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While Dubai's origins are largely a mystery, what is now a Rhode Island--size principality on the Persian Gulf was just a pearl-fishing village when its current rulers, the Maktoum family, took over in 1883. Along with those of other Arab emirates, its fortunes changed abruptly in 1966...
During those same months, Qasab was allegedly attending a jihadi camp in Pakistani Kashmir, progressing from indoctrination and physical-fitness training to the handling of grenades and machine guns. It wasn't until September that Qasab was "selected for some confidential operations," according to his statement to Indian authorities. According...
How do you complicate a hostage situation in which 36 men are held captive on a boat by machine-gun-wielding pirates? Just ask the Spanish government. On Oct. 2, pirates hijacked the Alakrana, a Basque fishing vessel that was trawling in the Indian Ocean. A day later, the Spanish...
Even so, the fishing companies know better than anyone that the only way to save the business is to save the species. The Spanish company has invested in the global quest to get bluefin to reproduce and grow in captivity - a task that has eluded all but a few scientists...
Some are further along. In 2002, Japan's Kinki University successfully bred and raised bluefin in pens and is now selling small amounts of the farmed fish. This year, Clean Seas, an Australian fishing company, got its southern bluefin living in a land-based tank to spawn eggs that were...