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Survey finds drastic decline in endangered chimpanzees in West Africa - 14 Oct 2008
living in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has revealed that this endangered subspecies... for Evolutionary Anthropology. The booming human population in Cote d'Ivoire is probably..., it nonetheless meant that Cote d'Ivoire harbored about half of the world's

FIFA asks for details on Ivory Coast football disaster - 30 Mar 2009
Zurich, March 30 (DPA) Football's ruling body FIFA asked Monday for a full report from the football federation of the Ivory Coast after 22 people died Sunday when a wall collapsed during a World Cup qualifying match between Ivory Coast

19 killed in Ivory Coast stadium stampede - 30 Mar 2009
Hamburg, March 30 (DPA) At least 19 people were killed Sunday when a wall collapsed at a football stadium during Ivory Coast's 5-0 Group E African qualifying match in Abidjan, media reports said. The BBC reported that there were some

Ivory Coast confers top award on Anand Sharma - 16 Jan 2009
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has conferred his... visited Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast Jan 12-15, was given the award 'in recognition of his distinct role in strengthening India's relationship with Ivory Coast

22 football fans killed in Ivory Coast city stadium stampede - 30 Mar 2009
Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Mar.30 (ANI): At least 22 people were killed and 132... the Ivory Coast and Malawi in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday. According... the crush which happened as fans tried to get into the stadium.  Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast confers top award on Anand Sharma - 16 Jan 2009
in the wake of the Mumbai carnage and Ivory Coast conferred its highest award upon... Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast Jan 12-15, discussed the entire gamut of issues... in strengthening India's relationship with Ivory Coast and the African continent

22 killed in Ivory Coast stadium stampede - 30 Mar 2009
Hamburg, March 30 (DPA) At least 22 people were killed Sunday during a stampede following a wall collapsing before Ivory Coast's 5-0 Group E African qualifying...;The report said that officials in the Ivory Coast had confirmed the number of deaths

Chelsea star Drogba says football is nothing compared Ivory Coast tragedy - 31 Mar 2009
London, Mar.31 (ANI): Chelsea's Ivory Coast international striker Didier Drogba.... Drogba, who scored two goals as Ivory Coast beat Malawi 5-0 in a game that was still... by ensuring Ivory Coast reach the World Cup in South Africa in 2010. (ANI) 

Envoys present credentials to President Patil - 10 Nov 2008
, the Ambassador of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Joseph Caron, the High Commissioner of Canada

Lifetree achieves yet another milestone - 29 Jul 2008
Ramadan, MD, Oricel, Ivory Coast. “The faith shown by Oricel in Lifetree... will repeat our success story in Ivory Coast as well. We will enable Oricel... operation in Ivory Coast and are looking forward to rolling out GSM and GPRS services

Chelsea fine Drogba 100k pounds - 01 Jan 2009
London, Jan.1 (ANI): Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba has been docked 100,000 pounds by Chelsea for criticising the club in SunSport.  The whining Ivory Coast striker has angered both team-mates and Blues officials by claiming he did

eBay bans sale of ivory products - 01 Jan 2009
of virtually all ivory products from its website after coming under intense pressure... ban came into effect in 1989.  Now, only pianos with ivory keys and wood furniture with small amounts of ivory inlay made before 1900 will be allowed

Drogba backs Hiddink to unite Chelsea - 20 Feb 2009
London, Feb.20 (ANI): Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba believes that Dutch coach Guss Hiddink will be successful in uniting the players at the club, and take it back on the victory trail. "Hiddink is just what Chelsea

Legal ivory auction in Africa may open floodgates for illegal sale - 29 Oct 2008
of ivory in African auctions, which conservationists fear will open the floodgates to illegal poachers to sell ivory on the black market. According to a report in The Independent, this is the first legal auction of ivory in more than

Lifting ivory ban would threaten elephants with extinction - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 12 (ANI): The world trade in ivory, banned 19 years ago to save..., with the emergence of China as a major ivory buyer, which could spark off a new wave of elephant... Chinese demand for ivory, in the form of trinkets, name seals, expensive carvings

eBay will ban ivory sale from January 2009 - 22 Oct 2008
that from January 2009, it will ban the sale of ivory from all its 39 websites... products, especially ivory. Although eBay introduced a ban in June 2007 on sales of ivory between countries, transactions involving ivory have continued

Auction of ivory tusks begins in South Africa - 06 Nov 2008
of ivory stockpiles got underway in South Africa Thursday, with Chinese...;The sale takes place nearly a decade after the last authorized sale of ivory in southern Africa in 1999.   The ivory trade has been banned since 1989

Chinese demand for ivory leads to elephant decimation in Congo - 01 Jan 2008
, allegedly driven by rising Chinese demand for ivory. Surveys carried out... of illegally trafficked ivory in the world, according to TRAFFIC, a group that monitors... to unload the illegal ivory into a thriving international black market, park

Chinese, Japanese buy $1.2 mn worth Namibia ivory - 28 Oct 2008
exceptional auction of stockpiled ivory in nearly 20 years Tuesday. Two... of ivory tusks that have accumulated in Namibia game parks since its last authorised sale of ivory in 1999.   The UN Convention on International

Chelsea's Drogba finds goal scoring drying up in 2008 - 30 Dec 2008
London, Dec.30 (ANI): Ivory Coast and Chelsea football star Didier Drogba..., has also scored 30 goals in 42 Ivory Coast internationals.  According... at an average of 0.29. The Ivory Coast hit-man, however, is not sorry to see

Elephants under threat as illegal ivory price soars in Vietnam - 18 Feb 2009
in Indo-China are under increasing threat from booming illegal ivory prices in Vietnam. An assessment of the illegal ivory trade in Viet Nam said Vietnamese illegal ivory prices could be the highest in the world, with reports of tusks

Wild female chimps trade sex for meat - 08 Apr 2009
;  In a recent research at the Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire, Cristina M

China's return to ivory trade poses threat to future of wild elephants in Africa and Asia - 01 Jan 2008
buyer of ivory at a UN (United Nations) meeting in Geneva, provoking widespread... Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), gives China the right to buy ivory auctioned... will provide a substantial opportunity for the laundering of illegal ivory, and provide

Coast Guard conducts pollution response exercise - 10 Dec 2008
Jagatsinghpur (Orissa), Dec 10 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard Wednesday conducted an exercise off the Orissa coast near the port town of Paradip to assess... and pollution response capabilities of the Coast Guard, Paradip Port Trust and oil

Coast guards intensify patrolling in Bay of Bengal - 30 Nov 2008
Paradeep (Orissa), Nov 30 (IANS) Coast guard personnel have intensified... terrorist attacks in Mumbai, a Coast Guard official said Sunday. 'The Coast Guard... Haladia port to Paradeep to assist the Coast Guard to monitor the coastline in Orissa

Two Pakistani boats seized off Gujarat coast - 15 Jan 2009
Ahmedabad, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian coast guard Thursday evening seized two Pakistani boats with 17 Pakistanis onboard off the Gujarat coast for straying... for further interrogation by the navy, customs and the coast guard, the police

56 Pakistan fishermen held off Kutch coast - 04 Nov 2008
Ahmedabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Indian Coast Guards seized eight Pakistani fishing vessels carrying 56 fishermen off the Jakhau coast in Kutch Tuesday evening, according to sources. The Pakistani vessels were intercepted by the Coast Guard

Indian Coast Guard walks for environment protection in Chennai - 04 Jan 2009
Chennai, Jan 4 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard in Chennai today participated... was organised to illustrate Indian Coast Guards' commitment towards environment... are participating besides coast guards. They met to spread the message about environment

Goa fishermen allege harassment by Coast Guard - 13 Jan 2009
Panaji, Jan 13 (IANS) A fishermen's body has accused Coast Guard and Indian... in the Arabian Sea. The Coast Guard Tuesday denied the charge. All India Fishing Boat Owners Association (IFBOA) president Uday Chodankar said that on Friday Coast

Andhra on alert as cyclone threatens coast - 15 Nov 2008
Pradesh as cyclone Khai Muk over Bay of Bengal threatened to hit the coast... the people from areas near the coast and also the low-lying places.   ... in a northwesterly direction and cross the Andhra coast between Bapatla and Kakinada, near

Ship collision off Japan coast, seven missing - 10 Mar 2009
their cargo ship collided with a larger freighter and sank off the coast of Japan, South Korea's Coast Guard said Tuesday. According to the coast guard... coast guard officials, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said.    

Mumbai on alert after speedboats vanish off it's coast - 22 Feb 2009
Mumbai, Feb 22 (ANI): The Coast Guard and Mumbai police were on alert on Sunday... afternoon off the north Mumbai coast, an official said.  Some fishermen informed the Mumbai police about the boats, who in turn alerted the Coast Guard

Chimps too dole out tit-for-tat behaviour to friends and foes - 29 Oct 2008
with this finding after observing wild chimpanzees living in Tai National Park in Cote D'Ivoire for about 3000 hours.  She says that grooming, in a way, works like

Government of India selects Gemalto to jump-start electronic passport program with first rollout fo - 01 Jan 2008
in the coming months. Gemalto's e-passport references include Cote d'Ivoire, Czech

Egyptian ship hijacked off Somali coast - 02 Jan 2009
Coast, an Egyptian official said Thursday. Some 15 heavily armed pirates captured the ship Blue Star, which is now on its way to the Somalian coast, Ahmed... and Gulf of Aden, but then it went towards the Somalian Coast,' Rizk said. 

Seven Pakistani fishermen held off Gujarat coast - 01 Nov 2008
members on board was seized by the Indian Coast Guard's Porbandar unit, officials... territory Friday,' a source in the Coast Guard told IANS.  'The boat Al... to Porbandar's Coast Guard interrogation centre Saturday.  

Cargo ship capsizes off Philippines coast, 11 missing - 26 Nov 2008
Manila, Nov 26 (DPA) A cargo ship has capsized off the coast of northern Philippines due to bad weather, leaving 11 crew members missing, the nation's coast... by large waves. It was carrying 20 crewmen.   The coast guard said passing

Queen Mary II reaches Kochi coast - 19 Mar 2009
Kochi, Mar 19 (ANI): Queen Mary II, world's largest ocean liner, reached Kerala's Kochi coast on Wednesday.  The liner is proving to be a visual-treat for the residents.  Tourists were excited to be on board the cruiser which has

Navy, Coast Guard in pursuit of suspect ship - 27 Nov 2008
the coast of Mumbai. The crew of the ship is being questioned. "The Coast Guard and Navy chased the MV Alpha. They are being assisted by Dornier aircraft and surface ships. The navy has enhanced patrolling from the Mumbai coast

Gold Coast says 'no' to Mahatma Gandhi Marg - 30 Oct 2008
Australia’s sixth largest city Gold Coast has said no to the request... Council, Ron Clarke, Gold Coast mayor, said, “…Council's Street Naming... Coast, had urged to name one of the major streets of Gold Coast after Mahatma

Coast Guard to be responsible for coastal security: PM - 11 Dec 2008
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Coast Guard will henceforth be solely responsible for guarding India's coastline with the navy providing the backup, Prime... responsibility for protecting the coastline will be entrusted to the Coast

Suspected terror ship found by Coast Guard - 27 Nov 2008
Mumbai, Nov.27 (ANI): Coast Guard officials have reportedly found a ship that is said to have been used to ferry terrorists into Mumbai ahead of Wednesday's serial attacks that claimed over 100 lives and injured over 280. Coast Guard

Cyclonic storm weakens, crosses Andhra coast - 16 Nov 2008
weakened into a tropical depression, crossed the Andhra coast early Sunday near Kavali... the south Andhra coast. Strong gales with a speed of 60 to 70 km hit the coastal region.  The cyclonic storm was earlier threatening to hit the coast

Strong quake reported off Indonesian coast - 04 Jan 2009
Jakarta/Washington, Jan 4 (DPA) An underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale was recorded early Sunday off the coast of eastern Indonesia, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 4.43 a.m. Sunday

Gunmen hijack Chinese ship off Kenyan coast - 14 Nov 2008
Friday hijacked a Chinese fishing ship off the Kenyan coast, a source with China's... coast and forced it to sail towards the coastal area off southern Somalia. ...-operated cargo ship off the coast of Somalia escaped pirates who attacked

Coast Guards get new Offshore patrol Vessel - 22 Jan 2009
), was commissioned in the Coast Guards at Goa. ICGS Samrat is the projection of the Indian Coast Guard's resolve and will ensure the marine security in Mumbai... and equipment.  With the addition of ICGS Samrat, the Coast Guard fleet now comprises

Coast guard acquires indigenous Offshore Patrol Vessel - 01 Jan 2008
Patrol Vessel for the Coast Guard on July 4. Bharti Kumar, wife of Secretary... being built at Goa Shipyard Limited for Coast Guard. The vessel is equipped... of the Coast Guard.  "There are a variety of weapon systems and platforms

5 Sri Lankan fishermen caught off Andhra coast jailed - 18 Mar 2009
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Five Sri Lankan fishermen caught by the Indian Coast Guard off the Andhra Pradesh coast were remanded to two weeks in judicial custody... Lankans travelling by a fishing craft Jeya Sikuru01 were intercepted by a coast

Muslim school plan ignites Gold Coast protest - 02 Dec 2008
Sydney, Dec.2 (ANI): The Australian International Islamic College, planned for Carrara, has raised the ire of Gold Coast City residents who fear it will lead...;Demonstrators have swarmed the Gold Coast City Council headquarters to protest

Four feared drowned off Chennai coast - 06 Oct 2008
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The search for four missing bathers off the coast here was given up Friday evening as they were presumed drowned and washed away deep into the sea, fire services officials said. Eyewitnesses had reported them

Four feared drowned off Chennai coast - 01 Jan 2008
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The search for four missing bathers off the coast here was given up Friday evening as they were presumed drowned and washed away deep into the sea, fire services officials said. Eyewitnesses had reported them

Coast Guard 70 percent short of requirements - 21 Jan 2009
Panaji, Jan 21 (IANS) Admitting that the Indian Coast Guard was a staggering 70... top priority. 'Earlier, we could say the coast was safe. But it is no longer..., strengthening the Indian Navy, the Indian Coast Guard and the coastal police

Pirates hijack Greek cargo ship off Somali coast - 20 Mar 2009
Athens, March 20 (DPA) Pirates seized a Greek-owned cargo ship off the coast... of Guinea, off the coast of Cameroon and Nigeria.    Dozens of ships seized... the coast of Cameroon and killed its captain. Last month, another band of pirates

Pamela Anderson set to cause commotion in Gold Coast's KFC - 01 Jan 2008
a huge commotion in Gold Coast's KFC this week. The former Playboy bunny, who..., will be on the Big Brother show on the Gold Coast. After leaving the house, Anderson plans to visit a Gold Coast KFC restaurant on July 10 to protest against the fast

Iran building naval bases on Oman coast: Report - 30 Oct 2008
Tehran, Oct 30 (Xinhua) Iran has started constructing new naval bases along the coast of the Sea of Oman for an 'impenetrable line of defence,' the Tehran Times daily reported Thursday. The new bases will extend from Bandar Abbas

Global meet on illegally mined diamonds starts Nov 3 - 30 Oct 2008
in countries such as Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra

Coast Guard defending India's shores with depleted assets - 03 Dec 2008
that India's vast 7,516-km-long coastline is the country's Achilles' heel with the Coast...; 'The Coast Guard has an authorised strength of 106 vessels and 52 aircraft... interests of India,' a Coast Guard official told IANS, speaking on condition

Marine surveillance heightened off Goa coast - 13 Dec 2008
surveillance along Goa's 105 km long shoreline with the Coast Guard (CG), the navy... covering the entire Goan coast along with adjoining regions of Maharashtra... suspicious movements along the coast.   Superintendent of Police Om Prakas

Intelligence on Mumbai was given to navy, coast guard: Chidambaram - 11 Dec 2008
(LeT) vessel attempting to infiltrate into Mumbai was shared with the Coast Guard... with the director general of the Coast Guard and the principal director of the naval intelligence.  'The Coast Guard made a serious effort including deploying

South Korean ship crew die of food poisoning off Indian coast - 14 Feb 2009
Kanyakumari (TN), Feb 14 (ANI): Four crewmembers of a South Korean freighter ship off the Tamil Nadu coast died of food poisoning, officials said on Friday... feed from South Korea was on its way to Singapore via the Indian coast.  All

8 die in boat mishap off Gujarat coast - 14 Oct 2008
Jamnagar, Oct 14 (IANS) Eight people, including three women and three children, were killed and 20 injured when a boat carrying around 45 people sank off the coast of the Bedi port near Jamnagar in Gujarat Tuesday morning. The mishap

Part of Alaska's coast drifting into sea at twice the rate it has in past - 21 Feb 2009
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): A new study has indicated that part of Alaska's coast... the Arctic shoreline. The study of the 40-mile (64-kilometer) stretch of coast... caused the coast to disappear at a rate of about 45 feet (14 meters) a year.  

French ship with nine crew hijacked off Nigerian coast - 06 Jan 2009
Paris, Jan 6 (DPA) Pirates have seized a French ship off the Nigerian coast and taken its nine crew members hostage, the ship owners have said. The ship... in 2008, with Gulf of Aden and the east coast of Somalia becoming piracy hotspots

'Coast Guards had intelligence about use of sea to attack Mumbai' - 02 Dec 2008
New Delhi, Dec 2 (ANI): Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said the Coast... terrorists came to Mumbai was intercepted by the Coast Guard, but was let off... in coastal security, there should be better synergy between the Navy and the Coast

Boat carrying over 100 people sinks off Malaysian coast - 06 Oct 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 30 (Xinhua) At least six people were killed as a boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of a port near Kuala Lumpur Tuesday..., sank off the coast near Klang, a sea port located southwest of the Malaysian

Boat carrying over 100 people sinks off Malaysian coast - 01 Jan 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 30 (Xinhua) At least six people were killed as a boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of a port near Kuala Lumpur Tuesday..., sank off the coast near Klang, a sea port located southwest of the Malaysian

Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker off coast of Kenya - 18 Nov 2008
Nairobi, Nov 18 (DPA) A Saudi Arabian oil tanker with 25-member crew has been captured by Somali pirates off the coast of the Kenya, officials in the US... Atlantic Treaty Organization as well as by the US and France along the Somali coast

ONGC plans Integrated Offshore Processing unit in Eastern Coast - 01 Jan 2008
the coast of Andhra Pradesh, oil major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited...-Processing unit' near Kona coast in its east Godavari District. The Integrated... andP) efforts on the east coast, which is increasing rapidly. ONGC has

Boat mishap off Gujarat coast leaves 10 dead - 14 Oct 2008
Jamnagar, Oct 14 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured when a boat carrying around 45 people sank off the coast of the Bedi port near Jamnagar in Gujarat Tuesday morning. The mishap occurred around 11.30 a.m.

Pamela Anderson attacks Gold Coast KFC's treatment of chickens - 01 Jan 2008
Melbourne, July 10 (ANI): Canadian born actress Pamela Anderson stormed a Gold Coast KFC outlet to present a petition against poultry farming practices in Australia, bringing both her cause and KFC priceless publicity.  Anderson

Cyclone alert for Tamil Nadu coast - 26 Nov 2008
for the southwest coast. The Cyclone Storm, ‘NISHA’ over southwest... is likely to move in a northwesterly direction and cross Tamil Nadu coast near

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 100 illegal Bangladeshi migrants - 28 Dec 2008
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Donning a humanitarian role, the Indian Navy and Coast... force and Coast Guard in consultation with the local police launched an aerial...;'The Indian Navy and Coast Guard rescued the survivors in a joint operations

EU to deploy anti-piracy fleet off Somalia coast - 06 Oct 2008
Deauville (France), Oct 1 (DPA) The European Union (EU) will soon deploy a warship fleet tasked with defending commercial vessels from attacks by pirates off the Somali coast, officials said Wednesday. The move follows reports

EU to deploy anti-piracy fleet off Somalia coast - 01 Jan 2008
Deauville (France), Oct 1 (DPA) The European Union (EU) will soon deploy a warship fleet tasked with defending commercial vessels from attacks by pirates off the Somali coast, officials said Wednesday. The move follows reports

India in UN panel to combat piracy off Somalian coast - 15 Jan 2009
coast. The region witnessed over 100 attacks, including 40 seizures, in 2008... off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to facilitate discussion and coordination of actions among states and organisations to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia

Fishermen to be roped in as sources of surveillance along India's eastern coast - 04 Dec 2008
, India's eastern coast's security is all set to use fishermen and fishing crafts... boosted coastal security with the Indian Navy and the coast guard carrying out

Indian Navy destroys pirate vessel off Somali coast - 19 Nov 2008
the Somali coast after an exchange of fire on Tuesday evening. This is second successful... an Indian and a Saudi ship off the Somalian coast last Tuesday.  The incident

India for greater diamond trade co-operation with Africa - 03 Nov 2008
such as Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.  

Biomass of parasites exceeds that of top predators in Pacific Coast estuaries - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, July 24 (ANI): In a study of parasites living in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California in the US, researchers have determined that biomass of these parasites exceeds that of top predators

18 Pakistanis arrested in Gujarat coast - 11 Feb 2009
Rajkot, Feb. 11 (ANI): The coastguard has detained 18 Pakistani nationals near the Arabian Sea of Union Territory of Diu on Monday night.

2,600 yr old Italian tomb reveals ancient trade network - 01 Jan 2008
on the eastern Italian coast has helped archaeologists to piece together the vast... that an extensive network of contact and trade once linked this section of the Adriatic coast... Egyptians tombs. Among the other items contained in the tomb were pendants of ivory

Strong quake jolts Japan's east coast - 04 Dec 2008
), was about 10 km under the sea at Sariku Oki off the coast of Miyagi prefecture

Amphibious landing exercise off Gujarat coast - 09 Feb 2009
of Madhavpur.  The element of Coast Guard was also a part of this short...-based aircraft and submarines from the Indian Navy and hovercraft of the Coast

Ancient Phoenician harbour discovered off Sardinian coast - 06 Oct 2008
along the coast of modern-day Lebanon, Syria and Israel. The city was later

Ancient Phoenician harbour discovered off Sardinian coast - 01 Jan 2008
along the coast of modern-day Lebanon, Syria and Israel. The city was later

Typhoon causes massive destruction in Japanese coast - 14 Jul 2007
hit North Korea coast

Hijacked supertanker anchors off Somali coast - 19 Nov 2008
the coast of Somalia this year, 36 of them successful. Fourteen ships are currently... and France along the Somali coast.   However, the pirates appear undaunted

DNA forensics may prevent elephant poaching - 01 Jan 2008
elephant DNA from confiscated ivory could be an important tool to help wildlife... to protect dwindling elephant populations and curb the illegal ivory market... strong tendency to ship ivory out of a different country than where it's poached

18 African migrants drown off Yemeni coast - 01 Dec 2008
Sanaa (Yemen), Dec 1 (DPA) At least 18 Somalis and Ethiopians drowned off Yemen Monday, and 73 were still missing after smugglers forced them to jump overboard from two boats, rescuers said.

Aparna Sen nominated to Asia Pacific Screen Awards jury - 24 Oct 2008
destination Gold Coast. 'I am very familiar with Aparna's work and I am... acted in films of several noted film directors including Mrinal Sen, James Ivory

Surge in poachers' use of poisoned arrows to kill elephants in Kenya - 26 Feb 2009
in southern Kenya, for obtaining ivory. The surge is part of a nationwide increase... that ivory has been taken from Amboseli elephants, the group said.  According... that the rise in poaching is a result of a UN decision to allow the first ivory

Chinese ship rescued from pirates off Somalian coast - 18 Dec 2008
off the coast of Somalia this year has earned gunmen millions of US dollars

Japan-US joint missile defense exercise at the Japanese coast - 10 Jul 2007
by the recently held joint missile defense exercises off Japanese coast at sea

Indian fisherman killed by pirates off Saudi Arabia coast - 19 Jan 2009
) that pirates off the Saudi Arabia coast indiscriminately opened fire killing my husband

Indian Navy repulses attack, arrests 23 pirates off Somali coast - 13 Dec 2008
missiles, sank a mother ship of pirates off the Somali coast after an exchange

Indian Navy repulses attack, arrests 23 pirates off Somali coast - 13 Dec 2008
coast after an exchange of fire. The attack took place about 150 nautical

Scientists hoping to create clean energy along Portuguese coast - 17 Dec 2008
Washington, December 17 (ANI): Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined forces with Portuguese scientists to create a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more energy in ocean waves than existing systems.

EU launches anti-piracy mission off Somalia coast - 10 Dec 2008
Brussels, Dec 9 (DPA) The European Union (EU) naval mission to Somalia was formally launched Tuesday, despite unresolved legal questions about how detained pirates might be brought to justice.

UN allows use of force against pirates off Somalia coast - 08 Oct 2008
New York, Oct 7 (DPA) The UN Security Council Tuesday authorized the use of force to stop piracy against ships off Somalia, while the European Union is studying sending a military mission to assess the situation.

LTTE suicide attack on two merchant vessels off Jaffna coast - 22 Oct 2008
Colombo, Oct 22 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday morning attacked two merchant vessels of the Sri Lankan government off the Kankesanthurai harbour in northern Jaffna peninsula, defence officials here said.