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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 06 > Bush moves to shield large areas of Pacific

Bush moves to shield large areas of Pacific

By Renee Schoof / The Bulletin
January 6, 2009

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush on Tuesday will create three new marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean to protect the deepest place on Earth, some of the last pristine corals and sanctuaries for vanishing marine species.

The three monuments — in the Mariana Islands in....

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