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		<title>Carnival Cruise Ship Crashes off Italy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least three people were killed and about 40 were missing after a Carnival Corp. cruise ship with 4,229 passengers and crew ran aground near the island of Giglio off the west coast of Italy. The Costa Concordia hit rocks near the island late yesterday a few hours after sailing north from Rome, said Gianni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Aboard Norwegian Cruise Ship Kills Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police suspect an on-board explosion may have been the cause of fire that resulted in two deaths of crew members aboard a cruise ship off Norway&#8217;s coast yesterday. The cruise ship, carrying 307 passengers and 55 crew members, began evacuating at 9 a.m. Nine people had been admitted to a nearby hospital, two with serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Americans Hijacked by Pirates Killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3JFXXB8MATHK Four hostages on board a yacht hijacked by pirates last week were killed by their captors, U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday. The vessel, named the Quest, was being shadowed by the military after being captured by pirates off the coast of Oman on Friday. Officials had said earlier Tuesday it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antartica Expedition Cruise Stikes Rock with 80 Passangers Onboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Weekly Reported today that 80 cruise passengers onboard The Polar Star, owned by International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, will return to Argentina under it&#8217;s own power, with all crew members and passengers onboard. It will make a brief stop over at Arctowski Station on King George Island so that divers may inspect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warming Up to the Reality in the Arctic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great read for anyone in the Maritime Industry; As you continue to chisel the snow and ice from your driveway during this, one of the most difficult winters on record for many Americans, it may be comforting to know that the ice is still melting in the Arctic. Really. Beyond that, and although the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admin of Victims Compensation Fund Says &#8220;Recovery by 2012&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenneth Feinberg, independent administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), (the $20 billion victims compensation fund set up to compensate victims of the PB Gulf Coat oil spill) said on Wednesday that he expected the local economy along the Gulf Coat to recover by 2012. &#8220;For every claimant who is eligible other than oyster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates Use Freighter to Hijack Spanish Warship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October of 2010, Somali pirates overtook and confiscated a Japanese-owned freighter called the MV Izumi, leaving some piracy experts to wonder what their next move would be. Less than two months later, they got their answer. This same freighter was used by pirates on Saturday, November 27 to stage the hijacking of a Spanish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese/Japanese Maritime Collision Dispute Ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 7, 2010, a Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels near the Diaoyu Islands located in the East China Sea setting off a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. Joint undersea gas field development plans and a rare earth export agreement were immediately cancelled by China. China’s Foreign Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Pirates Often Go Unprosecuted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In earlier times, piracy was dealt with severely; a pirate could be made to walk the plank, or left to die of starvation in cages held aloft, a process that could take a long time. Nowadays, countries take a much more “polite” attitude toward pirates, and maritime law has tied the hands of most victims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court Decision on Seamen&#8217;s Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U. S Supreme Court heard and decided Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v Edgar Townsend (Case WL 1789469), a case that protects a seaman&#8217;s right to receive damages if an employer withholds obligatory maintenance and cure. Edgar Townsend suffered injuries while he worked on a tugboat belonging to the Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. The company [...]]]></description>
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