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2008 May 5   12:14

Over 1000 people to be evacuated from cruise ship stranded off the coast of Latvia

More than a thousand people are to be evacuated from a cruise ship stranded off the coast of Latvia. The captain of the Mona Lisa has agreed to evacuate the vessel. It follows unsuccessful efforts to free it from a sand bank.

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