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Fiji reefs contracting at alarming rate
03:13:25, 25 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Scientists say the size of coral reefs around Fiji's Lau group has contracted by 50 per cent.
Stranded whales head out to sea
11:30:59, 24 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Authorities in the Australian state of Tasmania says they have used satellite technology to confirm 11 whales, that survived a mass stranding in the state's far north-west on the weekend, are now at sea.
Malaysian activist warn resort could threaten coral reef
09:27:43, 19 November 2008, Radio Australia News
Environmentalists in Malaysia say a resort planned near the famous Sipadan diving spot off Borneo could spell disaster for coral reefs.
Australian Senate amends reef fishing convictions
07:54:41, 12 November 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Senate has passed an amendment that would mean about 100 people convicted of illegal fishing in the Great Barrier Reef would no longer have a criminal record.
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![President Ma (R) has hosted China envoy Chen Yunlin (L) in Taipei, a Taiwanese leader's highest level face-to-face meeting since 1949. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/taiwan_ma_chen_afp_1108.jpg "President Ma (R) has hosted China envoy Chen Yunlin (L) in Taipei, a Taiwanese leader's highest level face-to-face meeting since 1949. [AFP]")
