Crustacea Guide of the World: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
On Line Opinion - Latest Articles (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Indian Ocean SolutionBy - posted Thursday, 5 November 2009Pages:‹Page 1›In a blog post not long ago I observed that "Rudd is fooling himself if he imagines that immigration and refugee questions aren't every bit as powerful, divisive and potentially vote-changing issues as in the recent past." A Newspoll in recent days showing a sudden slump in Labor support suggests this remark was...
FxDomains.net (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been tirelessly working to dispel the 'China threat' perception, which appears to be increasing concomitantly with the country's rapid economic and military rise. Beijing argues that China's growing ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Sydney - About 23 people were feared drowned Monday after a boat thought to be carrying 40 asylum seekers sank in remote waters of the Indian Ocean. A search plane was launched from western Australia to join the search for survivors after a liquid na...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A search and rescue mission was under way on Monday for about two dozen people missing after their boat sank in open seas.A merchant ship plucked 17 survivors from the Indian Ocean late Sunday, said ’s home affairs minister, Brendan O’Connor. An Australian military plane was on its way to search for more survivors.About 40 people were believed to have been aboard...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
An Australian military plane has come to the aide of survivors clinging to wreckage from an apparent asylum-seeker boat that sank in the Indian Ocean.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar"s current and former leaders and urged them to implement the deal to resolve months of political wrangling in the Indian Ocean country.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
RajoelinaMadagascar‘s political rivals has struck a deal on the make-up of a unity government, paving the way for an end to the 10-month political crisis that has rocked the Indian Ocean island.The ...Madagascar‘s political rivals has struck a deal on the make-up of a unity government, paving the way for an end to the 10-month political crisis that has rocked the Indian...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Releasing Tamils from camps and reintegrating them into Sri Lankan society would help staunch the flow of asylum seekers crossing the Indian Ocean, Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sydney - Releasing Tamils from camps and reintegrating them into Sri Lankan society would help staunch the flow of asylum seekers crossing the Indian Ocean, Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday. Smith, due in Colombo Monday, said more...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mediators seeking to lift Madagascar out of a political crisis have put in place what they themselves admit is a "shaky" consensus government to steer the Indian Ocean island to elections in 2010.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
NEW DELHI: Maritime security challenges, including anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean Region, will figure during Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s three-day visit to Japan, beginning on Sunday. Mr. Antony, who left for Tokyo ...
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Matthew Jones GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 750,000 people in Kenya, nearly half of them Somali refugees, could be caught up in flooding and landslides from heavy rains expected to peak in November, the United Nations warned on Friday. … An estimated 4,600 people along the Indian Ocean coast and Kenya's northeastern region have already fled...
Life With Woodpecker (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... river to Freemantle on a friends boat, then out to sea to scatter Father-in-Laws ashes into the Indian Ocean. I'll save that for another post. Yes the names of some of the towns in Western Australia are very "Ozzie". As mentioned above there is Joondalup and Mandurah then other great sounding places such as Yangebup, Mundaring, Kallaroo, and Wanneroo. Petrol costs just half...
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Reuters Somali pirates have threatened to kill three captive crew members from a Spanish fishing vessel if two suspected pirates being held in Spain are not freed, a senior officer aboard the vessel said on Friday. The Spanish navy captured two Somalis in the Indian Ocean shortly after pirates seized the tuna boat Alakrana on October 2 [...]
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
EP Fisheries Committee Chairwoman, Carmen Fraga, demanded today that EU governments extend the 'Atalanta Operation' against piracy in the Indian Ocean to protect European fishing fleets in the area.
