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Diamond Princess handed over to P&O Princess Cruise

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 116,000-ton luxury Diamond Princess, is anchored at Nagasaki Port on Feb. 26. The 14-deck vessel, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was handed over to British shipping firm P&O Princess Cruise.

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(2)Diamond Princess launched

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 113,000-ton cruise ship Diamond Princess built for Britain's P&O Princess Cruises PLC at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) was launched in a gala ceremony at the shipyard on April 12.

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(1)Diamond Princess launched

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 113,000-ton cruise ship Diamond Princess built for Britain's P&O Princess Cruises PLC at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) awaits to be launched in a gala ceremony at the shipyard on April 12.

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Work continue on two luxury cruises at MHI

FUKUOKA, Japan - Two photos taken Feb. 19 show work continue on two luxury cruises being built for P&O Princess Cruises PLC at Koyagi Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki Prefecture. Photo above shows the Diamond Princess, which was damaged by a fire in October 2002. The damaged parts of the ship have been removed to be replaced with new ones. The ship will be completed as the Diamond Sapphire. The photo below shows the Diamond Sapphire, which will now be competed as the Diamond Princess.

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Fire-damaged Diamond Princess towed to repair dock

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 113,000-ton cruise ship Diamond Princess is towed by tugboats in Nagasaki Bay on Oct. 21 to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s dock in Koyagi, Nagasaki Prefecture, to repair damage sustained in a fire on Oct. 1. The vessel, owned by P&O Princess Cruises PLC of Britain, was launched in May, but caught fire while undergoing finishing work at another Mitsubishi dock in Nagasaki.

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Mitsubishi Heavy to continue building fire-damaged luxury ship

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 2 shows the 113,000-ton Diamond Princess damaged by fire while under construction at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Mitsubishi said Oct. 10 it and P&O Princess Cruises PLC, a major international cruise company based in Britain, have agreed to continue construction on the ship.

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Fire on unfinished luxury liner put out

NAGASAKI, Japan - A fire that broke out Oct. 1 on the unfinished 113,000-ton luxury liner Diamond Princess was almost extinguished Oct. 2. The vessel, owned by British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises PLC, was under construction at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard and was to be one of the world's largest luxury liners.

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P&G to recall products containing unapproved GMO potato

KOBE, Japan - Procter and Gamble Far East Inc., the Japan unit of Procter & Gamble Co., will recall its ''Pringles'' potato chip products (pictured) as some have been found to contain unapproved gene-spliced potatoes. The two genetically modified potato varieties used in the snack, NewLeaf Plus and NewLeaf Y, have not been approved by Japanese health authorities, the company said, though both have been declared safe by health authorities in Canada and the United States.

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Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier

Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier. The HMS Rawalpindi (left) was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted passenger ship - as it was at the time of this photograph - as the P&O vessel the SS Rawalpindi) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of Second World War. On the right is the Hikawa Maru - a Japanese ocean liner that was built for the Nippon Yusen KK line by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 30 September 1929, and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle on 13 May 1930. Date: circa 1931

Diamond Princess handed over to P&amp;O Princess Cruise