The Russian Pacific Fleet's Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and Irkut tanker returned on Wednesday to their base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.
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The European Union has issued a warning to the Somalia insurgents asking them to stop the raging conflict. Addressing a news conference at Nairobi’s Hilton Hotel, Swedish Ambassador Mrs Anna Brandt, said the crisis was of “serious concern” to the EU.
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South Korea announced Tuesday it will deploy a 4,500-tonne destroyer to Somali waters in mid-July to replace one that has operated there under a U.S.-led multinational anti-piracy campaign since April, Yonhap news agency said.
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Japan said it would dispatch two destroyers to an anti-piracy mission off Somalia in July with expanded rules of engagement including scope for greater use of force.
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In 2008, 72% of women aged 50 to 69 reported having had a mammogram in the previous two years, up from 40% in 1990. About 40% of Canadians aged 50 or older reported up-to-date colorectal cancer testing in 2008.
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The third task force of RF Navy Pacific Fleet has set off from Vladivostok to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy. The task force comprises big anti-submarine ship “Admiral Tributs”, tanker “Boris Butoma” and tugboat “MB-99”.
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HMCS Winnipeg officially wrapped up a nine-week counter-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend and should be home in British Columbia by late August.
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Tourism spending in Canada declined 1.3% in real terms in the first quarter of 2009, as outlays by both Canadians and international visitors fell.
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Immigrants accounted for 5.3% of the population living in Canada's rural and small town areas in 2006, or 312,555 people. In contrast, immigrants represented about one-quarter of the total population living in census metropolitan areas.
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Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a new task force led by a missile destroyer with two helicopters to the Gulf of Aden on June 29, a fleet spokesman said on Friday.
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