U.S. sailors found dead at a hotel
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Two sailors were found dead in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana, the U.S. Navy said. It said the circumstances surrounding the deaths and the cause were not immediately clear.
The sailors, whose identities had not been released, were stationed aboard the dock landing ship Fort McHenry, which is on a seven-month voyage through the Gulf of Guinea aimed in part at training local militaries in maritime security.
They were found dead in their room at a hotel in Tema, where they had taken time off, the Navy said in a statement
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