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Commander Scott Waddle was in his private hell. His submarine, the U.S.S. Greeneville, had sunk a Japanese fishing vessel off Hawaii, killing nine people. His career in the Navy was over. He was potentially facing a court-martial. His lawyer had told him to remain silent. And still Waddle decided...
At least 15 people drowned and 20 more were missing after a 12-m motorized wooden boat smashed against rocks and broke apart 11 km from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The victims were believed to be illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic. Two survivors, rescued by a fishing...
Such enthusiastic word of mouth has helped give the local tourist industry growth figures that a lot of FORTUNE 500 companies would envy: more than 53,000 Americans visited in 2000, up 20% from the year before, and the U.S. is now Iceland's No. 1 tourist market. Tourism generates...
The Navy is under fire for having 16 civilians aboard the USS Greeneville, a Navy fast-attack submarine, when it collided with a Japanese fishing trawler on Feb. 9, killing nine aboard the trawler. A Naval inquiry into the accident is probing whether civilians aboard for a day cruise may...
Surely the most disturbing point was the Americans' labeling the Ehime Maru "a fishing vessel" instead of a high school training boat. If a Japanese warship had sunk an American ship with high school students onboard, causing the death of several of them, what would the American public have said...