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Australia: Boats sink, suicides, yet no real progress Special

The sacrifice asylum seekers make leaving troubled homelands is not made easier arriving in Australia where detention practices are likely to cause additional harm.

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Op-Ed: Intercepting the human smugglers

The people smugglers are back in business. The Indonesian navy has intercepted a boatload of 260 people at the request of Australia. This is part of a new approach to shutting down people smuggling and illegal entry scams in the region.

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'Swamp People' Star Dead at 48

Mitchell Guist, who stars on the reality television series “Swamp People,” died while on a boat in a Louisiana swamp country, according to a local sheriff. Guist, who was 48, died Monday after he fell while on a boat on the Intracoastal Waterway near Pierre...

Costa ship adrift off Seychelles

A cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board is without power following a fire, 200 miles off the Seychelles; tug boats are many hours away.

Cuban movie takes Tribeca prizes

A movie about Cuban boat people, whose stars have gone missing, wins three prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival.

VIDEO: Olympic 'memory boat' unveiled

An Olympic memory boat made out of 1,200 wooden objects is unveiled in Hampshire

Dominican migrant tells of surviving boat sinking

Survivor tells of Dominican boat sinking tragedy