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Mystery as cargo ship disappears in English Channel
(The Times)
August 11, 2009
Mystery surrounds the fate of a cargo ship that disappeared while sailing through the English Channel.
Dover Coastguard made contact with the 3,988-tonne Arctic Sea hours before receiving an international police alert that she may have been hijacked, although there is also speculation that the crew might have been involved in its disappearance.
Nothing has been heard from the ship, carrying $1.85 million (£1.13 million) of timber, or her 15 Russian crew members since that call ...... Read more on The Times
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