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...head for its coveted sashimi meat. At current fishing rates, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that Atlantic bluefin that spawn in the Mediterranean could disappear from those waters as early as 2012. But the recommended ban was shot down by E.U. member states including Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, France and Italy - all countries with a stake in the trade. "The hunt is relentless," says Michael Sutton, vice president of the Center for the Future of the Oceans at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. "These are the wolves, grizzly bears, lions and tigers of the ocean. If you take...
...Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the Madrid-based body charged with protecting the Atlantic bluefin, adopted a regional quota for 2009 that exceeded its own scientists' more cautious recommendations by nearly three times. Tuna activists read that as a shameless bow to lobbying from countries like France, Italy and Spain, where influential fishermen are loath to see their profits drop. "This isn't a process controlled by countries," says Losado. "It's controlled by companies...
...pictures of Holy Week being celebrated in Spain and Mexico...
Leaving the home, there’s a rosary resting atop one of the tables. Mankiw explains, “We’re not Catholic, it’s just that my son visited Spain over the summer and he brought it. I grew up Ukranian Orthodox actually.” At this point, Tobin comes galloping in and Mankiw’s brother-in-law passes by, carrying a leash. How perfectly suburban and adorable...
That, in turn, has Uribe supporters crowing - especially since Colombia's improved security situation and business-friendly policies are prompting a return of many middle-class expats. Spain, in fact, reports that under its new program to help expats from around the world return to their home countries, Colombians have been filing the second highest number of requests...