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U.N. warns 250,000 still trapped in Syria's Homs
2014-02-14 20:34:30| IT Services - Topix.net
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos described the evacuation of civilians from the besieged Syrian city of Homs as a "remarkable" achievement but warned 250,000 people across the war-torn country were awaiting help, Al Arabiya reported.
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Antarctic rescue: now US ship on its way to rescue two trapped vessels
2014-01-05 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: An American icebreaker is on its way from Sydney to the Antarctic to free two ships stuck in ice, in the latest stage of a convoluted rescue mission. Twenty-two crew remain on board the Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy, which became trapped after a blizzard pushed sea ice around the ship and froze it in place on Christmas Eve. The 52 scientists and tourists on board the research ship were airlifted to safety last week, thanks to the helicopter from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long. Those...
Trapped ship passengers set to ring in New Year in Antarctic ice
2013-12-31 04:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them. But they can't party too hard because the rescue could come at any minute. The Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped since December 24 about 100 nautical miles east of a French Antarctic station, Dumont D'Urville, and about 1,500 nautical miles south of Tasmania, welcomes...
Antarctic expedition scientists trapped in ice
2013-12-25 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A team of scientists and members of the public who have been retracing the footsteps of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911 have become trapped in heavy ice a few miles from the coast of Antarctica. Passengers aboard the ship, the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, were informed on Christmas morning that the captain had issued a distress call to the Maritime Service Authority based in Falmouth in the UK earlier in the day. Three nearby icebreaker ships have been notified of the Shokalskiy's...
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Man Trapped in Empty Plane Cabin at Houston Airport
2013-12-08 17:18:21| Airlines - Topix.net
Airline investigators are looking into how a man got left behind and locked onboard a United Airlines jet when everyone else left during a layover in Houston from Louisiana.
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