Mark Lewis, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

The cruise ship Viking Sky arrives at port off Molde, Norway, Sunday after encountering problems in heavy seas off Norway’s western coast. Rescue helicopters took more than 475 passengers from the ship stranded in bad weather before the vessel departed for a nearby port under escort and with nearly 900 people still on board.

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Helicopter rescue called for cruise ship

by Mark Lewis Associated Press, and Jari Tanner Associated PressMarch 25, 2019

STAVANGER, Norway — Rodney Horgen recalled the moment he thought he was facing the end: when a huge wave crashed through the Viking Sky cruise ship’s glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet across the floor.Horgen, 62, of Minnesota, was visiting…

FILE - The combo of file photos shows Doctor Denis Mukwege, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, left, on Nov. 26, 2014 and Yazidi woman from Iraq, Nadia Murad on Dec. 13, 2016 as they both address the European parliament in Strasbourg, France. The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 was awarded to the Congolese doctor and a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. (AP Photos/Christian Lutz, file)

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Nobel Peace laureates demand end to sexual violence in war

by Jim Heintz Associated Press, Carley Petesch Associated Press, and Mark Lewis Associated PressOctober 5, 2018

Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairperson of Norwegian Nobel Committee, announces that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize goes to ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Oslo Friday Oct. 6, 2017. The Nobel committee secretary, Olav Njoelstad stands at right.. ( Heiko Junge/NTB scanpix via AP)Heiko Junge

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Northampton doctor part of Nobel Peace Prize group

by Mark Lewis Associated PressOctober 6, 2017