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Soldiers and civilians in South Korea board a ferry heading to Yeonpyeong island, where residents were ordered on Friday to evacuate to, after North Korea carried out artillery training near the Northern Limit Line (NLL). Yeonpyeong, with about 2,000 residents, is around 115 kilometres (70 miles) west of Seoul. Local officials said residents had been told to evacuate to shelters as a "preventative measure" ahead of a South Korean military drill that was prompted by North Korea's artillery barrage. IMAGES
Algeciras, Apr 4 (EFE).- Almost 1,200 Spaniards or residents of Spain on Sunday boarded a ship or an aircraft chartered as part of a special mechanism to repatriate the roughly 4,000 people who remained stranded in Morocco when the Arab country last Tuesday closed its airspace to Spain for health reasons.The Balearia ferry set sail from the port of Tanger Med en route for Algeciras with 800 passengers on board shortly after 4:30 am local time, while at almost the same time an Iberia Airlines jet carrying 348 passengers departed from Casablanca for Madrid. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: SPANIARDS WHO REMAINED STRANDED IN MOROCCO ARRIVED AT THE ALGECIRAS PORT IN CADIZ, SPAIN.SOUND BITES: PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE BALEARIA FERRY (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1. THE MAN WITH RED CAP.- I've been very well taken cared of and I cannot complain. The Spanish Consulate in Nador took care of me well. They registered my data, then we contacted the Balearia and they gave us the ticket. 2. THE LADY WITH GLASSES.- I contacted the Balearia right away, (filled out) the form, and contact the consulate. They called me on Wednesday and said that I could return (to Spain) and well, the trip was good, with a delay, but that's normal.
250 migrants board a tourist ferry from Lampedusa to Porto Empedocle, Sicily. Hundreds of migrants continue to arrive daily in southern Italy on small boats, particularly to the island of Lampedusa. IMAGES
Hundreds of passengers are safely evacuated from a Greek ferry after a fire broke out in the car deck. The Eleftherios Venizelos, originally bound for Hania, Crete, returned to the port of Piraeus shortly after 0100 GMT. IMAGES
A ferry carrying more than 500 people catches fire near San Juan, Puerto Rico. Linda So reports.
Rescuers have pulled dozens of people from the water after a boat carrying more than 100 people was caught in strong seas off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on December 19.
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