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		Ambulances arriving at Haifa port after Israeli and Cypriot ships collided off the coast Thursday. (Roni Schutzer / Jini)

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Rescuers retrieve bodies of two missing sailors in the Haifa bay

By Fadi Eyadat and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies

Rescuers retrieved Friday the bodies of two sailors declared missing off the coast of the northern port of Haifa after an Israeli freighter collided late Thursday with a Cypriot cruise ship, emergency services said.

The two sailors from Indonesia and Ukraine were aboard the cargo ship, the Shelly, which sank following the collision. The remaining 11 sailors jumped into the water, and were rescued within 15 minutes of the incident.

The two bodies were found inside the sunken ship, where the crewmen had apparently been trapped when their vessel was accidentally rammed by the Cypriot passenger ship, the Israel Police said in an official announcement.

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The discovery followed an intensive search that included six Israeli navy boats, several aircraft and divers.

The two dead men were the ship's first mate and engineer, according to police.

None of the nearly 700 passengers and crew aboard the Cypriot ship were wounded in the incident. The 11 evacuated sailors refused to be taken to hospital.

As a result of the collision, an oil spill spread along the coast and the Health Ministry issued a warning to the public not to bathe at Zvulun beach.

The incident occurred close to 10 P.M., when the passenger ship Salamis Glory exited Haifa Port. Several minutes later, it struck the cargo vessel, which was anchored about 2.5 kilometers offshore. Soon after, the cargo ship began listing and sank.

The cause of the incident is not yet certain, although it is believed that the Cypriot passenger ship lost its steering. The cargo vessel had a crew of mostly Slovaks and Ukrainians. The passenger collected most of the sinking ship's crew, and the rest were evacuated by helicopter

The passengers of the Cypriot ship were all unharmed. The liner, Salamis Glory, returned to port in Haifa on Friday with light damage visible on its hull.

Police will be questioning its crew members and investigating what led to the accident, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

George Michalides, spokesman of cruise company Salamis Lines, told Reuters that, "Passengers [on board the Salamis Glory] will be flown to Cyprus on Friday."

Magen David Adom emergency medical services announced a state of high alert in the Haifa area. The Rambam Medical Center in the city was also placed on high alert.

The Israel Navy deployed to the site of the accident to help in the search for the missing passengers. Israel Defense Forces helicopters were also dispatched to circle over the area of the collision.

Haifa Port Director Amos Uzani said Thursday night that a much greater disaster had been averted.

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1.	The Iberia pilot is to blame!	00:00	\|	Robin	31/08/07

2.	Fortunate	00:02	\|	Murray of Montreal	31/08/07

3.	Robin	00:28	\|	Angelo Tito Anselmi	31/08/07

4.	#2, Murray	01:50	\|	Hannah	31/08/07

5.	Macabre, sick comment from Murray	02:26	\|	Jake	31/08/07

6.	Mossad plot?	03:00	\|	Alan the real one	31/08/07

7.	#5..Jake RE: Murray of Montreal	04:55	\|	Nemesis	31/08/07

8.	The cargo ship	08:15	\|	Victor	31/08/07

9.	Unfortunate that the collision took place	08:17	\|	Alice of Wonderland	31/08/07

10.	to # 3 Angelo - explanation	09:19	\|	Robin	31/08/07

11.	#10 Robin	11:40	\|	Ky	31/08/07

12.	Robin planes	12:36	\|	Angelo Tito Anselmi	31/08/07

13.	This must have been the work of the Mosad, trying to redirection	13:25	\|	Ilanit	31/08/07

14.	Haifa collision.	13:43	\|	sandra chitayat	31/08/07

15.	The point was he believed that the cargo ship was Israeli	13:51	\|	Israelit	31/08/07

16.	#15 Israelit	14:57	\|	Murray of Montreal	31/08/07

17.	Another poorly written Haaretz article	15:15	\|	Dov	31/08/07

18.	#4 Hannah	16:05	\|	* BEN JABO	31/08/07

19.	#10 Robin	16:09	\|	* BEN JABO	31/08/07

20.	This article is full of inaccuracies.	17:37	\|	Jake	31/08/07

21.	BBC Lied: Said Cargo Ship Fault	17:46	\|	Semsem	31/08/07

22.	Semsem, deathly quiet from BBC on other subjects	18:23	\|	Jake	31/08/07

23.	How sad	18:58	\|	KUTW	31/08/07

24.	The passangers ship	19:02	\|	KUTW	31/08/07

25.	5. Jake: The Cypriot cargo	19:10	\|	KUTW	31/08/07

26.	17. BEN JABO	19:21	\|	KUTW	31/08/07

27.	#24 KUTW	20:49	\|	* BEN JABO	31/08/07

28.	27 BEN JABO	22:30	\|	KUTW	31/08/07

29.	BEN JABO	22:43	\|	KUTW	31/08/07

30.	Sorry a mistake on my previous post	00:25	\|	KUTW	01/09/07

31.	#2 Murray is absolutely 110% correct	00:44	\|	Bill	01/09/07

32.	To all of you..	02:27	\|	Realistic Arab	01/09/07

33.	#26 KUTW	03:50	\|	* BEN JABO	01/09/07

34.	#28 KUTW	03:53	\|	* BEN JABO	01/09/07

35.	It dosent matter who owned the cargo ship	04:50	\|	jeff	01/09/07

36.	what about the bow thrusters???	04:56	\|	jeff	01/09/07

37.	To Realistic Arab	06:40	\|	Rory	01/09/07

38.	33. BEN JABO	10:23	\|	KUTW	01/09/07

39.	34 BEN JABO	10:43	\|	KUTW	01/09/07

40.	#39 KUTW	18:58	\|	* BEN JABO	02/09/07

41.	BEN JABO	22:54	\|	KUTW	02/09/07

42.	#14 KUTW	01:59	\|	* BEN JABO	03/09/07

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