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Giant marine park plan for Chagos
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An ambitious plan to preserve the pristine ocean habitat of the Chagos Islands by turning them into a huge marine reserve on the scale of the Great Barrier Reef or the Galapagos will be unveiled at the Royal Society next Monday. Unpopulated for 40 years since the British government forcibly evicted inhabitants so the Americans could build a strategic military base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Islands offer a stunning diversity of aquatic life. The absence of human habitation has been a key factor in the preservation of the pristine coral atolls, the unpolluted waters, rare bird colonies and burgeoning turtle populations that give the archipelago its international importance. The plan will be...
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| Monday, 9 February 2009 |
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Turkey's FM In Bulgaria |
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited Plovdiv as part of his state visit to Bulgaria, Anadolu Agency reported.
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