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      <title><![CDATA[Father speaks out on honeymoon scuba death]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280766078" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/2/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The father of an American woman who died on her honeymoon while scuba diving says he had concerns about her taking up the sport. Tina Watson drowned on the Great Barrier Reef in 2003 and her husband, Gabe Watson, is serving an 18-month jail term for her manslaughter.Her father, Tommy Thomas, has told the ABC's Australian Story program he warned Gabe Watson about taking her scuba diving."I had talked to ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special needs Scouts go scuba diving at National Jamboree]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1280765950" delta="4 weeks ago"><![CDATA[8/2/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[FORT A.P. HILL, Va. - Scouts by the tens of thousands have come to the 2010 National Jamboree and found themselves in new environments. And they've been challenged to do things they didn't know they could do.For one young man, his jamboree "gut check" may be rappelling down the side of a stories-high wall. For another, it's conjuring the courage to approach Scouts from another troop and offering to swap ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12598">
      <title><![CDATA[Scuba diver reunited with camera lost six months ago and 1,000 miles away]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278615448" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The Royal Dutch Navy sergeant could only watch helplessly as it floated away while he and his dive team explored a wreck. Yet seven months, 1,100 miles later and one hungry turtle attack later, the camera is back with Mr de Bruin after an extraordinary ocean odyssey, and all thanks to the tireless investigative skills of a Florida coastguard.Paul Shultz spotted the bright red Nikon camera pounding against the rocks ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12596">
      <title><![CDATA[Russian teaches dachshund to scuba]]></title>
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      <createdate unixtime="1278615309" delta="8 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[MOSCOW - Any dachshund owner knows the feisty breed rarely backs off from a challenge, but one in Russia is taking that reputation to new heights - or depths. The dog named Boniface is learning how to scuba dive. Owner Sergei Gorbunov, a professional diver in the Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok had a diving suit complete with helmet made for the dog and is teaching him the tricks of ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12396">
      <title><![CDATA[Atlantis resort in Dubai launches dive centre]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1276726986" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[6/16/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Anyone who is taking cheap flights to Dubai may want to spend at least a few nights of their break staying at the Atlantis resort. With its boutique shopping, numerous bars and restaurants and the largest waterpark in the Middle East, it already has plenty of attractions. However, the Atlantis resort has added to this list with the opening of its own in-house dive centre.The PADI Atlantis Dive Centre is ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12094">
      <title><![CDATA[Suspicious diver death- Scuba diving accident or murder?]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273894217" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Joanne Page was 51, a mother of two and manager of a Jackson Hewitt accounting firm branch in North Carolina on Oct. 30, 2008, when she joined boyfriend Eugene Jackson on a dive excursion to French Reef off of Key Largo. The trip would turn out to be fatal.According to Monroe County Sheriff's Office reports, the sea was rough that day, and as the vessel Sea Star, out of Pirate ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11848">
      <title><![CDATA[Shipwreck Scuba Tours in the Adriatic Sea]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273083915" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The cold depths of the Adriatic Sea have yielded yet another bonanza - and it's not fishing. Scuba divers are now able to plunge into the sea's clear, astonishingly blue waters and see ancient treasures protected by a giant underwater safe. An ancient Greek shipwreck containing treasure with an estimated value of about $8 million is accessible to divers just off the coast of the off the coast of the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11847">
      <title><![CDATA[N.J. woman who died scuba diving off Long Beach Island coast is identified]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273083814" delta="17 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Ocean County authorities have identified a woman who died while scuba diving off the southern New Jersey coast. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Monday that the victim was 33-year-old Cara Ladouceur of Mantua. The Coast Guard said Ladouceur lost consciousness while diving in 54-degree water about eight miles east of Long Beach Island shortly after noon on Saturday.The crew of the charter boat Lady Godiver called the Coast Guard, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11398">
      <title><![CDATA[Trainer teaches scuba divers]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271021476" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/11/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The bottom of the Summerland pool and Okanagan Lake are well-explored territory as residents learn the ins and outs of scuba diving. Oceantec Scuba owner Steve Toth said the company holds lessons at the Summerland pool and instruction at other private pools, as well as in the lake. He noted there is interest year-round in learning about diving. Toth pointed out many people travel south for the winter, and look ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11397">
      <title><![CDATA[Diver Dies at Scuba Park]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271021280" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/11/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Oronogo, MO - Opening day at a Missouri scuba park turns deadly. A scuba diver from Tulsa died at Captain John's Sports and Scuba Park in Oronogo, Missouri over the weekend. The facility is next to Blue Water Lake which has a depth of close to two hundred feet. The scuba park doesn't know how the man died but says he was an experienced diver."It could have just been panic," ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11396">
      <title><![CDATA[Scuba dive for free]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1271021091" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/11/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[FANCY an underwater adventure? Before you splash money on a wetsuit and oxygen tank, head down to Suntec Convention Centre for a free scuba diving lesson and get some free tips from professional diving instructors.Into its 16th year, Asia Dive Expo 2010 is the longest running and largest diving exhibition in the region. The three-day event is a one-stop shop for dive enthusiasts to check out the latest equipment and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10752">
      <title><![CDATA[Stranded diver rescued after night on remote island]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Scuba Diving Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268753475" delta="24 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/16/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A 46-year-old man says he thought he might die after being stranded on a granite island off Western Australia's southern coast. Peter Agnew was diving near Esperance when he lost his boat. He swam to Sandy Hook Island, 16 kilometres off the WA coast and spent the night there while rescuers searched for him.Mr Agnew says he eventually saw a fishing boat."I shouted out but they couldn't hear me because ...]]></text>
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