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8:54am

Wed November 21, 2012

9:20am

Sun September 23, 2012
The Two-Way

Decades-Old Nuclear Standoff Finally Ends ... With New Zealand

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A little-known, but longtime nuclear standoff ended this week when U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lifted a 26-year-old ban that kept New Zealand naval ships from docking at U.S. bases.

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1:07pm

Fri August 10, 2012
The Two-Way

7,500 Square Miles Of Pumice Floating In Pacific Is 'Weirdest Thing I've Seen'

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Nearly 300 miles long and about 35 miles wide, a floating raft of pumice in the South Pacific Ocean is "the wierdest thing I've seen in 18 years at sea," says Royal Australian Navy Lt. Tim Oscar.

He was aboard the Royal New Zealand Navy's HMNZS Canterbury on Thursday when the "amphibious support ship" investigated the phenomenon.

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