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Any point of sailing between close- hauled and running.

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Crab season starts at a crawl

Published November 19, 2008, 1:50 am, The Monterey County Herald

There were plenty of crabs at the Moss Landing eatery — cartoon crab emblems on ball caps, shirts and blankets arranged in the gift racks. The real things, that's a different story.

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DRAMA ON THE HIGH SEIZE

Published November 19, 2008, 1:13 am, New York Post

Somali pirates seized a Hong Kong cargo ship and a Thai fishing boat off Africa yesterday, bringing to eight the number of vessels captured in 12 days along the world's most treacherous waterway. The pirates also anchored a much bigger prize - a...

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Vendee Globe News: Bernard Stamm, Loick Peyron, Dominique Wavre

Published November 19, 2008, 12:12 am, Nautica

Whilst the solo sailors hone their courses to better negotiate their entry into the Doldrums, the leads and deficits amongst the fleet are constantly changing, as is highlighted by those in the west who have closed on the leaders overnight.

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Oil capture spotlights Somali pirates' reach

Published November 19, 2008, 12:00 am, The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News

The capture of the Sirius Star, which can carry more than one-fourth of Saudi Arabia's daily oil output, helped send prices above $58 a barrel. And the fact that it was nabbed 450 miles off Kenya's coast is a sign of growing sophistication and reach by the pirates, who have tended to stay closer to the Gulf of Aden, a pinch point for sea traffic routed through the Suez Canal.

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Malta's Refugee Influx Makes It EU's Back Door `By Accident'

Published November 18, 2008, 11:48 pm, Bloomberg

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Tesfay Bekurezion Gebredngle paid $1,300 to make the clandestine boat trip from North Africa to Sicily. Instead, the Eritrean refugee was taken to Malta , an island a thousandth of Italy's size.

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Somalian pirates seize giant oil tanker

Published November 18, 2008, 10:32 pm, Houston Chronicle

In a dramatic and unprecedented display of prowess, suspected Somalian pirates operating far out in open waters have seized an oil tanker as long as an aircraft carrier, the U.S. military said Monday.

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Navigating troubled waters

Published November 18, 2008, 9:10 pm, The Suncoast News Pinellas

They can zoom along at up to 80 mph and venture into wet territory where most other watercraft cannot go. They are airboats, a growing recreational, albeit expensive, hobby in Florida.

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Golf courses taking action against Canada geese

Published November 18, 2008, 8:46 pm, The Daily Review

Messes at San Leandro facilities prompt use of gun-like noisemaker

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Tanker capture raises alarm over Somali piracy

Published November 18, 2008, 6:37 pm, Khaleej Times

CAIRO, Egypt – It seems inconceivable: Somali pirates in speedboats foil warships from the world’s most powerful navies to prey on shipping lanes crucial to the oil supply.

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RCMP help bust alleged Canadian pot ring

Published November 18, 2008, 5:42 pm, CNews

CORNWALL, Ont. - The alleged ringleader of a large-scale drug-smuggling operation that straddled the Canada-U.S. border remained at large Tuesday following an RCMP-assisted bust in upstate New York, authorities said.

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