Russia: September 19, 2000

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Eight of the 12 divers who got the hatches open on the sunken Russian submarine Kursk were British, but media reports lavished praise on "the Norwegian diving team". The media found themselves talking to the Norwegian salvage company that operated the surface ship on the mission, and the company quietly forgot to mention the British.--Stephen V Cole

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