The Malaysian-registered vessel MT Orkim Harmony carrying 6,000 metric tonnes of RON95 petrol went missing in the South China Sea near Johor on Thursday (June 11).
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Submarine Begins Underwater Search for Missing Dornier Aircraft
The search for the missing Dornier aircraft of Indian Coast Guard and its three crew members is being augmented with underwater search by naval submarine, reports All India Radio.
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Oil Blast Sparks Off Major Fire in Mumbai Port Trust in Wadala
A fire broke out due to a suspected leakage in an oil pipeline passing through a land owned by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) in Wadala in central Mumbai, but no one was injured.
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Russian Ship Collides with Icelandic Coast Guard Vessels
The Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern collided with the Icelandic Coastguard patrol ships Þór and Týr, which were docked at the quayside.
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European space probe, thought lost, awakes in comet’s shadows
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A robotic space lander has surprised scientists by waking up and sending a signal to Earth, seven months after straying into the shadows of a comet where they feared it might be marooned for ever.
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European space chief suggests making room for China, India on station
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The incoming head of the European Space Agency said in a published interview that the International Space Station should be opened up to astronauts from India and China.
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Bluebird Bio’s sickle cell gene therapy working for French boy
LONDON (Reuters) - A pioneering gene therapy for sickle cell disease is working well so far for a 13-year-old French boy with the hereditary blood disorder, researchers said on Saturday, in a boost for the technology to fix faulty genes.
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Sunken 48-foot Sports Fisher Vessel Salvaged
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) monitored the salvage of the sunken Bigbi Thursday, two miles north of Little Creek, Va.
The Bigbi sank at approximately 5:40 a.
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Egg or sperm? Scientists identify a gene that makes the call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Providing insight into the sometimes mysterious biology of reproduction, researchers in Japan have identified a gene that controls whether the reproductive precursor cells known as germ cells eventually become sperm or eggs.
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Stretchy spinal implant presents new paralysis treatment
A thin and flexible implant that can be applied directly to the surface of the spinal cord to administer electrical and chemical stimulation has been developed by scientists in Switzerland. The e-Dura implant, made from a silicon substrate embedded wit...
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