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Liberia: President Sirleaf Lauds Mercy Ships As Medical Ship Ends Tour (AllAfrica.com)

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has paid tribute to the works of Mercy Ships, noting that the progress the medical ship has made will be continued by the Government of Liberia.

Navy boarding suspicious ship off Mumbai (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)

The Indian navy says its forces are boarding a cargo vessel suspected of ties to the Mumbai attacks that killed 101 people. Navy spokesman Capt. Manohar Nambiar said Thursday that the ship, the MV Alpha, had recently come to Mumbai from Karachi, Pakistan.

Indian Navy Boards Supicious Ship in Mumbai (Washington Post)

MUMBAI, India -- The Indian navy says its forces are boarding a cargo vessel suspected of ties to the Mumbai attacks that killed 101 people.

Russian battle squadron roams the Caribbean (UPI)

By ILYA KRAMNIK UPI Outside View Commentator MOSCOW, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The nuclear-powered battle cruiser Pyotr Veliky -- Peter the Great -- the anti-submarine warfare -- ASW -- ship Admiral Chabanenko and their supply ships arrived in La Guaira, Venezuela, after leaving Severomorsk, the main base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in northern Russia, a month ago.

5 Indian Crew Members of Hijacked Ship Return Home (Washington Post)

NEW DELHI, Nov. 24 -- After a two-month ordeal, five crew members of a cargo ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates returned to India on Monday.