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But officials from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the nearby exercises were &quot;highly unlikely&quot; to have been the cause of the deaths.<\/p>\n<p>MoD officials said training exercises with a submarine and survey ship using sonar had also been held in Falmouth Bay.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetark.com\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/48742\/story.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s Royal Navy carried out live-firing exercises off Cornwall, southwest England, just hours before 25 stranded dolphins died in a nearby river, officials said. 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