Latvia Evacuates Cruise Ship

themoscowtimes.com     05-May-2008            

Latvia’s coast guard Monday began evacuating a stranded cruise ship with nearly 1,000 people on board after tug boats failed to pull the luxury liner off an underwater sand bank in the Baltic Sea. ... 06 May 2008By Gary Peach / The Associated PressRIGA — Latvia's coast... [read full story]                    

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Cruise ship runs aground off Latvian coast

tiscali.co.uk     04-May-2008          

A cruise ship with 984 people on board ran aground off the coast of Latvia on Sunday, the coast guard said. ... The Bahama Islands registered Mona Lisa ran aground in the Irbe Strait, which is the main route from the Baltic Sea into the port of the Latvian capital Riga....                    

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Cruise liner runs aground off Latvia, almost 1,000 on board

rian.ru     04-May-2008          

RIGA, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - A luxurious cruise liner with 984 passengers on board has run aground in the Baltic Sea's Irben Starit, Latvia's Coast Guard Service said on Sunday. The coastguard said that all the people on board the vessel, which was en-route from Poland's...                    

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Stricken ship's passengers wait for a tow

scotsman.com     05-May-2008          

ALL 984 people on board a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Latvia yesterday were reported safe and well by coastguards. ... The Bahamas-registered Mona Lisa, whose passengers were mostly German, ran aground in the Irbe Strait, a main route from the Baltic...                    

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984 passengers to be evacuated from stranded Mona Lisa cruiser

dailymail.co.uk     05-May-2008          

Comments The captain of stranded cruise ship the Mona Lisa has agreed to evacuate its 984 passengers after unsuccessful attempts to free it from a sand bank in the Ibens Strait, the Latvian coast guard has confirmed. The Bahamas-registered Mona Lisa ran aground on an...                    

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Evacuation of stranded cruise liner Mona Lisa begins

rian.ru     05-May-2008          

RIGA, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - A luxurious cruise liner, which ran aground in the Baltic Sea's Irben Strait on May 4, with 984 people on board is being evacuated, the press service of the Latvian coastguard said on Monday. Four tugs were used to try and pull the Mona Lisa...                    

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Hundreds evacuated from trapped luxury cruise ship

inthenews.co.uk     05-May-2008          

More than 700 people have been evacuated from a luxury cruise ship trapped on a sandbank near Latvia. ... Tugs failed to free the Bahamas-registered Mona Lisa overnight after it ran aground yesterday. It got stuck in the Irbe Strait, a main route from the Baltic Sea to...                    

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