bottlenose dolphins being trained by the Navy to find undersea objects, including mines, that not even billion-dollar technology can ...

  • 10 things cruise lines won’t tell you

    It's been a tough couple of seasons for the cruise ship industry. First, the Costa Concordia, a 3,800-passenger ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp., ran aground off the coast of Italy in January 2012. Thirty-two people were killed, while images of the abandoned ship, lying incongruously on its side. beside a picturesque beach town, flashed around the ...

  • NPA restricts movement into Lagos ports

    The Nigerian Ports Authority has said as from Tuesday next week only people with electronic port pass or means of identification issued by the approved authorities will be allowed into the ports in ...

  • Be cautious on Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam trails after recent attacks police warn

    U.S. entrepreneur and author Kevin Daum knows what sells. He had tremendous response to a recent column he wrote for Inc. Magazine on 10 Things Really Amazing Employees Do — so he followed it ...

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Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition, director Sam Mendes' follow-up to his 1999 Oscar-winning hit American Beauty, is a stately, elegant gangster film, beautifully directed and somehow both moving and slightly distanced. Perhaps it is the film's formal beauty--its graceful camera movements, rich dark-amber hues, and precise compositions--that keeps it at a slight distance, almost too gorgeous an imag ... ...

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  • ‘In the Navy you save your ship your ship is your home’

    History has been made and remembered. Twenty-four surviving sailors from the USS Franklin held a reunion at Patriot's Point in Charleston. In 1945, the Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben" was hit by 2 Japanese bombs, exploding 31 armed and fueled aircraft sitting on her deck. More than 800 were killed, the worst casualty count for any surviving US warship, and second only to the USS ...

  • Tours seek flexibility for bigger slice of the cruise passenger market in Cairns and Port Douglas

    That's the message operators will be given at seminars in Cairns and Port Douglas next month as the region revises its shore excursion programs for the dozens of cruise ships which visit the region each year.Tourism Tropical North Queensland sales and marketing director Brian Hennessy said flexibility was critical."Sometimes a ship might be late or have to leave early. Operators need ...

  • Tanzania Mwakyembe Spits Fire At Port Staff

    Dodoma - THE Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe last evening gave a two week ultimatum to Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to automate the payment system and curb rampant theft of public money at the port. He directed the TPA Director General, Director of Finance and Administration or IT Manager to ensure that the computerised payment system is working by June 1 or submit resignation ...

  • Greece to buy 142 ships from China

    SHANGHAI - Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis said here Saturday Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies. The orders, which were signed in April, accounted for more than 60 percent of the recent global orders of Greek shipowners, said the Greek official. The shipping industry, including shipbuilding, is one of the most ...

  • Marina Stuetz Is Starting Early and Moving Fast

    The Austrian teenager Marina ...

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