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...many Moroccans, hoped the new young King would be much more open to democracy and negotiation. But since then the two countries have fought over fishing rights (Morocco refusing them to the voracious Spanish trawlers), over illegal immigration (Spain accusing Morocco of doing little to curb the mafias that ship across the Straits a pathetic armada of desperate Africans seeking a new life in Europe), and over the future of the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, which Morocco claims. The Moroccans recalled their ambassador from Madrid in October last year; King Juan Carlos, who has been described as "like...
...young man named Samuel Comstock boarded the whaleship Globe carrying a trunk full of garden seeds. But Comstock was not a naturalist; he was a psychopath. According to Thomas Farel Heffernan's Mutiny on the Globe, he killed the ship's officers, seized the Globe and sailed it to a remote tropical island, where he planned to found a new kingdom--at which point, presumably, those seeds would come in handy. Not to give away the ending, but when Comstock and his crew finally reached their tropical paradise, let's just say the locals taught them a thing...
...death--we will never know. And who can blame us? There's nothing like a salty sea story to remind us how solidly appealing dry land really is. For all his talk of the ocean and its cosmic mysteries, after six months on a whaleboat even Melville jumped ship, trading his cold, wet hammock for a warm, tropical beach--and, surely, a good book...
Imagine a group of lawyers traveling on a ship that runs into difficulties in a severe storm. The situation deteriorates until the ship's captain orders everybody into the lifeboats. That is when the lawyers on board begin to argue over the captain's right to order anyone to abandon ship. As the ship slips beneath the waves, the lawyers are still prattling on and on about the legal definition of a sinking ship. A. HAKAN ANDERSSON Lake Cowichan...
...North Korean coast from Yeonpyeong. But an ocean boundary line is hardly as clear cut as the dmz that splits the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang has never officially recognized the U.N.-imposed demarcation line in the sea. Three years ago, a North Korean gunner opened fire on a South Korean ship, triggering an exchange that left at least 30 North Koreans dead and nine South Koreans wounded. That dispute occurred at the height of the crab season. Last week, the South Korean navy changed the rules of engagement, allowing it to react more quickly when they face threats from North Korean...