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Coral Reef Status Two Decades After Massive 1982-83 El Niño ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
CO2 Science Magazine,As for the source of the expanded coral cover that Guzman and Cortes discovered in their 2002 census of the Cocos Island reefs, they opine that "recovery

Teen escapes shark with punch  -  Jul 22, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,The teenager received severe lacerations and tendon and muscle damage in the attack in the Cocos Island, 2750km north-west of Perth.

Shark attack victim tells of escape  -  Jul 22, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...has praised the teenager's quick thinking. A Cocos Island dive instructor has suggested the boy may have been attacked by a barracuda rather than a shark.

Shark attack mystery  -  Jul 22, 2007
Sky News Australia,Cocos Island residents believe 15 year old Angus Chapman was bitten by a large fish because there's never been a shark attack in their waters.

The great federal land grab  -  Aug 13, 2007
On Line opinion,The Hawke government was even prepared to extend this courtesy to Mr John Clunies-Ross in its efforts to exclude him from the Cocos Island territory,

The need for speed — Bonneville Salt Flats is home to many world ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
Deseret News,Just before I left he walked over to his bookshelves and pulled out a book he had written called "Searching for Pirate Treasure in Cocos Island.



Walton Family Foundation hires conservationist  Nov 23, 2006
Walton was diving off Costa Rica’s Cocos Island in 2004 with his son, Ben, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard and Conservation International co-founder Peter ... - Arkansas Democrat Gazette,

Teenage girl on sodomy charges allowed to leave mainland  Nov 15, 2006
...appearing in court today on charges relating to the alleged use of a sex toy during a humiliating attack on a man has been allowed to go to the Cocos Island. ... - The West Australian,

On Pirates of the Caribbean and Capturing a Cocaine Submarine  Nov 20, 2006
...did nevertheless travel hundreds of kilometers from Colombia to where it was captured, some 500 km southwest of Costa Rica, near the isolated Cocos Island. ... - Shared Responsibility,

10-year-old girl from Japan to get wish granted on Guam  Oct 28, 2006
..."Additionally, through the generosity of our local businesses, she will visit beautiful Cocos Island, compliments of Cocos Island Resort, and take a tour on ... - Pacific Daily News,

Big trunks arrive  Nov 1, 2006
Big trunks in the cargo hold: the elephants were loaded on to a transport plane on Cocos Island bound for Sydney. Eight Asian elephants ... - The Age,

Big trunks touch down  Nov 1, 2006
The elephants were loaded on to a transport plane on Cocos Island bound for Sydney. A convoy of newly arrived elephants has left ... - The Age,

Thai elephants set to reach Australia  Nov 1, 2006
Tended by dedicated Australian zoo keepers the entire time they were overseas, the elephants were due to leave their scenic Cocos Island enclosure - where they ... - Bangkok Post,

Thai elephants arrive at Taronga Zoo  Nov 2, 2006
...their move. The group arrived in a huge Russian plane this morning from Cocos Island where they'd spent 90 days in quarantine. They ... - ABC Online,

Lover linked to soldier sex attack  Nov 1, 2006
Ms Clunies-Ross, whose family was granted Cocos Island by Queen Victoria in 1886 and whose grandfather John Cecil Clunies-Ross held it until 1978, is accused ... - The Australian,

Musing India's East Asia diplomacy  Nov 8, 2006
...his Asian tour on the old cliche of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace obliquely referred to China's maritime installations in the Cocos Island (leased from ... - The Brunei Times,

Couple get bail in sodomy hearing  Nov 1, 2006
Ms Clunies-Ross, who is related to the Clunies-Ross family which established a settlement on Cocos Island almost 200 years ago, was released on bail of $20,000 ... - The West Australian,
Signage in south warns of fish contamination Mar 23, 2006
Cocos Lagoon. The Guam Environmental Protection Agency plans to erect signs at Cocos Island and the Agat Marina. The precautionary ...
KUAM.com,

Iwasaki blows by competition Mar 5, 2006
...slalom event for the Cocos Cup 2006 before competitors and spectators were treated to the high-flying Kiteboarding Big Air Contest at Cocos Island yesterday. ...
Pacific Daily News,

Cocos Cup 2006 to feature kiteboarding event Feb 27, 2006
..."This is my home turf," he said, adding that he worked at Cocos Island Resort for several years. "If I go full on, nobody beats me at Cocos.". ...
Pacific Daily News,

Smithsonian Bird Expert Paul Slud, 87 Mar 6, 2006
He also wrote "The Birds of Cocos Island"(1967), a checklist of birds he observed while spending three months on an uninhabited volcanic island in the eastern ...
Washington Post,

Big air, fast winds at Cocos Mar 6, 2006
...helped Wainer fly over Chris Awe in Day 2 of the Cocos Cup 2006 Kiteboarding "Big Air Contest" to take the first-place finish early yesterday at Cocos Island. ...
Pacific Daily News,
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