... was too late; the battle group with its 8,000 sailors was returning to its base in Yokosuka in Japan. Days before the Kitty Hawk was turned away, China refused permission for two... formal protest Wednesday with the Chinese government after senior U.S. naval commanders said they were particularly troubled by the unexplained decision to deny ...

...." It was too late; the battle group with its 8,000 sailors was returning to its base in Yokosuka in Japan. Days before the Kitty Hawk was turned away, China refused permission for two U.... a formal protest Wednesday with the Chinese government after senior U.S. naval commanders said they were particularly troubled by the unexplained decision to deny ...

... too late to stop the U.S. naval flotilla from returning to its forward base in Japan. The flotilla - the Kitty Hawk ... were en route back to their base at Yokosuka and were not planning to turn ... state media reported. "It is a decision based on humanitarian considerations only," the official Xinhua...the flotilla was "continuing to steam to Yokosuka." The 46-year-old Kitty Hawk, ...

... Sumida, Stars and Stripes YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- Labor and environmental ... spokesman said. The petition asks Yokosuka Mayor Hideo Sawada to quash ... to accept a nuclear carrier based on its shores. § Move the ... against nuclear-powered ships. The Yokosuka chapter of the NEPA Coalition,...request to Japanese government [on basing a nuclear carrier there]," Shimuzu...

...Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- Labor and environmental ... spokesman said. The petition asks Yokosuka Mayor Hideo Sawada to quash a... against nuclear-powered ships. The Yokosuka chapter of the NEPA Coalition, ... of the signatures come from Yokosuka residents, although a city spokesman ... request to Japanese government [on basing a nuclear carrier there]," Shimuzu ...