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Sunken ship search took 300 hours

Efforts to save the crew of a cargo ship which sank off Gwynedd contributed to a record number of hours lifeboats in Wales were at sea in 2011.

Carnival cruise ship passengers struck with virus

(Reuters) - More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy. Ninety passengers and 13 crew members on the Ruby Princess cruise ship contracted the Norovirus, a contagious ...

Ireland steady ship late on to grind out the victory

UNDER-20 SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP/Ireland 11 Wales 6:IRELAND WILL need to improve enormously on this showing if they are to have any chance of winning the U-20 Six Nations, but at least they will head to France next weekend on the back of a victory.

Norovirus Hits Cruise Ship Passengers

Passengers aboard a Royal Caribbean and two Carnival ocean liners fell ill with a stomach virus last week, forcing delays while the companies worked to disinfect the ships before returning to sea. Ninety passengers and 13 crew aboard Carnival’s Ruby Princess contracted Norovirus over the weekend, Julie Benson, a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises, told Reuters in a statement. The same virus -- a ...

Italy: No missing Hungarian on cruise ship

Italy says Hungarian authorities have dismissed as "groundless" a report that an unregistered Hungarian woman was aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it capsized.