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DAR joins "Dugong-Bombo Blood-Letting" activity  -  Nov 14, 2008
Philippine Information Agency,...by Gil E. Miranda DAR-Agusan del Norte (14 November) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform, Provincial Office of Agusan del Norte and the Bombo Radio Butuan,

Dugong Bombo realizes 2M ccs of blood  -  Nov 11, 2008
Sun.Star,IN ONE of the bloodiest days of the year, Dugong Bombo 2008 once again proved the readiness of Filipinos to shed their own blood to save those who will need

GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: The Dugong Reunion - Solution  -  Oct 24, 2008
Wired NewsBy Vincent Janoski October 24, 2008 | 7:30:00 AMCategories: Games Congratulations to Susan Russell who drinks among the Dugong and wins a $50 gift code to

A lovable lump in the lap of luxury  -  Nov 11, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,What are we to make of an old woman with a dugong's body sleeping peacefully in the arms of a six-year-old boy? Or a baby with parchment skin and brown eyes

Another endangered Dugong found dead in Abu Dhabi  -  Nov 1, 2008
Wildlife Extra,Yet another endangered dugong was found dead by marine environment experts from Abu Dhabi's Environment Agency - (EAD). The 200 kg-female dugong was

Dead dugong found in Jebel Dhanna  -  Oct 29, 2008
GulfNews,By Rayeesa Absal, Staff Reporter Abu Dhabi: Yet another dugong, an endangered marine mammal, has been found dead by the Marine environment experts from the

Wild boar hunt leads to prison  -  Nov 6, 2008
China Daily,The local media reported Thursday that Lu Dugong, former deputy Party secretary of Xinjiang's Tacheng city, was convicted of unpremeditated manslaughter.

'Go slow' fine for Cleveland boatie  -  Nov 3, 2008
Redland Bayside Bulletin,..."There are currently five go slow areas in Moreton Bay Marine Park created to reduce the number of turtle and dugong deaths and injuries from boat strikes.

Malou de Guzman: There's time for everything  -  Oct 21, 2008
ABS CBN News,So masarap ang pakiramdam," de Guzman said The actress rose to fame when she played the character of a hilarious and powerful sea monster named "Dugong" for

Tantingco: The misunderstood Macabebe Scouts  -  Nov 3, 2008
Sun.Star,Today, thanks to the Macabebes, all Kapampangans wear around their neck the albatross of the derogatory term dugong aso, which by the way originally meant

Concerns over dugongs and turtles  -  Nov 6, 2008
Where I Live - News Limited Community Newspapers,Ian Bell, president of BIEPA, said a recent survey of the dugong population in Pumicestone Passage put their number at about 10. Turtles are also declining

No buts, pick it up  -  Nov 4, 2008
Where I Live - News Limited Community Newspapers,Ray Gannon and his Butt Busters team are ready to clean up the beach WATCH out you cigarette butt droppers, Doug the Dugong and his three ``gutter butt

Green group wants marine park speed limits unchanged  -  Oct 21, 2008
ABC Regional Online,...regularly myself it is extremely easy to come close to and risk hitting a turtle or dugong, so we would approach this idea very very cautiously," he said.

UNEP/CMS Backed Agreement to Protect Migratory Birds of Prey in ...  -  Oct 24, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),This is expected to comprise 6 staff and will also cover the CMS Dugong and part of the IOSEA Turtles agreements. This vital new agreement will not only

Dolphins and dugongs  -  Nov 11, 2008
Mail & Guardian Online,Bazaruto is a marine national park and boasts the last dugong colony on the East African coast, with a population of about 80.

Transaction creates worldwide business-jet support network and ...  -  Nov 8, 2008
Scientific Frontline,Dr Hodgson said UAV aerial surveys of humpbacks off North Stradbroke Island were due for July this year with dugong surveys in Moreton Bay and Hervey Bay

Natural and Renewable: The Natural Rug Store Leads the Way in Eco ...  -  Nov 6, 2008
PR Web (press release),They are also the natural habitat of the Chinese dugong. If the seagrass can continue to be harvested commercially, the local community has a vested

Cops 'out to get' Joanne Pellew of Kooey swimwear label  -  Oct 22, 2008
NEWS.com.au,He said there were logical explanations for the terms used in the phone conversations and text messages, including "smokes, ciggies, bud, credit, dugong,

UQ celebrates International Year of the Reef  -  Nov 5, 2008
UQ News,..."Dolphins, sea turtles, dugong, fish, whales and over 140 species of coral are all found in Moreton Bay marine park. The diversity is surprisingly high

Waste Not, Want Not  -  Nov 5, 2008
The Dominion,The endangered dugong , a manatee-like marine mammal, makes its home there, and the green sea turtle depends on the reef as a nesting site.

Full Moon Over Okinawa  -  Nov 4, 2008
CounterPunch,...to be built by filling in a part of the pristine Oura Bay which is, among other things, the northernmost habitat for the endangered mammal, the Dugong.

Let him talk already  -  Oct 29, 2008
Manila Standard Today,2 at Robinsons Place mall in Malate, Manila through a day-long blood-donation campaign called “Dugong Buhay, Isang Pag-Aalay�? from 10 am to 5 pm Arnold is

Creatures of the deep surface in the bay  -  Oct 28, 2008
Nowra South Coast Register,Operation Dugong, a two-week fleet training exercise run by the RAN’s clearance diving and mine countenance task group, began on Monday last week.

Australia. Premier Anna Bligh warns of chemical danger to Great ...  -  Oct 28, 2008
BYM News (press release),...in coral resulting in coral death as well as seagrasses - an important habitat within the Reef lagoon and a food source for dugong and turtles.

Pristine Bay to Continue as Military Exercise Site  -  Oct 25, 2008
The Epoch Times,Fears are also held for migrating whales threatened by submarine sonar systems, while the dugong population is also at risk. "Australia is committed to

Plenty more fish in the sea? Sadly, not for much longer…  -  Oct 23, 2008
The National,To be sure, much is being done in Abu Dhabi to protect, for example, the dugong. And with some success: there has been a sharp fall in recorded deaths of

Redcliffe's coast drive offers a world of difference  -  Oct 23, 2008
Courier Mail,Leaving Morgans, and the park opposite where there are toilets, a play area, and picnic tables, you follow the dugong signs that mark the tourist route

WAYWARD AND FANCIFUL: Fourteen hours in paradise. By Gail Ilagan  -  Oct 22, 2008
Minda News,You'll have to put up with a curious dugong or two though. After all, you'll be the one to trespass on sea cow feeding grounds. Should climbing hills and

Mittwoch: "Mein Freund aus dem Meer. Die Geschichte von Dugong und ...  -  Nov 7, 2008
derStandard.at,Dem achtjährigen Din ist vor der Küste Borneos etwas gelungen, was zahllose Wissenschafter bislang vergeblich versucht haben: Er hat mit einem Dugong,

Riapre il Dugong Beach Lodge  -  Nov 6, 2008
Luxgallery,Al Dugong Beach Lodge è disponibile la connessione internet e l'acqua è purificata. Qui i visitatori possono praticare, oltre agli sport acquatici,

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Quirimbas-Archipel: Die vergessenen Inseln  -  Nov 14, 2008
Handelsblatt,Seltene Dugong-Seekühe sollen dort unten leben, Taucher schwärmen von Skorpion- und Krokodilfischen. Traditionelle Daus durchkreuzen mit ihren Segeln die

П�?ть кра�?ивейших о�?тровов у побережь�? �?в�?тралии  -  Nov 4, 2008
NewsProm.Ru,�?аконец, на о�?тров Грут-�?йленд (Groote Eylandt) туризм пришел лишь год назад — когда там открыл�?�? отель Dugong Beach. Территори�? атолла в�?е еще пред�?тавл�?ет

The coves and the fishes  -  Sep 8, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,The council built the environmentally friendly Dugong Beach Resort on the seashore at the island's biggest town, Alyangula. Next to the resort,

Absolute privacy  -  Sep 15, 2008
Brisbane Times,This view over the sea to the uninhabited Whitsunday Island beyond has all that, plus the odd sea eagle, osprey, dugong and turtle.

Dining out in Vanuatu  -  Aug 31, 2008
All At Sea,We were greeted by a Dugong, a local version of a Manatee, pushing his pig like snout just above the surface of the water to catch his next breath.

Barrier Reef's rescue ramped up  -  Sep 15, 2008
North Queensland Register,...will see up to $1 million over this financial year go towards improving sea country management, helping to conserve such species as turtle and dugong.

Garrett wants review of fin fishery  -  Sep 21, 2008
The Age,...raised by a variety of groups, including the scientific community, about shark fishing and about species protected under the EPBC Act, including dugong.

SKIES ALIVE! Kingaroy to play host to 2nd annual UAV Challenge  -  Sep 24, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...recent fires in western USA and the University of Queensland is using them to carry out aerial surveys of Moreton Bay’s endangered dugong population.

Andaman and Nicobar may get a major port  -  Sep 19, 2008
Hindu Business Line,Dugong Creek, Nancowry, Chowra, Teressa, Kondul, Pillow Millow, East Island, Clnque Island, Jolly Bouy Island, Tillonchong, Castle Bay and South Bay.

Independent fishing review welcomed  -  Sep 23, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...raised by a variety of groups, including the scientific community, about shark fishing and about species protected under the EPBC Act, including dugong.

Thrills 'n' spills  -  Sep 16, 2008
NEWS.com.au,Penguin Point is home to 11 fairy penguins; and the Dugong Discovery oceanarium is home to Pig and Wuru, Sea World's resident dugongs, stingrays,

Island Creatures  -  Sep 5, 2008
Inquirer.net,The western beaches are known nesting sites of the Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green (Chelonia mydas) turtles. * Dugong and dolphins in the

A pearler far, far away  -  Sep 1, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,...practice of initiation, which involves detailed learning about the natural environment and ends with the ceremonial spearing and eating of a dugong.

RP ‘Gossip Girl’ on TV5  -  Aug 30, 2008
Inquirer.net,Dugong Eigenmann kasi,�? said Cris Pablo, one of the show’s directors. Maxine’s dad, veteran actor Mark Gil, is also brother to equally talented thespians

Getaway shoots 'Australia special' in the Top End  -  Sep 17, 2008
Northern Territory,Dundas and his crew arrived in Darwin last week to film three different episodes including the Dugong resort on Groote Eylandt and the jumping crocodile

We don’t have a national tree: it’s time we did  -  Sep 15, 2008
The National,The dugong, though already protected, is of great conservation concern – and the UAE has probably the world’s second largest population.

TNT boosts backcourt  -  Sep 12, 2008
Manila Standard Today,May mga bagong dugong nadagdag. I think it’sa good move, especially after a disappointing campaign the previous season,�? said Lim, also the head coach of

Harvesting Giant Clams is an offence: Ex-Dept Head  -  Sep 11, 2008
Daily Express,It reads: "This regulation lists all the species of fish and mammals that are protected, and includes the dugong, whale, dolphin, whale shark and Giant

down under up here: Aboriginal art, culture just up 29  -  Sep 11, 2008
Lynchburg News and Advance,Another exhibit, “Gelam Nguzu Kazi (Dugong My Son),’’ on display through Oct. 12, shows the different traditional influences from the islands in the Torres

Marine turtles in Kenya fitted with satnav systems  -  Sep 11, 2008
WWF International,The rich aquatic habitats also support other rare species such as dugong, whale and dolphin. Turtles, protected under the Convention on International Trade

2008 winner in linoleum art - the Silk Cut Awards  -  Sep 8, 2008
Selector.com,A large scale work depicting a mother and baby dugong has won the Grand Prize Acquisitive section of the prestigious Silk Cut Award for Linocut prints,

Shark hunter Craig Newton hooked on dream job  -  Sep 5, 2008
Courier Mail,The nets and drumlines trap only about five dolphins a year, he says - and can't recall the last time he caught a turtle or dugong.

Abu Dhabi's coastal treasure  -  Sep 3, 2008
The National,This dugong population was estimated at 2691 in 1999, but their numbers were in steady decline. That same year, it became illegal to hunt the mammals in Abu

Phatwater Kayak Challenge  -  Sep 1, 2008
Kayak & Canoe News,Non-rated Canoes, Texas Water Safari Specials, Asian Reed Boats, Dugong Dugouts, Sealskin-Walrus Ribbed Inuit Hunting Boats, surfboards, whatever.

The Waters of the Gulf of Mannar  -  Sep 1, 2008
The Island (subscription),Marine Mammals such as Dugong, Sperm Whale, Blue Whale, Fin Whale, Sei Whale, Bryde's Whale ,Short-finned Pilot Whale , Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin,

UVa holds reception for two exhibitions  -  Aug 28, 2008
Charlottesville Daily Progress,...“All Time Favorites: Best Loved Works from the Kluge-Ruhe Collection�? will be on display along with “Gelam Nguzu Kazi�? or “Dugong My Son.

Lamb to Macleay bridge concept rejected  -  Sep 3, 2008
BayJournal,Loss of habitat of the false water rat, turtle and dugong. To gain a full understanding of the impact a bridge would have on the Lamb and Macleay

Switch off at this remote resort  -  Sep 2, 2008
Adelaidenow,The six-seater Cessna skims across blue-green Faraway Bay, allowing me my first sighting of a resident dugong – a solitary creature which, perhaps because

Interaktív kiállítás nyílt a tengeri szörnyekről  -  Sep 10, 2008
FigyelőNet,Csigaházas polipok, páncélos halak és palackorrú delfin mellett pörölycápa és dugong élethű szobra is látható szombattól a Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum

Chuyện lạ v�? loài rùa biển  -  Sep 8, 2008
cand.com,Cùng với sóc đen, chim gầm gì trắng, dugong (bò biển), bồ câu Nicoba,… rùa biển được những ngư�?i làm công tác bảo tồn và giới khoa h�?c đánh giá là "linh

Tagalog News: 42 myembro ng PNP-RMG sa Mansalay, boluntaryong ...  -  Sep 9, 2008
Philippine Information Agency,Mayroon ding anim na mga sibilyan ang boluntaryong nagkaloob ng kanilang dugo bilang pamalit naman sa mga dugong isinasalin sa kanilang pasyente na sa

Robin walang dapat ikatakot sa 2 anak  -  Sep 8, 2008
Tempo,As in, may mga dugong banyaga. May half-American, half-German, half-British, half-Spanish, etc. May mga commercial models at may mga kamag-anak sa showbiz

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