Dover Harbour Board said the second trial followed "some further modifications" to the MV Joline by her owners.

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"The MV Action was released by pirates, " said Andrew Mwangura, head of the Seafarers Assistance Program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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In this latest incident, local media said the MV Sarosh was hit by another vessel which was transporting sand.

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It probably explains why a report of a deadly shoot-out amongst the pirates onboard the MV Faina was denied by the vessel's hijackers.

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The MV Longchamp was seized by seven pirates early in the morning, said a spokesman for the ship's owner, Bernhard Schulte Ship Management Company, of Hamburg, Germany.

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Finnegan attracted much attention by riding for the famous MV Agusta marque last season and finished just outside the top three in the highly competitive TT Superstock race.

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Babu says that pressure from Monsanto and the MV Foundation, an NGO in Andhra Pradesh backed by the Dutch nonprofit Hivos, forced him to quit using child labor.

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The survey work will be carried out by the 79ft (24m) survey vessel MV Flatholm.

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The MV Faina was seized in late September and is being monitored by nearby U.S. naval ships.

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Part of that need will be met in the future by a new generation of rotorcraft, including the revolutionary MV-22 tiltrotor that combines the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing plane.

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