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3 shark attacks in Australia in less than 3 weeks (AP)

SYDNEY ? A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot (3-meter) tiger shark off a remote beach in Australia’s third attack this month. That’s as many attacks as the country generally sees in an entire year. David Pickering, 26, was leading a group of snorkelers through a lagoon at Western Australia’s Coral Bay on Thursday …

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Shark’s fin soup, China, and the GDP: Why protecting sharks is good for the economy.

?/? green room ?:? News and commentary about environmental issues.By Juliet EilperinPosted Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 7:28 AM ET Which is better for sharks, communism or capitalism? You have probably not given a moment’s thought to how ideological leanings affect the creatures that have swum in our oceans for nearly 400 million years. But …

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