Indian ocean News
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Indian Ocean (Nearing Seychelles) - A small (295-foot) French fishing ship is currently towing the disabled Costa Allegra Cruise ship towards the island of Seychelles (population 86,000,) and not expected to arrive until Thursday.
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A pirated ship, the MV Marida Marguerite, was freed today. Details were given in a press release from the European Union Naval Force Somalia. It was also announced that the MV EMS River was pirated yesterday.
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Six years ago today a tsunami caused devastation throughout many countries that boarder the Indian Ocean among them Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
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Karachi -
It's been six weeks since Cyclone Phet hit the city of Karachi in Pakistan. Since the storm ended many thousands of mollusks per day have washed ashore onto the popular tourist beach of Karachi and the smell is keeping everyone inside, away from the sea.
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Abby Sunderland, 16-year old solo sailor has gone missing in the rough seas of the Indian Ocean. Reports say that she fired distress signals as contact was lost with her.
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Victoria -
A US Navy warship has repulsed an attack by a pirate boat and, after an exchange of fire, captured five suspected pirates west of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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Colombo -
Preliminary reports show that off the coast of Sri Lanka, a strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck but so far there has been no tsunami alert issued.
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With the end of the monsoon season in October, Somali pirates are stepping up their attacks on shipping. They succeeded in seizing one ship today, Wednesday, while two days earlier pirates made their longest range attack off the Somali coast ever.
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In an attempt to draw attention to the climate change issue the cabinet of the Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, held a meeting on Saturday, which lasted some 25-30 minutes, whilst underwater.
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A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has struck off of the coast of India near the Andaman Islands. This resulted in a tsunami warning being issued for Southeast Asia.
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Indian ocean Headlines
A tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean is lifted after no significant waves are reported following two earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia.
Carnival cruise ship passengers trapped on Indian Ocean.
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner is the first British journalist to be allowed on board an Australian Maritime Patrol Aircraft flying on a counter-piracy mission over the Indian Ocean.
Australia plays down a report it plans to allow a US air base on islands in the Indian Ocean, calling such a move "down the track".
 A fire broke out in the generator room of an Italian cruise ship on Monday, causing no casualties but leaving the vessel adrift in an area of the Indian Ocean where Somali pirates have been active, officials say.
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