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UN-backed marine expedition highlights impact of climate change in oceans
A United Nations-backed scientific expedition which has been travelling the world's oceans for almost three years is in New York seeking to raise public awareness of the impact of climate change in oceans.The mission, known as Tara Oceans, has travelled 70,000 miles across the Atlantic, Pacific, Antarctic and Indian oceans investigating the effects of global warming on biodiversity and marine life,

New Maldives government legitimate, says US

Washington: The US said Thursday that it considered the new government in the Maldives as legitimate, calling for a peaceful settlement to the ongoing political unrest in the Indian Ocean island

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Ocean Optics Spectrometers Head to Mars
Three Ocean Optics (www.OceanOptics.com) instruments have begun their eight month journey to Mars. Customized HR2000 spectrometers are a part of the ChemCam unit on NASA’s Mars Science Lab rover, Curiosity, launched November 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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India provides $250 mn line of credit, $20 mn grant to Mauritius
As a long-standing partner of Mauritius in its development, India Tuesday announced a new economic package of a $250 million line of credit and a $20 million grant for the island-nation. The package was unveiled during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Mauritian Premier Navinchandra Ramgoolam here.

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Pitt not expecting same success again
Brad Pitt has revealed that he doesn't think he'll have another year of professional success like the last 12 months have been for some time.

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Feds seek offshore wind developers in Mass. area
Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind farms.

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