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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_re_us/gulf_coral_woes
Gulf Reefs Damaged by Rita, Warm Waters
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Fri Jan 27, 6:22 AM ET
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Rita's pounding waves and a hotter-than-usual Gulf of Mexico took a toll on
the Gulf of Mexico's only government-protected coral reefs about 100 miles off the Louisiana and
Texas coasts. Besides hardcore divers and offshore oil workers, few people see the multicolored
reefs, manta rays, lobsters, sharks and fish of all stripes that dart in and out of Flower Garden Banks
National Marine Sanctuary.
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http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/news/article.asp?newsid=709
DAN Responds to Press Release
SSS USA Corporate Offices to Accept DAN Insurance in Nine Chambers
See "SSS USA CORPORATE OFFICE WILL ACCEPT DAN INSURANCE" below.
Note: If you have questions regarding the availability of any chambers in the SSS network, please
contact insuranceqt@sssnetwork.com. This is the SSS USA corporate offices, which, as indicated
below have nine chambers that DO support DAN insurance.
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The Compleat Angler Bar Burns to the Ground:
NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) - A fire destroyed the Ernest Hemingway museum and The Compleat
Angler bar on Friday on the Bahamian island of Bimini, one of the American novelist's 1930s haunts
during the days he stalked big game fish.
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Coral reefs dying in Cayman Islands says local underwater photography instructor
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (1 Dec 2005) -- Grand Cayman's coral reefs are facing a crisis
unless positive steps are taken to address their decline, according to renowned local underwater
photographer Cathy Church.
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First ever prosecution of alleged scuba diving thieves
MALTA (28 Dec 2005) -- The police have filed charges against six expert divers accusing them of
stealing and destroying priceless underwater heritage from Maltese territorial waters, in the first ever
case of marine heritage pilfering to end up in a Maltese court.
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Giant jellies attack Japan
TOKYO, Japan (8 Dec 2005) -- THEY are called echizen kurage and they sound like monsters from the
trashier reaches of Japanese science fiction.
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