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European Union to Expand Objectives of Operation Atalanta to Include Some Somali Ports
The ministers of defense of the European Union have agreed to expand the objectives of Operation Atalanta to include control of Somali ports where pirate ships are based, as well as the possibility of “neutralizing” the mother ships that allow...
Ethiopia Sends Team to France for Black Box Analysis
Ethiopia has dispatched a team to France to find out the details of the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard, officials told APA on Tuesday. Two weeks ago,...
WWF And SeaWeb Call for Better International Protection for Coral Used in Jewelry
Countries participating in a major endangered species trade conference in March must back better protections for red and pink coral, which are disappearing because of overfishing to make jewelry.
France has Called for an International Tuna Trade Ban
French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo has made it official that France supports the listing of Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which will effectively...
Ethiopia Declares National Day of Mourning After Plane Crash
Ethiopia has set aside Monday as a day of national mourning following the tragic crash of the country’s national flag carrier airliner in Lebanon, Beirut early Monday morning.
WWF Argues for a Temporary Fishing Ban for the Beleaguered Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF), the global conservation organization, is urging countries meeting in Brazil this week to agree urgently on a temporary fishing ban for the beleaguered Atlantic bluefin tuna, as an essential measure to avoid imminent stock...
Wives of Sailors on the ‘Arctic Sea’ Demand Their Return Home
Wives of four Russian sailors held on board the Arctic Sea ship, which was hijacked in the Atlantic in July, have written an open letter to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin asking him to authorize their immediate return home. “An investigation...
Scientists Warn of Increase in Migrating Birds Due to Climate Change
Leading scientists have warned about the magnitude of African birds migrating overseas as a result of severe hunger and climate change.
