”Arabian Sea” News

After unrest Yemen tourism only for "adventurers"

SANAA (Reuters) - Spanish, French and American touristsonce filled the winding alleys of Sanaa's old quarter, drawn by Yemen 's 2,500-year-old history and unique architecture.
04 19 2008 11:55AM (...more)

Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologistsbelieved then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that
11 5 2009 8:43AM (...more)

Pakistan arrests 50 Indian fishermen: officials

KARACHI (AFP) – Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency said Friday it has seized nine boats and arrested 50 Indian fishermen for illegally trawling in its waters in the 02 10 2009 5:49PM (...more)

SCENARIOS - Assessing risks of India, Pakistan confrontation

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tension between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India has been running high since militants killed 179 people in an assault on Mumbai in late November.
01 17 2009 6:53AM (...more)

Freedom icon Gandhi's ashes scattered in Arabian Sea

MUMBAI (AFP) - Ashes of India 's freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi were scattered on Wednesday off the coast of financial capital Mumbai in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of his assassination by a Hindu fanatic.
01 31 2008 1:48AM (...more)

Freedom icon Gandhi's ashes to be scattered across Arabian Sea

MUMBAI (AFP) - Sixty years after he was shot dead by a Hindu fanatic, some recently found ashes of India 's freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi will be scattered across the Arabian Sea, the family said Tuesday.
01 30 2008 11:00AM (...more)

Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen: officials

KARACHI (AFP) – Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency said Tuesday it had arrested 20 Indian fishermen and seized their four boats for illegally trawling in its waters in the 04 15 2009 11:02PM (...more)

Pakistan to free 34 Indian fishermen: interior ministry

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan will free 34 Indian fishermen and a civilian prisoner as a goodwill gesture this week when India celebrates its 61st Independence day , the interior ministry said Wednesday.
08 14 2008 6:43AM (...more)

WITNESS: Dragon's Blood in a place like nowhere on earth

Alistair Lyon is Special Correspondent, Middle East , basedin Beirut . In 24 years with Reuters he has covered wars,insurgencies, political crises and their human fallout acrossthe Arab world, as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey. Inthe following story, he describes a trip to a remote ArabianSea island that rivals the Galapagos and Mauritius forbiodiversity.
04 24 2008 4:33PM (...more)

US sailor overboard in Arabian Sea

MANAMA, Bahrain - A sailor from USS Hopper went overboard during U.S. Navy operations in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military said Friday.
01 5 2008 7:33AM (...more)