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Archives Illuminate Prague Spring, but Public Looks Away
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Two comrades were on the phone, with the KGB recording every
word, and one of them, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, general secretary of
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was steamed.
The Prague Spring of 1968 was in full bloom, and in the new
openness, someone in the Czech media had dared to call Brezhnev a
"Stalinist."
Even general secretaries have feelings. "And what, I might
ask, do you say about this?" Brezhnev fumed at Alexander Dubcek,
first secretary of the Czech Communist Party.
Dubcek, according to the transcript, fell silent.
Since the collapse of communist rule in ...
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Giants of the sea return in hordes to Highlands Basking sharks, some with their babies, are being seen earlier and in larger numbers off Hebridean islands.
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
; ...the presence of sharks with young calves. The vegetarian basking shark is second in size...sightings of basking sharks would indicate...blooms. "Our first basking shark sighting was reported...to send us their shark sightings. But...their distance from basking ...
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Tagging study reveals basking sharks' journey.
Newspaper article from: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
; ...knew that basking sharks occur in temperate...that the Atlantic basking shark population is one...diversity in all the basking sharks in the world...a dead basking shark they should report...DAFF on 843109. Basking sharks are protected under...
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BEACHED BASKING SHARK OFFERS MARINE BIOLOGISTS A FIRSTHAND LOOK ANIMAL DIED AFTER BEING CUT LOOSE FROM FISHERMAN'S NET.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...completed a chapter on basking sharks, she added. After the beached shark was reported to...with an 8-ton shark typically having...harpooned as many as 88 basking sharks in one day. Although...has seen basking sharks several times during...GUARD ABOUT THE BASKING ...
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Public support pledged for government plans to protect basking sharks.
M2 Presswire
; ...government plans to protect basking sharks (C)1994-2002 M2...Government plans to save the Basking shark from the threat of international...funded research into basking sharks; information from the London Aquarium and The Shark Trust. 3. Other key...
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Basking sharks return to Isle of Man waters.
Newspaper article from: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
; ...incompatible with basking sharks and should stay...Remember that for every shark visible on the surface...Swimming with basking sharks Do not try to touch...which can scare the sharks. Photograph any...help reidentify the shark in the future...Basking shark facts ...
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United Kingdom moves to protect basking sharks
Magazine article from: Sea Technology
; ...highly migratory basking shark populations." Currently...fisheries that target basking sharks. Since 1997, fishing for and retention of basking sharks has been prohibited...plan that would address shark management and conservation. Traditionally, basking sharks ...
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Trophy hunters put the future of the basking shark at risk
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...means that basking sharks are now being targeted...try to stop the basking shark's decline by...rate, basking shark fisheries can collapse...dwindle further." Basking sharks have been hunted...only by the whale shark, but it is the...protected fully. ...
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Jaws drop as basking shark turns up on Lothians beach
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...harmless nature, basking sharks can grow up to...surprised to see the shark - as he believes...juvenile basking shark there. I'd never...said: "Although basking sharks can be found anywhere...you see a basking shark, do not disturb...when four more basking ...
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BASKING SHARK, FEEDING NEAR SHELTON, STARTLES SALMON FISHERMEN
Newspaper article from: The Columbian
; ...after the whale shark, which can be...of live, baby basking sharks. No one knows...United Kingdom, basking sharks are as beloved...boats offering shark-watching trips...recreational fishing of basking sharks was banned in the...
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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND INTERIOR SUPPORT UNITED KINGDOM'S MOVE TO PROTECT BASKING SHARKS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ...highly migratory basking shark populations. Currently...fisheries that target basking sharks. Since 1997, fishing for and retention of basking sharks has been prohibited...plan that would address shark management and conservation. Traditionally, basking sharks ...
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