Oceans

Oceans

• Search ends for 2 Australians lost off cruise ship

  Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said ... 

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  China and India's rivalry extends to the Arctic

  While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants ... 

• Florida becomes 4th state to sue BP over oil spill

  The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against British oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ... 

• 7.0 quake hits ocean off Japan, Russia; no damage

  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia on Friday, but no damage was expected. The Japan ... 

• 2 shipping firms admit to illegal ocean dumping

  Two international shipping firms from Germany and Cyprus pleaded guilty Thursday to obstruction and other charges in connection with what the U.S. 

• 2 years after Japan tsunami, debris spreads in US

  Two years ago, the yellow buoy was hanging as part of a restaurant sign in the coastal community of Minamisanriku in northern Japan when an earthquake ... 

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  Critics say grounding shows Arctic drilling danger

  The grounding of a petroleum drilling ship on a remote Alaska island has refueled the debate over oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean, where ... 

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  Column: How to stitch your tongue at sea

  One sailor used sandpaper to gingerly file down his broken molar before capping the aching stump with epoxy resin. But no one — at least not yet — has ... 

• Plains closes on $5.4B Gulf of Mexico BP deal

  Plains Exploration & Production Co. said Friday that it has completed its $5.36 billion acquisition of some BP deep-water assets in the Gulf of ...