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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Detects Second Naval Mine in Black Sea

An oil tanker passes through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea in Istanbul July 20, 2012. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/

Turkey’s defense ministry says military teams are working to disable a second naval mine that was detected floating off Turkey’s Black Sea coast.

On Monday, the ministry said Underwater Defense Teams that were dispatched to the site off the coast of Igneada, near the border with Bulgaria, had managed to secure the mine and were now working to “neutralize” it, The Associated Press said.

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