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Is it legal to put a big barge in international waters and grow pot on it?

September 14th, 2011
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Is it legal to put a big barge in international waters and grow pot on it?
Since international waters don’t abide by countries laws could someone put a big barge in international…

Ivory Coast to put troops in rebel zones for poll (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Soldiers are briefed ahead of presidential elections at a military camp of Koumassi in Abidjan October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Ivory Coast’s military and rebels will deploy 4,000 extra troops in rebel territory to secure a presidential run-off election on November 28, they said on Friday, ahead of…

Japan Coast Guard official admits China video leak (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - A member of Japan’s Coast Guard admitted on Wednesday leaking a video of a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese patrol boats, a development that could hurt…

Ivory Coast holds reconciliation poll at last (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Supporters of Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo, also a presidential candidate for FPI Reuters - Ivory Coast finally holds a long-delayed presidential election on Sunday that is meant to reunite a nation split in two by war and re-launch West Africa’s former star…

Hurricane Richard approaches coast of Belize (AP)

October 24th, 2010

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Richard as it moves westward along the coast of Honduras.  The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall in Belize. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center say Tropical Storm Richard has strengthened into a hurricane.


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Tropical Storm Richard drenches Honduran coast (AP)

October 24th, 2010

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Richard as it moves westward along the coast of Honduras.  The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall in Belize. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Tropical Storm Richard lashed Honduras’ Caribbean coast with heavy rain and wind and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Sunday as it roared toward Belize and…

Tropical Storm Richard brushes Honduran coast (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Richard as it moves westward along the coast of Honduras.  The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall in Belize. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)AP - Tropical Storm Richard gained strength Saturday, lashing the Caribbean coast of Honduras with strong winds and heavy rain that threatened potentially deadly flash floods and landslides.


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Chemical tanker being towed toward French coast (AP)

October 8th, 2010

AP - A chemical tanker carrying thousands of tons of a gasoline product was being towed toward France’s northwestern coast Friday after it collided with another ship, the boat’s manager…

Italy coast guard hunting 2 missing US balloonists (AP)

September 29th, 2010

AP - Coast guards are hunting for a pair of missing American balloonists last detected piloting their craft over the Adriatic Sea in rough weather, officials said Wednesday.

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Igor kicks up dangerous surf along US East Coast (AP)

September 20th, 2010

A parking lot is damaged along South Road at John Smith's Bay in Smith's Parish following Hurricane Igor's effects in Bermuda, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Hurricane Igor kicked up dangerous surf along the eastern U.S. seaboard Monday after brushing past Bermuda and knocking out power to half the population.


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