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'Pirates' in court over US deaths

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 22:19
related countries: United States United States, Yemen Yemen

Thirteen Somalis and a Yemeni plead not guilty to charges over the hijacking of a yacht near Oman that ended with the deaths of four US sailors.
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'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil

Friday, May 24th 2019, 10:52

A satellite spotted an oil slick trailing from a tanker mysteriously attacked off the UAE on 12 May.
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Americans killed on hijack yacht

Tuesday, February 22nd 2011, 18:28
related countries: Somalia Somalia, United States United States
related places: Friday

Four Americans hijacked by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman on Friday have been killed by their captors, US defence officials say.
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Ancient sponges leave their mark

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 22:48

The oldest evidence of animal life on Earth is found in 635-million-year-old rocks from Oman, scientists say.
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Arrests in airport terror swoop

Friday, April 20th 2012, 9:16

Three men from Birmingham are arrested by West Midlands counter-terrorism police after arriving at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Oman.
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Astrolabe: Shipwreck find 'earliest navigation tool'

Tuesday, October 24th 2017, 5:00

Marine archaeologists say the object - discovered off the coast of Oman - is an astrolabe.
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Avicii death: Oman police confirm 'no criminal suspicion'

Monday, April 23rd 2018, 13:09

Police say there were no suspicious circumstances in the DJ's death, as his family arrive in Oman.
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Avicii, top electronic dance music artist, found dead at 28

Saturday, April 21st 2018, 9:39
related countries: Sweden Sweden

One of the world's biggest dance music stars dies in Oman, with no cause of death announced.
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Avicii: The songs that made him a superstar

Friday, April 20th 2018, 21:23
related countries: Sweden Sweden

Swedish DJ Avicii, one of the world's biggest electronic dance music stars, has died in Oman aged 28.
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BAE Systems wins Oman contract

Friday, December 21st 2012, 12:08
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

UK aerospace company BAE Systems wins a £2.5bn contract with the Sultanate of Oman to supply Typhoon and Hawk jet aircraft.
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