Consequently, when Cao Cao's army sees the defector's ship heading toward them, they do not do anything about it.

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The pair, who were taking part in the Atlantic Rowing Race, were picked up around eight hours later by a ship heading for Trinidad and Tobago.

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The 45-year-old artist used specialist underwater cameras to capture the ship, before heading back to the studio to photograph models in 1940s and 1950s costumes.

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But Thailand's ship of state is still heading for the depths.

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It seems unlikely that Mr Arafat, now heading for Greece by ship, will find another Arab government willing to take him in after the calamitous effect of his stay in Lebanon.

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The Home Office said the ship was intercepted by UK authorities after heading back to British waters following an aborted attempt to dock at Tripoli.

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Italian authorities are heading the investigation into the Costa Concordia accident, because the ship was flying under the Italian flag.

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This has led to calls from commercial ship owners for a military blockade along the coast of Somalia to intercept pirate vessels heading out to sea.

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On ocean crossings to Europe in 1887 and 1896, Ryder spent most of the time en route sketching the sea from the ship's deck, alighting only briefly in his destination, London, before heading home again.

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Over two days, Captain Seog steered the ship on a zig-zag course, so that the pirates would not realize that the vessel was actually heading away from, instead of towards, Somali waters.

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