|
|
Indian OceanArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlAFP...bilateral discussions here early Wednesday, as Mozambique hosts a concerted regional push to resolve the crisis wracking its Indian Ocean neighbour. Looking West: Australia and the Indian Ocean - 05 Aug 2009 The Monthly (subscription)The convict fleets, and later migrant routes, did traverse the Indian Ocean, but the acquaintance was rough and passing. Their journeys ended and their new Indian Ocean: Ruling the Waves - 05 Aug 2009 ISNWith a rise in China's economic and political prowess, there has also been a commensurate growth in its profile in the Indian Ocean region. Maldives Gets A Luxury Resort - 05 Aug 2009 New York TimesShangri-La Hotels and Resorts from opening what it calls the “first international luxury resort� on the southern part of the Indian Ocean archipelago. US and Mauritius kick off investment talks - 05 Aug 2009 Reuters...its economic reforms so far and said the Indian Ocean island was a good example to other nations struggling with good governance and corruption issues. Australia Agency Still Sees Developing El Niño Event - 05 Aug 2009 AgWebThe most recent value of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), as measured by the Dipole Mode Index (DMI), is near zero. The Bureaus POAMA model suggests the DMI Pirates Free German Boxship - 05 Aug 2009 The Journal of Commerce OnlineSomali pirates freed a German-flag containership and its crew today, four months after they captured the vessel in the Indian Ocean. Shippers fret over expected Somali piracy upsurge - 05 Aug 2009 Reuters India...who have collected millions of dollars in ransom for cargo ships and crews hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean shipping lanes, August 2009 in brief - 05 Aug 2009 The Monthly (subscription)And in "Looking West", John Birmingham provides an insight into the growing global significance of the Indian Ocean. Concentrating on the emergent power Ethiopia: China Repatriates Ethiopian Stowaways - 05 Aug 2009 AllAfrica.comThey originally planned to sneak into a European country, but the ship traveled along the Indian Ocean eastward into the Pacific Ocean to transport its Mauritius 09 H1 tourism arrivals fall 9.3 pct - 05 Aug 2009 Reuters South AfricaTourism is a key economic driver and source of foreign exchange for the palm-fringed Indian Ocean island. "Tourist arrivals decreased by 9.3 percent from Vladimir Putin is a vainglorious tart - 05 Aug 2009 Telegraph.co.ukFirst, the 24-year old woman who has rowed solo across the shark-infested waters of the Indian Ocean, exhibiting the stereotypically “male� qualities of African Markets - Factors to watch on August 5 - 05 Aug 2009 ForbesMadagascar's army-backed president, his predecessor and two other former leaders of the Indian Ocean island will meet in Mozambique on Wednesday in a bid to Strategic Implications of Chinese Fisheries Development - 05 Aug 2009 Jamestown FoundationIf China adopts a more expansive blue water naval posture in the next decades, with an enlarged presence for in the Indian Ocean and off of Africa's coasts Remarks With Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula - 05 Aug 2009 US Department of StateWe raised the issue of piracy and the need for America to partner with other countries involved in the war against piracy to make the Indian Ocean shipping Nature's Symphony Series: Jacques Cousteau - 05 Aug 2009 LA Weekly...in the Calypso — arguably the most famous vessel of ocean exploration since the Argus — across the Mediterranean and Red Seas and the Indian Ocean. Life after tsunami put into focus - 05 Aug 2009 The Kingston Whig-StandardOn Boxing Day 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 225000 people and left 1.6 million homeless throughout the 13 affected countries. First solo woman rows Indian ocean - Aug 4, 2009 BBC NewsSarah Outen has just rowed more than 3000 nautical miles on her own across the Indian Ocean from Australia to Mauritius. She is the first woman - and the Pirates release Malaysian tugboat - Aug 3, 2009 CNN InternationalHeavily armed pirates have struck the busy Indian Ocean shipping lanes and the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. Somali Piracy to Pick Up After Monsoon, Task Force Chief Says - Jul 27, 2009 BloombergJuly 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ships in the Indian Ocean must prepare for an increase in pirate attacks after the southwestern monsoon ends in Sarah in first female team to row across Indian Ocean - Aug 3, 2009 Henley StandardA WOMAN from Whitchurch Hill is a member of the first ever female crew to row across the Indian Ocean. Sarah Duff, 26, and her crew-mates Fiona Waller, 24, French navy homes in on Comoros crash black boxes - Jul 23, 2009 The Associated PressPARIS — A French navy vessel has pinpointed the location of the black boxes of a Yemenia Airways plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros INCOIS to issue Indian Ocean current forecasts - Aug 2, 2009 HinduNew Delhi: In a first initiative of its kind in the country, scientists would start issuing forecasts for surface currents of the Indian Ocean from next ExplorersWeb Week in Review - Aug 2, 2009 MounteverestIndian Ocean Rowing Race wrap-up: The race rules 'Rowing for Prostate' crossed the finish line as the fourth boat to finish the Indian Ocean Rowing Race, DPJ should clarify position on refueling mission in Indian Ocean ... - Jul 31, 2009 Mainichi Daily News...mission in the Indian Ocean to refuel US and other vessels engaged in the war against terror when the Anti-Terrorism Special Measure Law expires on Jan. Comoros urges France to step up black box hunt after crash - Jul 11, 2009 AFPFew airlines serve the Indian Ocean archipelago, and Yemenia considered suspending flights there after the crash in the wake of a public backlash over the EU anti-piracy force to move some air assets south - Jul 23, 2009 The Associated Press...head of the European Union's anti-piracy force says he will move some air assets south to help counter the spread of Somali pirates to the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia rendition victim challenges UK in court - Jul 28, 2009 guardian.co.ukUS planes on Diego Garcia, a British territory in the Indian Ocean, used for rendition of US terror suspects. Photograph: USAF/AFP The government is APS Arleigh Burke Conducts Exercises at Sea With Mauritius - Aug 4, 2009 SystemsUSS ARLEIGH BURKE, Indian Ocean - Africa Partnership Station USS Arleigh Burke got underway, Aug 3, from Port Louis, Mauritius, to conduct visit, board, Japan opposition wants to end pro-US mission - Jul 29, 2009 The Associated PressTOKYO — The head of Japan's opposition said Wednesday that a refueling mission in support of US-led operations in the Indian Ocean will end in January if Unemployment in Mauritius increases to 8% in Q1. - Aug 3, 2009 ISI - Emerging Markets...has described the economic outlook as the worst in decades and has embarked on a spending programme to bolster growth for the Indian Ocean island economy. CLIA Lines Report Growth in Groups - Aug 4, 2009 Leisure Group TravelOffering more seven-day cruises in Europe than any other cruise line, as well as voyages in the Caribbean, South America, Dubai, Indian Ocean and the Far Rio Madagascar 'Not Notified' About Possible Contract Review - Aug 4, 2009 BloombergRio's QIT Madagascar Minerals, or QMM, is mining ilmenite, which is used to make paint, in the Indian Ocean island nation. “We have not yet been officially The Seychelles Heightens its Online Presence with Seychelles.travel - Aug 3, 2009 Focus on Travel NewsThe Seychelles Islands, an otherworldly archipelago of 115 islands in the Western Indian Ocean, is an island-hopper's paradise. Famous for having some of Zac Sunderland sails home today after 13-month around-the-world voyage - Jul 16, 2009 Los Angeles Times...task when he was 16 and celebrated Thanksgiving and, two days later, his 17th birthday while beating into a headwind off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. FACTBOX-Former US President Bill Clinton - Aug 4, 2009 ReutersIn 2005 after a tsunami in the Indian Ocean caused widespread death and devastation, Clinton was appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to serve as a Horsham team in unique Indian Ocean win - Jul 31, 2009 Mid Sussex TimesAFTER 102 days at sea, Horsham duo Guy Watts (25) and Andrew Delaney (25) have become the first ever Pairs Team to successfully row across the Indian Ocean, BOW WOW, Dog Days of summer - Aug 4, 2009 Examiner.comA supermassive upper level ridge is dominating from the southern Indian Ocean, through Africa, and well into the Atlantic. The ridge serves 2 purposes, India encircled by China's string of pearls? - Jul 28, 2009 Reuters Blogs...believe that Beijing is building special relationships with India's old foe Pakistan and Sri Lanka and is extending its reach down the Indian Ocean. Hayes & Jarvis Takes Top Operator Spot In Sri Lanka As It Expands ... - Jul 31, 2009 PR Web (press release)The Hayes & Jarvis Indian Ocean Collection brochure is valid for bookings from September 2009 until January 2011. Prices start from £819 per person for a Catching a Giant Wave - Jul 27, 2009 Science NowWhen it hit, an orbiting NOAA satellite called Jason-1 just happened to be in position over the Indian Ocean. Although not designed to track such phenomena, Piracy Costs Yemen $350 Million; Pirates' Attacks in Indian Ocean ... - Jul 20, 2009 Yemen PostOfficial sources revealed that Yemen is working with the nations of the Indian Ocean Rim League for Regional Cooperation to establish a specialized center The future's not so bright for this Indian restaurant - Aug 3, 2009 The GazetteIndian Ocean, previously Shimla Balti, in North Hill, Colchester, is to swap its orange sign for a cooler shade of blue after council planners and residents Indian Odyssey travels to Context - Aug 4, 2009 How DoContext PR has been handed the UK publicity brief for luxury Indian Ocean travel specialist Indian Odyssey. The Macclesfield based agency is now set to In power, DPJ would maintain Indian Ocean mission for now - Jul 18, 2009 The Japan TimesA government led by the Democratic Party of Japan would continue — for the time being — Japan's refueling mission for coalition ships fighting terrorism in Tsunami warning passes its test - Aug 4, 2009 The NationalThe sophisticated network of deep ocean sensors and sea-level gauges was built in response to the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004. Job done, Endeavour crew checks handiwork - Jul 29, 2009 The AgeThe two spacecraft parted company 354 kilometres above the Indian Ocean. Endeavour took a lap around the space station for some impressive picture-taking Indian Ocean cooperation: dormant but full of possibility - Jul 19, 2009 Daily Star - LebanonIt's the Indian Ocean Rim Countries' Association for Regional Cooperation, blessed with the unwieldy acronym IOR-ARC, perhaps the most extraordinary [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
|
MONGABAY.COM
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SOCIAL MEDIA
T-SHIRTS 
CALENDARS 
CANVAS BAGS 
|
|
Copyright mongabay 2009 |
