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          Scuba diving portal for Australia, Oceania and Asia Pacific. Comprehensive information on dive shops, liveaboards, charter boats, dive gear and more - community meeting place for divers and marine enthusiasts.        </description>
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            <title>Bad news for whales - International Whaling Commission meeting ends</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/8158/</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:44:09 -0700</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO — Whales emerged the big losers as a weeklong International Whaling Commission meeting wrapped up in Chile on Friday, conservation groups said after anti-whaling nations failed to halt No....]]></description>
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            <title>Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/8093/</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 01:17:06 -0700</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Very cool news for ocean lovers and another step towards world domination by google.
We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level--Google Ocean....]]></description>
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            <title>Odyssea 1 decomissoned after heavy storm damage</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/8088/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:33:45 -0700</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[For those of you who like us have been on this fantastic liveaboard (and worse, for those who were planning and dreaming to go), this is terrible news:
MV Odyssea 1 was badly damaged in a ve...]]></description>
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            <title>Byron Underwater Festival 2008 - wrap-up and winners</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/8067/</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:10:46 -0700</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Byron Underwater Festival 2008 - sun, fun &amp; record crowds
By Tim &amp; Wandy Hochgrebe – Organisers of the 2nd annual Byron Underwater Festival (UF08)
The 2nd Byron Underwater Festiva...]]></description>
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            <title>Dolphin slaughter documentary to be released after secret filming mission in Japan</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/8023/</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:34:03 -0700</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Japan Times published this article last week
Secret film will show slaughter to the world -
Covert operation finally exposes Taiji's annual dolphin horror
For the first time ever, gra...]]></description>
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            <title>SHARKWATER premiere at Byron Underwater Festival</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/7968/</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:50:47 -0700</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Byron Underwater Festival will be the first place in Australia to show the new and amazing shark documentary Sharkwater !
A must see film for anyone that loves the ocean. A film that alr...]]></description>
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            <title>Encyclopedia of Life launches - an ambitious project</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/7938/</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:52:04 -0800</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Now this is a project I like - very ambitious but if it works this will be one of the most useful reference websites on the planet for anybody who is interested in what lives on earth. Keep in mind...]]></description>
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            <title>Eat whale and save the planet says Norwegian lobby</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/7936/</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 04:59:22 -0800</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[How pathetic is this latest attempt for an excuse to continue the whale hunt. Eat whale meat for a smaller carbon footprint ... I mean how desperate does the pro-whaling lobby get to commission a s...]]></description>
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            <title>Neville Coleman's new 'Nudibranchs Encyclopedia' - a review and how it compares to the new Debelius and Kuiter 'Nudibranchs of the World'.</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/7925/</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 2 Mar 2008 07:10:14 -0800</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We have just posted a review on these brand new books for nudibranch lovers. And who wouldn't love these very cool and colourful critters.
Read the full review at ...]]></description>
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            <title>Another sad reminder of the deadliness of plastic bags</title>
            <link>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/7920/</link>
            <guid>http://underwater.com.au/messages.php/id/7920/</guid>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:40:56 -0800</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Should the world follow the example of the Chinese and ban all plastic bags to stop these things from happening? It seems like the logical step if it is not too late already. Some turtle conservati...]]></description>
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