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But now, a new escalation, with revelations the Yantar's sailors targeted Royal Air Force pilots in patrol planes with lasers.

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A Russian sailor died and two others were being treated for suspected poisoning on Wednesday following a toxic leak inside a tanker just off Istanbul, the local authorities said.

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Marines and sailors invaded and occupied the port of Veracruz, ostensibly to block German arms shipments to the government of Mexican President Victoriano Huerta.

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As punishment for killing the bird, the old sailor of the poem’s title was forced to wear its gruesome remains as a necktie.

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He was off to see his great-uncle Pudge in the old sailor’s home, in Brighton.

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