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US Navy saves 128 people from the Mediterranean Sea

Last Wednesday, a Navy crew rescued over 100 men from a small craft in the rough seas of the Mediterranean. Official sources say that 128 men, aged between 20 and 30, were saved and taken on board the USS San Antonio, an amphibious…

Bus plunges off cliff: 51 dead

Lima, Peru – A makeshift bus carrying 51 Quechua Indians back from a party in south-eastern Peru plunged off a cliff into a river, killing everyone on board, including 14 children. The accident happened on Friday night as the bus was…

Californian man survives 19 days in dense forest

Would you manage to survive for 19 days alone in the forest? What would you do? These are the questions that 72-year-old Gene Penaflor had to face after losing his hunting partner in the Mendocino Forest of California. He answered the…