Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean, with an area of 75 million square kilometers, is the smallest of the three oceans bounded by Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Antarctic. Nevertheless occupying a huge ar...
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Japanese warships were ordered home from the Indian Ocean Thursday after opposition lawmakers refused to support an extension of their mission supporting U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.The move is ...
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Hamburg (dpa) - Scientists in Germany are putting the finishing
touches on an Indian Ocean tsunami early-warning system.
The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning ...
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(EDS: ARRIVAL EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 11 A.M.)
The destroyer Kirisame, which had been dispatched to the Indian
Ocean for Japan's refueling mission in support of U.S.-led
antiterrorism operatio...
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The following is a chronology related to the Japanese Maritime
Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support
of the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation in and around Afgh...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed hope Thursday that
Japan will be able to continue its refueling mission in the Indian
Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in an...
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Tokyo (dpa) - Japan's defence minister on Thursday ordered the
country's ships to withdraw from the Indian Ocean, ending the
nation's six-year mission to refuel allied warsh...
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The following is a chronology related to the Japanese Maritime
Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support
of the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation in and around Afgh...
Read more
Indian Ocean
Japan halts Indian Ocean mission
