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Staying in touch from the middle of the Atlantic
By Kerry Sanders, NBC NewsST JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND - Floating over the spot where Titanic sank April 15, 1912, I stood on the deck of the research ship Jean Charcot with my iPhone chiming as each mail arrived, while my earpiece remained dialed into NBC News in New York where I co …
Tony Blair’s kiss-and-tell memoir a smacker
By Chris Hampson, NBC Director of International NewsIt’s a story as old as history. Two young dreamers meet. They share the same hopes, the same ambitions. Their friendship blossoms into something rather deeper. Lovers, of sorts. Success comes their way in bucket-loads.
Q&A with NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel
Now that the U.S. has officially ended its combat mission in Iraq, what’s next for the war-torn nation? Read a Q&A with NBC’s Richard Engel, who has reported from the Middle East since the war began.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Mideast peace talks - deja vu, anyone?
ANALYSISBy Martin Fletcher, NBC News Spot the joke. Ever since he became Israel’s prime minister and immediately became embroiled in a seemingly never-ending series of crises, skeptics have argued that Benjamin Netanyahu is brilliant at only one thing - surviving.
Mother Nature holds sway over Titanic expedition
By Kerry Sanders, NBC News ST JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND — Blame Mother Nature. An iceberg sank the Titanic. And now, a hurricane has chased the Titanic expedition back to shore.
Match-fixing bombshell stuns Pakistan
Shame and anger best describes the feelings of many Pakistanis to fresh allegations of match fixing by their national cricket stars.
Viewing the Titanic wreckage in high-def 3-D
By Kerry Sanders, NBC News correspondent
First new images of Titanic debris field emerge
By Kerry Sanders, NBC News Correspondent ABOARD THE JEAN CHARCOT – As we continue to float two-plus miles above the wreck of the Titanic, there was a significant scientific development Friday.
Kerry Sanders Q & A on the Titanic expedition
A team of underwater archeologists, maritime engineers, technicians and explorers are trying to do what’s never been done before: document every inch of the debris field where the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912.
Underwater equipment launched in Titanic search
By Kerry Sanders, NBC News Correspondent ABOARD THE JEAN CHARCOT – The wind and the seas have not been cooperating with a group of scientists’ effort to document the debris field where the Titanic sank in the middle of the North Atlantic.
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