Operation Atalanta warships assist stricken Italian merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden
Italian merchant vessel MV Altinia was towed into the Port of Djibouti
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Nile Collision Death Toll Rises to 31
The death toll from a boat collision on Egypt's Nile river Wednesday has risen to 31, a ministry of health spokesperson told Reuters on Friday.
The accident occurred on the Nile near Giza,
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21 Dead as Cargo Ship Hits Party Boat North of Cairo
Egypt's health ministry said that the death toll from a collision of a cargo ship with a boat carrying people celebrating an engagement, on the Nile the night before has risen to 21,
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Unmanned Delta rocket blasts off with U.S. military satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An upgraded Delta 4 rocket delivered a $445 million U.S. military communications satellite into orbit on Thursday, the seventh member of a planned network of 10 satellites.
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Astronomers discover most Earth-like planet yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A planet believed to be remarkably similar to Earth has been discovered orbiting a distant sun-like star, bolstering hopes of finding life elsewhere in the universe, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
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New crew arrives at space station after two-month delay
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three new crew for the International Space Station arrived at the orbital outpost on Wednesday after a two-month launch delay, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
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Bionic hand uses smart wires to mimic muscle fibers
Engineers in Germany have built a biologically inspired artificial hand with muscles made from bundles of 'smart' wires. An electric charge is all that's needed to make these wires tense or relax, meaning the hand can operate without the bulky and cumb...
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Plant ‘milkers’ seek molecules for medicines and make-up
LARONXE, France (Reuters) - A quiet village in eastern France is home to an unusual greenhouse.
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Devonport Workers Entombed in Submarine Ballast Tank
A pair of workers were sealed inside the ballast tank of a nuclear submarine in Plymouth, it has emerged, reports BBC.
Colleagues had mistakenly sealed the tank at Devonport base in Plymouth,
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Ship Crashes into Mansion in the Strait of Istanbul
Majed and Randy, Sierra Leone-registered dry cargo ship collided into a Ethem Pertev's water-front mansion located on the Bosporus in Istanbul's Kanlıca neighborhood.
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