By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 02 August 2006 A new regional tsunami warning system in Southeast Asia can already detect dangerous conditions, but the network will not be completed for up to five years. The announcement comes just two weeks after a tsunam

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 December 2007 Aid agencies report significant progress has been made in helping survivors of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami rebuild their lives and livelihoods three years after the disaster struck. While progress has

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By Steve Herman Nalaguraidhoo, Maldives 19 May 2008 A new organization dedicated to Indian Ocean regional port and maritime security has been launched. The South Asia Regional Port Security Cooperative, composed of nine nations, sees such traditional

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Spanish forces have captured six alleged pirates in the Indian Ocean, after the suspects attacked a Spanish navy ship. The Spanish defense ministry says pirates aboard a skiff (small boat) opened fire on the combat support ship Pati?o early Thursday.

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听歌学英语:A Perfect Indian(Sinead O'Connor) Sinead O'Connor出生在都柏林一个传统的天主教家庭,她小时候曾是唱诗班成员,十九岁就开始了歌手生涯。1987年出道时,唱片公司想要把她包装成娇俏可爱

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US blizzards, Asia's typhoons, other extreme weather all linked to Pacific Ocean anomaly Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 10 February 2010 Experts say the oceanic disturbance known as El Ni?o is to blame for severe weather in Washington, D.C. and arou

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