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Mitten has encountered several other "fantastic" finds in his excavations of the Hellenistic world. At the Sanctuary of Poseidon in Cypress, Greece, he and his colleagues discovered three anceint coins struck during the Persian Empire...
...Navy could reduce its aircraft-carrier fleet from 14 to six -- essentially one battle group apiece, plus replacements and training fleets, for the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Mediterranean. That would still allow it to fulfill its traditional assignments of keeping sea-lanes open, as in the Persian Gulf, or striking quickly at a distant foe, like Libya. But the admirals will have to give up former Navy Secretary John Lehman's "maritime strategy," which sought to send U.S. warships into Soviet waters to launch strikes against targets deep inside the U.S.S.R. Saving: $21 billion...
Egypt has its pyramids, Rome its Colosseum. Iran has its attractions too, notably its Persian ruins, but few tourists have seen them in recent years because of turmoil within the country. Now, hungry for foreign currency to help rebuild its war-ravaged economy, Iran aims to develop a tourism industry. This year the country hopes to welcome 300,000 visitors who will bring in more than $200 million...
...Khark 5, en route from the Persian Gulf, had been steaming toward Rotterdam when the blast crippled her in rough seas some 100 miles northwest of Casablanca. The cause of the explosion remained unknown last week, although Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh attributed the blast to the rupture of one of the ship's storage tanks during a storm...
...string of peacetime casualties in recent weeks from shipboard fires, collisions and plane crashes that left ten dead and 71 injured, it was ready for an unprecedented step. For two days last week, the Navy conducted a service-wide "stand-down." Though essential functions such as drug interdiction and Persian Gulf ship movements continued, the service halted all routine operations for two days while every officer and sailor reviewed safety procedures...