WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A fuel spill is "highly probable" after a New Zealand navy ship grounded, caught fire, and sank off the coast of Samoa, according to the Pacific island nation's acting Prime Minister, Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio.
All 75 people aboard the HMNZS Manawanui, including civilian scientists and foreign military personnel, were safely evacuated in lifeboats. The evacuation took place in challe