GALAPAGOS NEWS WEBSITES 2004 
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• THE SEA III—WIND, SUN, AND MOON (DEC 29 '04)
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?050103fr_archive03
Rachel L. Carson considers the science of waves, and the relationship between the earth and the sea.
• BLACK TOMATOES MAKE YOU FEEL SAUCY (DEC 07 '04)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-12-2004_pg9_10
Black tomatoes are said to be an aphrodisiac. The tomatoes are to go on sale in supermarkets across the country reports The Sun. Their aphrodisiac qualities were discovered in the Galapagos Islands...
• STUDENTS FIND ENRICHMENT IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM (NOV 30 '04)
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20041130/localnews/1669135.html
How do children learn to care about the environment? How do children learn the importance of community service?
• HEAT TURNS IGUANAS INTO GLUTTONS (NOV 24 '04)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1249837.htm
Marine iguanas from the Galapagos Islands have dining habits that change with the seasons...
• THE WONDERS OF THE GALAPAGOS (NOV 17 '04)
http://www2.townonline.com/sudbury/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=127904
The Galapagos Islands, straddling the Equator about 625 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are perhaps the greatest natural history classroom on earth.
• THE GALÁPAGOS—ENCHANTED ISLANDS OR POLITICAL SPOILS? (NOV 11'04)
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26245
Quito — The Galápagos Islands, a paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and U.N.-declared heritage of humanity, have been victims the past two years of Ecuador's political ups and downs...
• GLAMORISING THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS THROUGH FASHION (OCT 28 '04)
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/10/28/features/9145647&sec=features
Aaah, the Galapagos Islands. These mysterious islands located in Ecuador have always been a source of wonderment and inspiration...
• TWO NEW RELEASES FROM JOLLYGOOD GAMES (OCT 27 '04)
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/10/emw171872.htm
GAL-apagos is an addictive Arkanoid-style game with fun and colorful graphics and polished game play.
• RELIGIOUS ART ABOUNDS IN ECUADOR (OCT 13 '04)
http://www2.townonline.com/littleton/opinion/view.bg?articleid=102460
My appreciation for South American Colonial Art started when I had the opportunity to view a collection that was collected back in the 1930s.
• BIG FIVE TOURS & EXPEDITIONS LAUNCHES ULTIMATE GALAPAGOS.COM WEBSITE (OCT 12 '04)
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=3054_0_1_0_M
Big Five Tours & Expeditions' bold new website www.Galapagos.com delivers a complete online resource center for Galapagos Islands information...
• TEACHER IMMERSES HERSELF IN GALAPAGOS CULTURE (OCT 10 '04)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20041010-9999-m1m10tfsm.html
San Marcos — As a traveler on her first visit to the Galapagos Islands four years ago, Colleen Weldele was struck by the natural beauty and spectacular plant and animal life.
• PHOTO JOURNAL: VIOLENCE ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (OCT 02 '04)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/04/sci_nat_violence_on_the_galapagos_islands/html/1.stm
The Galapagos islands, off Ecuador, have witnessed industrial strife marked by violent clashes...
• ECUADOR'S GALAPAGOS PARK RANGERS END STRIKE (SEP 29 '04)
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/27399/story.htm
Quito — Galapagos park rangers this week ended a strike that had blocked tourist sites in the exotic islands for more than two weeks...
• COAST GUARD SEIZES 3,500 POUNDS OF COCAINE (SEP 28 '04)
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=24984
Jacksonville, FL — A Miami-based Coast Guard turns over 3,500 pounds of cocaine to federal authorities in Jacksonville.
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• STRIKE FORCES GALAPAGOS BOSS OUT (SEP 28 '04)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3696376.stm
Park wardens in the Galapagos Islands have forced the sacking of their boss in a row over conservation.
(Related article: Ecuador's Galapagos park rangers end strike)
• POLICE 'RESTORE' GALAPAGOS ORDER (SEP 23 '04)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3683756.stm
Ecuador officials say police have taken control of the Galapagos Islands national park following a row...
• FISHERMEN ATTACK STRIKING RANGERS AT GALAPAGOS NATURE PRESERVE (SEP 22 '04)
http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=4287
Scores of fishermen on Wednesday stormed Galapagos National Park and attacked striking park rangers who were preventing the newly appointed park chief from assuming his post...
(Related article: Violence threatens Darwin's paradise)
• PROTESTING RANGERS ATTACKED (SEP 22 '04)
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10842887%255E1702,00.html
About 40 fishermen today hurled rocks at park rangers who have been blocking the entrance to research stations on the Galapagos Islands in protest against the replacement of their director.
• GALAPAGOS: THE NEW BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL (SEP 15 '04)
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/24030.html
The Galapagos Islands, home to the finches whose competition for food more than 150 years ago inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, are once again the scene of a battle for survival.
• GALAPAGOS PARK LOSES ANOTHER WARDEN (SEP 14 '04)
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=582668§ion=news
Quito — Ecuador has fired the popular director of Galapagos National Park even as environmentalists criticise authorities for failing to take better care of the pristine islands.
• ATTENBOROUGH AND BELLAMY AT WAR OVER GALAPAGOS PLAN (MAY 25 '04)
http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=31953
Two leading naturalists clashed yesterday over a radical proposal for the construction of a monorail linking the islands of the Galapagos archipelago.
(Related article: BBC)
• MINISTER QUITS AMID GALAPAGOS ROW (MAR 04 '04)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3532789.stm
Ecuador's environment minister has stepped down amid controversy over fishing rights...
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