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i'm a big ship
friend and foe
dosn't matter
to the bottom i go

Russia sorry after hitting Chinese ship
Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:29:12 GMT
Moscow has held responsible the ship's captain for the incident
Russia has expressed its regret for the deaths of seven Chinese sailors whose ship was fired on last week by the Russian military.

"We deeply regret and offer our condolences with regards to the tragic consequences of these events which led to human deaths," Russia's foreign ministry said Monday.

Seven Chinese sailors were reportedly dead after the New Star, a Sierra Leone-flagged ship, sank last week on Saturday in stormy seas off Vladivostok after a Russian warship fired on it.

Moscow holds the ship's captain responsible for the incident and claims that the ship had illegally crossed its sea border.

Meanwhile, China's foreign ministry in addition to the vessel's owner, Hong Kong-based J-Rui Lucky Shipping, have strongly protested to Moscow, demanding a full investigation on the issue.

[Anonymous]

maybe they'll go to war and blow each other up

[beast]

melt down of the old world

long wait for the new

[beast]

say goodbye to ireland

stock up on potatoes boston

ou oh, that's like 3
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Real IRA claims responsibility for N Ireland murders: report

Posted 21 minutes ago
Updated 22 minutes ago
Floral tributes for N Ireland killings

Floral tributes are placed close to Massereene army base after two British soldiers were shot dead and four other people wounded in a shooting in Northern Ireland on Saturday March 8, 2009. (Reuters: Cathal McNaughton)

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The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for a gun attack in Northern Ireland that left two British soldiers dead, a newspaper reporter said.

Suzanne Breen, a reporter with the Irish Sunday Tribune newspaper, said she received a telephone call from a man who made "no apology" for the attack north-west of Belfast which killed two soldiers Saturday night.

The Real IRA, a dissident republican group, was responsible for the massive Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland in 1998 which killed 29 people.

"A man who said he was a representative of the South Antrim Brigade of the Real IRA claimed responsibility for the attack," Ms Breen told BBC television.

"He said that he made no apology for attacking British soldiers in Massereene army base nor the men who were delivering pizza to them who he called collaborators with the British rule in Ireland.

"He said that more details of the attack would be given over the coming days and he used an authorised codeword".

The soldiers were killed late on Saturday when two gunmen pulled up outside their barracks as a regular pizza delivery arrived and sprayed up to 40 shots in two long bursts of gunfire, police said.

The gunmen, armed with automatic weapons, then fled in a car driven by an accomplice, officers added.

The shooting at the Royal Engineers' Massereene barracks in County Antrim was the first deadly attack on British troops in Northern Ireland since a soldier was shot dead by a sniper in February 1997.

It was also the first killing of British troops since the signing of the Good Friday peace accords in 1998 that signalled the end of three decades of conflict in the province.

Leaders across the political and religious spectrum condemned the attack in which four were seriously wounded, while British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Northern Ireland would not be dragged back into sectarian strife.

[beast]

is it bat or ball
something flys
something falls

no one is hurt till later

[beast]

the sword is mightier then the pen
when no one cares enough to see

[beast]

stench

flee