NOAA moves to police seas

By Traver Riggins

As part of their continuing effort to take a lead in managing global fisheries, officials with the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospher

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"… around the globe.A NOAA taskforce identified vessels in Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Portugal, and Venezuela for illegal, unreported, and unregulated …"

"… ed with IUU-fishing vessels two years ago in its first report to Congress. Italy, Libya, Panama, China, France, and Tunisia were all cleared of prior claim …"

"… unisia were all cleared of prior claims of fishing-rule violations, though Italy and Panama reappeared in this year's report for new violations.This is a g …"

Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

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"… e issues.Illicit catches, meanwhile, remain a serious problem. In southern Italy last month, officials seized a catch of 500 baby bluefin weighting an aver …"

Little house(s) and the veepstakes: Part two

By Aaron Mehta

Last week, after John McCain had trouble remembering how many homes he owned, PaperTrail took a look at the number of houses owned by the to

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"… gs include apartments in New York, hotels in Italy and Canada, and land in Thailand and France.Maybe he can let Joe Biden borrow one for a weekend getaway.Lau …"

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Daniel Inouye — Senate Appropriations Committee (and Appropriations Defense Subcommittee)

By Josh Israel

Daniel Inouye, the 86-year-old Senate Appropriations Chairman, doesn’t shy away from his big-spending ways — he brags about it. “It may plea

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"… s guy in the U.S. Congress.”Inouye lost his right arm while in combat in Italy during World War II — for which he received a Congressional Medal of Hon …"

Looking at just how official ‘official trips’ are for members of Congress

By Josh Israel

In light of the recent revelations about former Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Tom Daschle’s failure to pay taxes for his limou

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"… ply to all of the 200+ trips to Paris, 150+ trips to Hawaii, 140+ trips to Italy, and many trips to other vacation and golf destinations. In 2007, followin …"

The Brockovich of Brazil

By Jim Morris

Fernanda Giannasi fights a potent asbestos industry

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"… de Souza and his fellow retirees are following a criminal trial in Turin, Italy, where two former shareholders in the Swiss Eternit Group — including on …"

"… s-related diseases. “Considering that hazardous exposures experienced in Italy were replicated elsewhere, there must be hundreds of thousands of people w …"

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Trading in favors

By Alex Knott and Aubrey Bruggeman

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 — Legislative favors, increased access to federal lawmakers and instructions on how to use loopholes to evade feder

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"… ational Committee Finance Chairman Mel Sembler (now the U.S. Ambassador to Italy) to Lodwrick M. Cook, the co-chairman of Global Crossing, tying a large do …"

Reporters without boundaries

By Bill Birnbauer

Most of the reporting we do, even the in-depth investigative projects, stretches only as far as our borders

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"… money-laundering story with journalists in the US, Russia, South America, Italy, England and Africa. And then publishing the findings internationally.That …"

"… n big tobacco and organised crime syndicates. It involved journalists from Italy, Canada, England, Colombia and the United States. I investigated the smugg …"

Muckrakers of the world unite

By David E. Kaplan

While U.S. news organizations are shutting down investigative teams and laying off their most experienced reporters, something extraordinary

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"… ad revenue and shifting technology, newsrooms from Australia to America to Italy are being hit with shrinking budgets and smaller staffs. But elsewhere, th …"

Threatened bluefin tuna may not get much help from international conference

By Kate Willson

Rejecting the tough stance of its top fisheries official, the European Union agreed Thursday to recommend similar catch limits as last year

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"… 7 countries – led by its three biggest fishing nations Spain, France and Italy – is still ambiguous. The EU statement says it will recommend that the I …"

"… of pressure from ministers in the EU fishing nations of Spain, France and Italy. “Bluefin tuna will survive. We’re here for it,” she said. “T …"

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