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The US Coast Guard says it has not identified the source of underwater noises detected by sonar in the search for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic. "We don't know what they are, to be frank with you," says Captain Jamie Frederick regarding the sounds that has raised hopes the five people onboard are still alive. SOUNDBITE
Chinese coast guard ships are seen patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A Chinese coast guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat approaches a group of Filipino fishermen collecting shells on the shallow part of the shoal. Beijing seized control of Scarborough Shoal -- known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal -- from Manila in 2012 following a tense standoff. IMAGES
The US Coast Guard plans to end its search after finding five people dead from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida, in which 39 people were reported missing, captain Jo-Ann Burdian announces at a press conference from Miami. The boat left Bimini in the Bahamas on Saturday and capsized after hitting rough seas 45 miles (65 kilometers) east of the city of Fort Pierce. SOUNDBITE
A Russian sailor travelling solo from Stockholm to Spain was shipwrecked on a tiny bit of rock near the remote Swedish island of Stora Lundskar in the Baltic Sea last week, losing all his communication equipment in the accident. The unnamed Russian man wrote the word HELP in moss which he collected from the island in the hope that a passing aircraft might see it. A helicopter patrol saw the letters and brought to a nearby hospital in Linkoping for treatment.
Search and rescue operations are still underway for a family of four that went missing during a storm at sea.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescue distressed boaters from a lake in Michigan and a French sailor off the coast of New Jersey. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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