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August 2005
- Russians race to rescue sailors
- Right subheadline (5/8/2005, 12:27 – 18:38)
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- UK sub 'saved sailors from death'
- Main headline (7/8/2005, 18:17 – 22:42)
- Left subheadline (7/8/2005, 22:42 – 8/8/2005, 04:57)
- 5th other top story (8/8/2005, 04:57 – 05:40)
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March 2007
- Two sailors killed on submarine
- Right subheadline (21/3/2007, 18:10 – 22/3/2007, 01:55)
- 2nd other top story (22/3/2007, 01:55 – 02:20)
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- Dead sub sailors are named
- 4th other top story (22/3/2007, 17:25 – 23:55)
- 5th other top story (22/3/2007, 23:55 – 23/3/2007, 00:40)
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- UK sailors captured at gunpoint
- Main headline (23/3/2007, 12:20 – 23:15)
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- Iran accuses Britain over sailors
- Main headline (23/3/2007, 23:15 – 24/3/2007, 05:35)
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- UK seeking Gulf sailors' release
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 05:35 – 05:45)
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- Talks focus on UK sailors' fate
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 05:45 – 08:30)
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- UK pushes for release of sailors
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 08:30 – 08:50)
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- UK pushes Iran for release of sailors
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 08:50 – 09:55)
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- Seized sailors 'taken to Tehran'
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 09:55 – 14:00)
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- Seized sailors 'quizzed in Tehran'
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 14:00 – 16:20)
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- Sailors admitted incursion - Iran
- Main headline (24/3/2007, 16:20 – 21:25)
- Left subheadline (24/3/2007, 21:25 – 25/3/2007, 04:35)
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- Pressure mounts over held sailors
- Left subheadline (25/3/2007, 04:35 – 10:00)
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- Sailors' seizure 'very serious'
- Left subheadline (25/3/2007, 10:00 – 11:10)
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- UK denied access to Iran sailors
- Main headline (25/3/2007, 11:10 – 13:40)
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- Iran denies UK access to sailors
- Main headline (25/3/2007, 13:40 – 15:10)
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- Iran warns sailors may be charged
- Left subheadline (26/3/2007, 06:00 – 12:05)
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- Iraq urges Iran to free sailors
- Main headline (26/3/2007, 12:05 – 12:30)
- Left subheadline (26/3/2007, 12:30 – 13:30)
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- Seized sailors are 'fit and well'
- Left subheadline (26/3/2007, 13:30 – 21:05)
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- Seized sailors 'held in Tehran'
- Left subheadline (26/3/2007, 21:05 – 22:45)
- Right subheadline (26/3/2007, 22:45 – 23:55)
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- Iran offers UK access to sailors
- Main headline (29/3/2007, 04:40 – 05:45)
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- Iran offers UK access to captured sailors
- Main headline (29/3/2007, 05:45 – 12:40)
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- UK presses UN over Iran sailors
- Main headline (29/3/2007, 18:30 – 22:05)
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- UN voices "concern" on UK sailors
- Main headline (29/3/2007, 23:25 – 23:30)
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- UN voices "concern" at UK sailors' capture
- Main headline (29/3/2007, 23:30 – 30/3/2007, 00:00)
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- UN voices 'concern' at UK sailors' capture
- Main headline (30/3/2007, 00:00 – 08:15)
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April 2007
- Iran honours UK sailors' captors
- Main headline (4/4/2007, 14:10 – 14:20)
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- Iran 'to release British sailors'
- Main headline (4/4/2007, 14:20 – 15:45)
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- Iranians release British sailors
- Main headline (4/4/2007, 15:45 – 23:55)
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- British sailors set to come home
- Main headline (4/4/2007, 23:55 – 5/4/2007, 06:15)
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- British sailors on their way home
- Main headline (5/4/2007, 06:15 – 12:10)
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- Released sailors tell of ordeal
- Main headline (6/4/2007, 18:05 – 7/4/2007, 03:50)
- Right subheadline (7/4/2007, 03:50 – 04:55)
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- Sailors start two weeks' leave
- Right subheadline (7/4/2007, 04:55 – 05:00)
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- Browne under fire in sailors row
- 1st other top story (10/4/2007, 05:35 – 07:50)
- 2nd other top story (10/4/2007, 07:50 – 08:05)
- 3rd other top story (10/4/2007, 08:05 – 10:20)
- 5th other top story (10/4/2007, 10:20 – 12:50)
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- Iran film 'to tell sailors' tale'
- 1st other top story (10/4/2007, 17:55 – 18:05)
- 6th other top story (10/4/2007, 18:05 – 19:10)
- 5th other top story (10/4/2007, 19:10 – 11/4/2007, 00:10)
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- Sailors' story answers demanded
- Main headline (12/4/2007, 10:20 – 12:50)
- Left subheadline (12/4/2007, 12:50 – 14:25)
- 3rd other top story (12/4/2007, 14:25 – 15:35)
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- No 10 denies sailors' story role
- 3rd other top story (12/4/2007, 15:35 – 15:50)
- 2nd other top story (12/4/2007, 15:50 – 18:45)
- 1st other top story (12/4/2007, 18:45 – 13/4/2007, 01:40)
- 4th other top story (13/4/2007, 01:40 – 02:55)
- 6th other top story (13/4/2007, 02:55 – 05:10)
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