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Hundreds died in USS Houston in WWII. Indonesia will now preserve the shipwreck. • Oct. 25, 2026, 6:30 PM ET (Houston Chronicle)

Australia's deadliest asylum seeker boat disaster remembered 25 years on • Oct. 17, 2026, 1:59 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))

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