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Fears grow for northern bottle-nosed whale stranded in London
680 News - LONDON (AP) - Marine rescue officials lifted a whale stranded in London’s River Thames onto a barge Saturday, more than 24 hours after its unexpected arrival in the capital. But experts warn the whale may not survive. The northern bottle-nosed whale

Company on hunt for exotic game
San Antonio Express News - INGRAM Behind a nondescript downtown storefront, exotic game, including antelope and boar, are processed and peddled to upscale eateries as far away as Hawaii. Broken Arrow Ranch shipped 85 tons last year of the low-fat “free range” meats, at

Masters of disguise
Sun Star - MANY perceptions have been changed upon seeing what’s under those

Berezovsky trial postponed
Baltic Times - RIGA - The Latvian Supreme Court Senate has postponed Russian exile Boris Berezovksy s hearing over his blacklisting in Latvia - until April 21. The court decided on Jan. 27 to summon Latvia s former interior minister Eriks Jekabsons

Center’s chamber offers hope for healing wounds that resist other
Naples Daily News - O’Neill Farrington knows precisely how many times he’s gone

Pakistan seize advantage
ECB.co.uk, UK -… Dhoni followed three balls later for 13 when he edged Razzaq to diving wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal while trying to drive a ball outside off stump. …

Fight against poachers intensifies
The Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa -… possession of a trailer with built in deep-freezers, three deep- freezers, an electronic scale, a VW Caravelle Kombi, a Nissan 1 Tonner bakkie and diving gear. …

Swimming: McFarland stops Clippers
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI -PLYMOUTH A McFarland edged Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol to win the small-school state high school boys swimming and diving meet on Saturday, ending the Clippers …

Sportsshorts Column
Edmonton Sun, Canada -… CAMO Club made an impressive return to the 10-metre tower event yesterday at the Winter Nationals and Commonwealth Games trials diving competition in Winnipeg …

No More Shark Fishing in Red Sea
A recently issued Eyptian decree will finally ban shark fishing in the Red Sea. This gives the conservation association HEPCA the legislative means to put a stop to the dozens of shark massacres that are reported daily throughout Egypt’s Red Sea coastline from Hurghada to Marsa Alam. Shark fishing has, theoretically, been illegal since 1973, when Egypt became one of 100 countries to sign the CITES (Convention of International Trading of Endangered Species) Treaty. Sharks in the Red Sea were on CITES’ list of endangered species, but the Egyptian law that regulates fishing made no mention of sharks. “Sharks are a valuable source of revenue for the country. Many people don’t realize that tourists spend millions of dollars in the Red Sea because of the sharks. For example, a dive destination like the Brother Islands (off the coast of Marsa Alam) is sold primarily because of its abundant shark population. It has been estimated that each shark in the Red Sea generates approximately 10,000 pounds sterling in income to the country,” said HEPCA’s Director.

Take a dive in nice, warm water
Des Moines Business Record - No matter how impressive your resume, here s one addition that would really set it apart: certified shark feeder. Just think, that s only one of many watery skills you could work on if you sign up soon for a winter or spring

Diver attacked by shark at Perth beach
Sidney Morning Herald - A 52-year-old diver is recovering in a Perth hospital after being attacked by what is believed to be a white shark. He was bitten on the elbow while

island time
Pioneer Press - Harold Diaz is a guide at the Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge high in the rain-forest mountains overlooking the Arima Valley of Trinidad. But even he is impressed by what he sees each day out the back door. As you walk through the century-old

Choosing your honeymoon cruise
Hill News - New vacationers and seasoned travelers alike request it immediately and it s perfect for honeymoons: the all-inclusive getaway. There s only one person you should be thinking of while on a honeymoon, and nothing else should matter

Reach for the stars with scientist Sima
Asian News - WANNA-BE astronaut Sima Adhya has been chosen as a role model to persuade youngsters science is fun and not just for geeks. Space scientist Sima from Hale, Greater Manchester, who loves

Joseph B. La Monica
Nevada Appeal - An open house in memory of Joseph B. La Monica, 74, of Gardnerville, will be from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 3 at 65 Highway 341, in Mound House. Mr. La Monica died Jan. 23, 2006. He was born May 27, 1931, in Los Angeles. He was considered a pioneer in

Pastor says church attack was ’satanic’
Nassau Guardian - The pastor of Born Again Deliverance Church on East West Highway said he believes the daring robbery at his church on Wednesday night was born out of Satanism and money worship. In an interview with The Guardian Friday, Apostle Kelson Miller said the

Center’s chamber offers hope for healing wounds that resist other
Naples Daily News - O’Neill Farrington knows precisely how many times he’s gone

Whale makes splash
Columbia Daily Tribune - LONDON (AP) - It s a whale of a tale - a bottlenose whale swimming up the River Thames past Big Ben and Parliament yesterday as rows of worried Londoners looked on. The northern bottlenose whale was spotted in central London in the afternoon - the

SPLASH DOWN
Daily Mirror - THE 14-seater Twin Otter seaplane dipped its wings and disconcertingly headed straight for the water below. Oh dear. So this is what they used to call “ditching in the drink”. But the dark, choppy

Treating people right helps business thrive
El Paso Times - Employees can count on at least one certainty each morning at Dominguez Sheet Metal Works Inc. The affable boss is always already there, grinding away. “I get up and get in pretty early,” Frank Dominguez, 72, said of his weekday routine. He wakes up

Hope turns to despair as whale dies
Scotland on Sunday Online - THE Thames had never seen anything like it. As thousands of sightseers lined the banks of the great river in central London yesterday, marine experts carried out a delicate rescue operation on the stranded mammal that captured the heart of the nation

British long-distance swimmer conquers all five oceans
Diario Digital JuA rez, Mexico -… a pair of Speedos. "Most swimmers would be disabled within seconds of diving into the freezing water," he said. He said Pugh had …

Cornell Continues Push Toward Frozen Four
CU Columbia Spectator, NY -… 8 seconds later. HarvardA s swimming and diving team, ranked 25th in the nation, defeated 24th ranked Rutgers on Jan. 6 by one …

Freestyle Key To Lions Victory Over Bears
CU Columbia Spectator, NY -The womenA s swimming and diving team will be seeking a sweep of sorts when they face Cornell and Brown on Saturday afternoon at Uris Swim Center. …

Bottom team shocks minor premier
FOX SPORTS, Australia -… was well saved by Moss, then 10 minutes later Michael Valkanis should have made it 2-0 but his header was well cleared off the line by a diving Noah Hickey. …

QUESTIONS WITH BOB
Pioneer Press, MN -… RG The way he plays the game A diving in the outfield A I think that’s where he beat himself up so much. Keeping him at DH and …

Diving Tufi: Remote Papua New Guinea
The twin-otter plane flew over the resort, dipping its wing low over crystal clear waters dotted with a plethora of reefs. Volcanic fiords finger their way out into the aqua blue waters of the Solomon Sea. On the outer reef of Tufi is a collection of stunning reef dives. Mulloway’s is undoubtedly Tufi’s best dive site. Due to strong ocean currents, Mulloway’s comes alive with a wide variety of pelagic fish, reef sharks, hammerheads and rays that feed on the rich plankton. Read the full article…

Win Access to an Online Marine Biology Course
Beautiful Oceans are offering a free, online, marine biology course specifically tailored to scuba divers. You get full access to their eAcademy: text, videos, quizzes, forums. I thought I knew quite a lot about the underwater world, but I learnt something just by taking a quick browse through their course materials. The course is well written and beautifully illustrated with photographs and diagrams.

Failing ocean current raises fears of mini ice age
The ocean current that gives western Europe its relatively balmy climate is stuttering, raising fears that it might fail entirely and plunge the continent into a mini ice age. The dramatic finding comes from a study of ocean circulation in the North Atlantic, which found a 30% reduction in the warm currents that carry water north from the Gulf Stream.

Divers recover stolen truck
Newszap Florida, FL -… years.A . Detective Durfee and OCSO Deputy Jack Nash were diving around the bridge in 20-feet of water when the truck was found. …

Improve Your Snorkeling Technique
The key to successful snorkeling is relaxation in the water. It is as much a psychological as it is a physical skill. Follow these 7 easy tips to improve your skills and become comfortable in the water….

Solon girls basketball grabs win
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT -… She was a big help.". In the second half the teams hit the floor, literally, by diving for loose balls and knocking the leather loose. …

New Safety Guidelines Aim to Reduce Scuba Diving Deaths
“New scuba diving safety guidelines are to be introduced [in] New Zealand to try to reduce the number of deaths… The activity is one of New Zealand’s most popular past times but it kills on average six people per year.”…

Treating people right helps business thrive
El Paso Times - Employees can count on at least one certainty each morning at Dominguez Sheet Metal Works Inc. The affable boss is always already there, grinding away. “I get up and get in pretty early,” Frank Dominguez, 72, said of his weekday routine. He wakes up

Island hopping
femalefirst.co.uk - Small islands are a great way to get away from it all. Often offering quiet and secluded holiday destinations, here are some of the best Islands to holiday on. Tobago This 27-mile long sister island to Trinidad lies just a few miles of the Venezuelan

The Great Whale of Westminster
Telegraph - A battle was being fought last night to save a whale swimming lost and disorientated in the Thames in central London. A man tries to stop the whale from beaching itself Marine mammal experts were monitoring the 15ft Northern bottlenose whale, thought

The amazing Coron Islands
Manila Bulleting Online - CORON, Palawan By God s grace, Coron is anointed with vast tourist potentials, both land and underwater resources. It ranks among the best in the country s potential tourism playgrounds that merit the support for full development from the

Hope turns to despair as whale dies
Scotland on Sunday Online - THE Thames had never seen anything like it. As thousands of sightseers lined the banks of the great river in central London yesterday, marine experts carried out a delicate rescue operation on the stranded mammal that captured the heart of the nation

lost in london
Lexington Herald-Leader - LONDON - As urban pursuits go, it had the ring of the strange and the short-lived: whale-watching on the River Thames. Of course, London’s great stream is no stranger to the bizarre and fascinating. There have been bodies hung from bridges, seals and

Commissions narrows potential routes to Saaremaa to two
Baltic Times - TALLINN A commission charged with selecting the best route and method to connect the island Saaremaa with the mainland has narrowed the choice down to two. One route runs alongside the current Virtsu-Kuivastu ferry and the other across the

storm central
Lexington Herald-Leader - ABOARD THE NANCY FOSTER - The waters are velvet-smooth, clear and clean, alternately

Pastor says church attack was ’satanic’
Nassau Guardian - The pastor of Born Again Deliverance Church on East West Highway said he believes the daring robbery at his church on Wednesday night was born out of Satanism and money worship. In an interview with The Guardian Friday, Apostle Kelson Miller said the

Whale wanders into River Thames
Manila Times - LONDON: It s a whale of a tale a bottle-nosed whale swimming up the River Thames past Big Ben and Parliament as rows of worried spectators looked on. The northern bottle-nosed whale was spotted in central London Friday afternoon the first

2005 Power of the Pen
Hamilton Spectator - No way Jose, I am not going in there. This is what I thought to myself as I looked up at the big, old, creepy-looking house I was obligated to enter. It was located on an eerie, deserted lane. See, it was Saturday and I was doing deliveries for

Fears grow for northern bottle-nosed whale stranded in London
680 News - LONDON (AP) - Marine rescue officials lifted a whale stranded in London’s River Thames onto a barge Saturday, more than 24 hours after its unexpected arrival in the capital. But experts warn the whale may not survive. The northern bottle-nosed whale

lost in london
Lexington Herald-Leader - LONDON - As urban pursuits go, it had the ring of the strange and the short-lived: whale-watching on the River Thames. Of course, London’s great stream is no stranger to the bizarre and fascinating. There have been bodies hung from bridges, seals and

Miami Herald - ORANGE CITY - (AP) — Sweet Gum was fatally injured by a racing boater. Her calf, Rachel, was also killed by a boat near Lake Monroe, and so was her granddaughter, Ruby. This year has been a hard one for the state’s endangered manatee population

Treating people right helps business thrive
El Paso Times - Employees can count on at least one certainty each morning at Dominguez Sheet Metal Works Inc. The affable boss is always already there, grinding away. “I get up and get in pretty early,” Frank Dominguez, 72, said of his weekday routine. He wakes up

Interpreting the American Coastline
News-Press - Maybe it was in the stars that Sherry Rohl and Patricia Fay would both end up with artwork in “On the Edge: Artists Interpret the American Coastline.” They’re both water signs. A Pisces, Rohl spent childhood summers along Lake Michigan. Most of her

Celebrating his life in photography
Green River Star - A picture is worth a thousand words and produces just as many memories. The family of Dan Andrews worked through their grief by compiling a tribute to him through his photography. Andrews’ wife Karen gathered five years of travel photography into a

Lost whale is perilously close to Strand
Age - An unlikely visitor has drawn crowds to the Thames, but its future does not look bright. Caroline Davies reports from London. Animal lovers were battling yesterday to save a whale swimming lost and disorientated in the River Thames in central London

underwater sanctuary Layang-Layang
New Straits Times - Terumbu Layang-Layang is one of the few last bastions that offer the experience of a perfectly healthy ecosystem. AMIDST the carnage left behind by the devastating tsunami throughout Southeast Asia that damaged coastal regions and reef systems

Culture Vulture: Utahn’s infectious humor wins caption contest
Salt Lake Tribune - Brandon Griggs For the second time in five weeks, a Utahn has won The New Yorker’s weekly caption contest, which invites the magazine’s 1 million-plus readers to submit their own captions for a blank cartoon. Park City-based journalist T.C. Doyle

FLUKE IN LONDON
San Francisco Gate - London — As urban pursuits go, it had the ring of the strange and the short-lived: whale-watching on the River Thames. Of course, London’s great stream is no stranger to the bizarre and fascinating. There have been bodies hung from bridges, seals

Baths at Virgin Gorda
Think & Ask - When they say fast ferry, they’re not kidding. The traditional ferry makes this trip at about seven knots, around 10 mph, but this twin-hulled ferry is screaming along at 30 mph. While I’d really prefer a ride on our own boat –40-foot Newporter

British divers try to rescue Thames whale
ABC News - LONDON (Reuters) - Divers began on Saturday a critical operation to examine and if possible rescue a Northern Bottle-nosed Whale that has strayed up the River Thames in central London. With thousands of people lining the banks of the river to watch

Lost, hurting - and maybe on river of no return
Scotsman - The plight of the three-metre-long whale has drawn concern from marine experts, who fear it is injured. THE eyes of the nation were on a seven-tonne whale yesterday after it swam up the River Thames past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Three more arrested in fatal shooting of Chaska woman
WFTC - CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Chaska officials have arrested three more suspects in the case of a 52-year-old woman who was shot to death in her home, police Chief Scott Knight said Monday. Nancy Lynn Everson was killed early Sunday and police arrested her

Man fends off shark that attacked twice
Seattle Times - Bernie Williams, 46, was

Black Literature:
New York Times - Bob Kaufman, the sage of Abomunism. I read another paragraph, growing more oppressed with each maudlin passage. My lips thickened. My burr-headed Afro took on the texture of a dried-out firethorn bush. My love for the sciences, the Los Angeles Kings

NST’S YOUR SAY: Many blame Taufik
New Straits Times - NST readers sympathies are not with Muhd Taufik Meh, the teenager who was allegedly hit with a chair after he tried to evade a Road Transport Department roadblock. Taufik s father, Meh Man, has admitted that his son rode without a helmet and a

Taking paper on vacation with you? Go wild with photo
Herald-Mail - If you’re an early riser, I’m likely sitting in a terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Airport waiting to board an airplane bound for Orlando, Fla., as you read this. If you sleep in on Sundays, I’ll probably be halfway to Walt Disney World