| Fri 31 Aug 2012 |
Rush of Asylum-seekers before crackdown
NZ Herald | Australia calls it a "closing-down sale" for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the price of haste may be death... |
Message in bottle sets new world record
Canberra Times | The bottle plucked from the sea, and the message it contained. Photo: AP | British authorities say a message in a bottle, deposited in the sea almost 100 years ago in a scientific experiment, has set a new world record for the length of time spent ... |
Enchanted by Central Maluku
Jakarta Post | Paper Edition | Page: 21 | At sea: In the coastal village of Sawai in Seram, Central Maluku, children explore the area in small plastic boats in the afternoons. | “Sangat, banget luar biasa,” the man on the phone exclaimed as he lurched from si... |
Video footage surfaces in allegations of Princess Cruises 'failed' rescue at sea
The Examiner Related topics | Princess Cruiserescue at seaStar Princess | Advertisement | Santa Clarita, California-based Princess Cruises today (August 30, 3012) released newly discovered video footage of a rescue at sea of a small boat adrift for nearly a month... |
Major asylum boat tragedies in last decade
Al Jazeera | A record 135 boats carrying 8,845 asylum-seekers have arrived in Australia this year, mostly via a popular people-smuggling route from Indonesia, prompting Canberra to announce a tough new transfer policy to deter attempts to make the dangerous sea... |
Message in bottle sets new world record
Sydney Morning Herald | British authorities say a message in a bottle, deposited in the sea almost 100 years ago in a scientific experiment, has set a new world record for the length of time spent at sea. | The bottle, released in 1914, was caught in the net of a fishing ... |
Message in bottle from 1914 found
Irish Times | Scotland A 97-year-old message in a bottle found by Scottish fishermen in their catch has set the world record for spending the longest time at sea. | Guinness World Records confirmed the April 12th discovery by the Shetland Islands fishing boat, ... |
Slain Kuber crew members widow cant wait to see Kasab hanged
Indian Express | Earns Rs 50 a day working as a farm hand and supports a family of seven | While keeping Ajmal Kasab in safe custody has cost the government a fortune, the widow of one of the five crew members of fishing trawler Kuber who were killed by the terrori... |
Take us to Australia, rescued asylum seekers plead
Canberra Times | Fifty-four asylum seekers plucked alive from the sea yesterday are being transferred to an Indonesian boat mid-ocean and will be returned to the port of Merak today. | Officials in Indonesia said the transfer was due to begin at 3.30am Indonesian t... |
Kids become ocean explorers at camp
Sun Sentinel | Local youngsters recently learned all about the coastal marine environment. | The weeklong Ocean Explorers Camp, a new summer offering of the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale, combined classroom lessons with hands-on activities in... |
Concerns Arise Over Defining Storms by ‘Category’
The New York Times NEW ORLEANS — Why were people in Plaquemines Parish and other coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi so blasé about Hurricane Isaac? The answer could have something to do with the yardstick most commonly used to measure storms. | Enl... |
All at sea as activists fail to stop super trawler docking
The Australian | GREENPEACE activists will monitor the world's second largest super trawler while in Australian waters after it failed to stop the floating fish factory docking at Port Lincoln on South Australia's remote west coast yesterday. | Two Greenpeace boats... |
Supertrawler battle begins
The Daily Telegraph Australia | A FOREIGN-owned supertrawler that will catch 18,000 tonnes of baitfish in federal waters docked in South Australia yesterday despite the efforts of conservationists. | The 142m Dutch-owned FV Margiris, to be used by Seafish Tasmania to trawl from N... |
| Thu 30 Aug 2012 |
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
The Miami Herald | CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia calls it a "closing-down sale" for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the pric... |
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown - Wire World News - The Sacramento Bee --> ...
Sacramento Bee | CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia calls it a "closing-down sale" for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the pric... |
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
The Charlotte Observer | CANBERRA, Australia Australia calls it a "closing-down sale" for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the price o... |
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
The News Tribune | CANBERRA, Australia — Australia calls it a "closing-down sale" for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the... |
Rush of asylum-seekers before Australian crackdown
Lexington Herald-Leader | CANBERRA, Australia — Australia calls it a "closing-down sale" for people smugglers: Asylum-seekers in rickety boats are reaching its shores in record numbers ahead of a tougher deportation policy starting in September. For many migrants, the... |
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