Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil 9 - 15 November 2009 The United Nations has passed eight resolutions calling on Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) to improve the management of...
National Shark Sanctuary - Palau Palau is to create the world's first "shark sanctuary", banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters.The President of the tiny Pacific republic, Johnson Toribiong, announced...
The president of the Pacific country, Palau, Johnson Toriboing, announced some good news for sharks. He made the announcement that the entire territory controlled by Palau will become a sanctuary for...
With 21000 residents Palau is one of the smallest states, nonetheless it agreed to accept 17 former Guantanamo detainees. The former detainees were already cleared for release four years ago yet so far noone was...
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Seventeen Uighurs detained in Guantánamo may be heading to the island of Palau in the North Pacific. The 17 Uighurs from Western China have been stuck in Guantánamo since last year as the US tried to find a country that would take them. The US asked approximately 100...
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" NEW YORK.—The UN General Assembly today approved by an overwhelming majority the resolution demanding an end of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, a vote passed by the Assembly over 17 years, the news agencies report. ...The resolution calling for an end to the blockade...
Good news from one of the most successful long-term environment protection agencies, the amazing Nature Conservancy––"Just below the water's surface lies a magical world teeming with life and value....
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Wow 12 years? That seems like he got a pretty good deal."A British man who made a full confession to murdering and dissecting the body of a woman in Spain has been jailed.
Paul Leonard Durant, 47, had even...
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Dr Anne Bayefsky at Eye on the UN comments on Friday's U.N. resolution condemning Israel and U.S. ambassador John Bolton:On November 17, 2006 the UN General Assembly "reconvened" its "Tenth" Emergency Session to condemn Israel. The Tenth Session began in 1997and has now been...
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