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    <text>United States president Donald Trump says that the U.S. naval blockade will remain in effect until a peace agreement is reached with Iran. </text>
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    <text>Three people are killed in an airstrike carried out by the United States Navy against an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka repatriates the corpses of 84 Iranian sailors killed when the frigate IRIS &quot;Dena&quot; was sunk by a United States submarine off the coast of Galle on 4 March. Thirty-two rescued sailors remain in Sri Lanka while authorities continue to host other Iranian naval personnel under humanitarian arrangements. </text>
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      <text>Sri Lanka repatriates the remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed when the frigate IRIS &quot;Dena&quot; was sunk by a United States submarine off the coast of Galle on 4 March. Thirty-two rescued sailors remain in Sri Lanka while authorities continue to host other Iranian naval personnel under humanitarian arrangements. </text>
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    <text>Sri Lanka repatriates the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed when the frigate IRIS &quot;Dena&quot; was sunk by a United States submarine off the coast of Galle on 4 March. Thirty-two rescued sailors remain in Sri Lanka while authorities continue to host other Iranian naval personnel under humanitarian arrangements. </text>
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      <text>The Iranian frigate IRIS is torpedoed and sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine in waters off Sri Lanka, killing at least 87 of the 180 people on board, while 32 others are rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy with 61 remaining missing. </text>
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      <text>The Iranian frigate IRIS is torpedoed and sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine in waters off Sri Lanka, killing 87 of the 180 people on board, while 32 others are rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy. </text>
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      <text>The Iranian frigate IRIS &quot;Dena&quot; is attacked and sunk by an American submarine in waters off Sri Lanka. Of the 180 people on board, only 32 are rescued alive. 80 bodies have been found. </text>
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      <text>Yemen's Houthi militia said they attacked three merchant ships and two destroyers from the United States Navy. </text>
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  <subtext>The original documents giving its location had been mistranslated and were missing a digit.</subtext>
  <text>The wreckage of United States Navy submarine USS &quot;Grayback&quot; (SS-208), which disappeared with its 80 crew members in the East China Sea on February 27, 1944 during World War II, is discovered on the sea floor using new drone technology. </text>
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