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A California man who went missing in the Pacific Ocean for over a month has been found alive drifting off Hawaii. Kai Sato, 39, left Catalina Island on June 7 but two weeks later the mast on his sailboat snapped, he ran out of gas and his phone died, leaving him floating helplessly outside of shipping lanes. He said he was left crying for days as he gave up and felt “like a sitting duck” as the waves pushed him further from any chance of being rescued. He told Hawaii News Now: “I cried for a whole week, just drifting...

MUSCAT -- A traditional sailboat that capsized in the Arabian Sea hours after setting off from Oman for India on September 7 has sunk, and efforts are underway to recover it, organizers said on Saturday. "The India-bound Magan sank and efforts are now underway to recover the boat," the Omani culture and national heritage ministry said. The ministry said, however, that it would build a similar sailboat in a fresh bid to revive a tradition going back thousands of years. A ministry source said on September 7 that the Magan capsized after water leaked into it, but a support ship...