Cargo ship sighting is a false alarm; MISSING.SIGHTINGS of the missing Russian cargo ship which vanished in the English Channel English Channel, Fr. La Manche [the sleeve], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.350 (560 km) long, between France and Great Britain. It is 112 mi (180 km) wide at its west entrance, between Land's End, England, and Ushant, France. Its greatest width, c. were last night found to be false. The Arctic Sea - carrying a load of timber and 15 Russian sailors - has not been seen since it passed through the Channel on July 28. Last night there were hopes the 4,000-tonne freighter had been located 400 miles off the coast of West Africa West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. near the remote islands of Cape Verde Cape Verde (vûd), Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (2005 est. pop. 418,000), c.1,560 sq mi (4,040 sq km), W Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 mi (480 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. . But these were quashed by Cape Verde authorities, who said it was not the Arctic Sea that had been spotted. Interpol believes it was boarded by up to 10 pirates posing as narcotics officers off the Swedish coast in the Baltic four days previously. Some reports suggested it was carrying a secret cache of arms in addition to its pounds 1million cargo of timber. |
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