JAPAN'S SMALL CETACEAN HUNTSMore than 400,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales have been killed in Japanese waters over the last 20 years. The Government of Japan still allows more than 22,000 small cetaceans...
6,000 of the rare Irrawaddy dolphins have been spotted off the coast of Bangladesh, which is a hopeful sign that the species is making a comeback. They are however, threatened by climate change and fishing in the region and they will need supervision and care in order for...
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The ice jam that caused the Flash Flooding in Manitoba and a state of emergency has been dislodged now but officials say the damage is not over yet. The Red River is flowing rapidly but people living upstream could...
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"By SUSAN SCHMIDT WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Barney Frank was looking to aid a Boston-based lender last fall, the Massachusetts Democrat urged Maxine Waters, a colleague on the House Financial Services Committee, to...
Demonstrators gathered yesterday at St Martin in the Fields in Central London to call for justice and return of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Haitian human rights activist and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Lovinsky...
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Fish farms off the Gulf of Mexico will likely receive approval to become the first ocean large-scale fish farm in the United States. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will vote next week on whether to...
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After US Airways Flight 1549 crashed in the Hudson River today, environmentalists are concerned about the dangers of an oil spill occuring in the river from the fuel that is located on the plane. Oil spills...
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A women gave birth while she was travelling on the London Underground. " A woman went into labour and gave birth while travelling on the London Underground. Julia Kowalska became only the second person to have a baby on the Tube after her waters broke on the Jubilee...
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As part of a New Years Day tradition across the United States and Canada, thousands of people will be battling their hangovers to plunge into icy waters, swim out to a designated point, and then swim back to the...
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Buoyed with its recent success in the Gulf Aden, the Indian Navy has been authorized for "hot pursuit" of pirates into Somali waters. Indian government has given navy permission to chase Somali pirates...
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"Great BritainThe shrimps, which are native to the sub-tropical seas of the Mediterranean, have only been recorded in UK waters a handful of times. They are INCREDIBLY RARE in British waters because the...
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A yacht from Ireland was siezed this morning in a raid, and 700 million euros worth of cocain was found on board. The capture follows an investigation which was launched after one of the yachts in the smuggling ring overturned off the coast of Cork and dumped 62 bales of...
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Aurora, a ship sailing under the Dutch flag, is performing abortions in international waters near the coasts of countries, in which anti-abortion sentiments are strong. The group called Women on Waves has launched...
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Whales are to be more protected in their habitat, as the US government has ruled that large commercial ships that travel in coastal waters that are populated by right whales, an endangered species, must slow...
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