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Israel Displays Huge Weapons Cache from Captured Ship
Nov 5th, 2009 - VOA News
Israel is displaying a vast array of what it says are Iranian weapons from a ship captured on the high seas.
Israel has invited foreign diplomats to view the booty from a ship seized by Israeli commandos in a daring raid Wednesday near Cyprus...Hezbollah denies Israel's arms ship claims
Nov 5th, 2009 - Press TV
Lebanon's Hezbollah has strongly rejected Israeli allegations that a huge shipment of arms seized by Tel Aviv forces was bound to reach the resistance movement.
"Hezbollah...Hezbollah denies link to arms ship seized by Israel
Nov 5th, 2009 - Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group denied on Thursday any connection with a shipment of weapons that Israel said it had intercepted on the high seas.Hezbollah denies link to seized arms ship
Nov 5th, 2009 - Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group denied Thursday any connection with a shipment of weapons that Israel said it had intercepted on the high seas.
Israeli...Somali pirates ask $7 mln to free UK couple-report
Oct 30th, 2009 - Reuters
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple captured on their yacht in the Indian Ocean, according to a phone call from a man purporting to be a member of the gang broadcast by the BBC on Friday.
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7:24Cynthia McKinney kidnapped by Israel in International waters.
A humanitarian aid ship which set sail for the Gaza strip has been seized by occupying Israeli forces today. The Israeli military abducted 21 human rights workers from 11 countries including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Noble laureate Mairead Maguire ...
5:00Laser 558 in International Waters -1984
The MV Communicator in happier times off the south-east coast of the UK
7:19Cynthia McKinney kidnapped by Israel in International waters
A humanitarian aid ship which set sail for the Gaza strip has been seized by occupying Israeli forces today. The Israeli military abducted 21 human rights workers from 11 countries including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Noble laureate Mairead Maguire ...
7:41The Legend International Water Homes | Malaysia Property
The Legend International Waterhomes is a stunning development of waterfront homes based in the Port Dickson area, close by to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Formula F1 Sepang Circuit ...
International Waters from WikiPedia:
The terms international waters or trans-boundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands.
Oceans, seas, and waters outside of national jurisdiction are also referred to as the high seas or, in Latin, mare liberum.
Ships sailing the high seas are generally under the jurisdiction of the flag state; however, when a ship is involved in certain criminal acts, such as piracy, any nation can exercise jurisdiction under the doctrine of hostis humani generis.
Several international treaties have established freedom of navigation on semi-enclosed seas.
- The Copenhagen Convention of 1857 opened access to the Baltic by abolishing the Sound Dues and making the Danish Straits an international waterway free to all military and commercial shipping.
- Several conventions have opened the Bosporus and Dardanelles to shipping. The latest, the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits maintains the straits' status as an international waterway.
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