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Russia Finds Missing Merchant Ship Near Cape Verde Islands
Fox News ^ | August 17, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 08/17/2009 7:17:39 AM PDT by MestaMachine

Breaking News
Russia Finds Missing Merchant Ship Near Cape Verde Islands
Monday, August 17, 2009

] MOSCOW — DEVELOPING: Russia has found a missing freighter near the Cape Verde islands and its crew members have been taken aboard a Russian vessel, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said...

Developing

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: capeverde; found; maritime; merchantship; missing; russia
No info yet.
1 posted on 08/17/2009 7:17:40 AM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: MestaMachine
A little too much Водка?
2 posted on 08/17/2009 7:19:11 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: MestaMachine

The current flows South
Along the coast of Europe
To Cape Verde Islands

Not under power
A ship adrift would come to
Drift there on her own.


3 posted on 08/17/2009 7:24:36 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (Here's a suggestion/Let this crisis go to waste/Just fix the problem)
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To: MestaMachine

wow this ship must have carried really high quality lumber ;-) because navy ships from Nato, the EU and even russian submarines have been used to find it.
yeah lumber riiiiight!


4 posted on 08/17/2009 7:25:06 AM PDT by Jonny foreigner
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To: Haiku Guy

Yea, looks like the ship lost power and drifted.


5 posted on 08/17/2009 7:27:01 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: MestaMachine
A few more details:

The crew wasn't found being controlled by any armed men.

The crew members were being questioned at the time of report to the Russian President.

6 posted on 08/17/2009 8:22:00 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Maybe should have poured the wodka into the fuel tank.
That’s quite a ways to drift. Why no communication?
This is going to be good. I can tell.


7 posted on 08/17/2009 8:46:39 AM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: Tainan

well, just always remember that no matter where you go...there you are


8 posted on 08/17/2009 8:49:40 AM PDT by wardaddy (Kite Runner....good movie.)
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To: wardaddy

9 posted on 08/17/2009 4:29:08 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: Tainan

hear hear


10 posted on 08/17/2009 5:31:45 PM PDT by wardaddy (Kite Runner....good movie.)
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