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After the oil tanker, the Prestige, broke in half off the Spanish coast and began gushing forth its slick contents, thousands of fishing families and businesses who depend on the ocean and pristine beaches began asking who should be held liable. As this Financial Times article notes, "the Prestige, registered in the Bahamas, owned by a Liberian company, managed by a Greek company and...

Only infrequently do German films make it to the United States, but the makers of “Manitu’s Shoe” hope that it will be as successful across the Atlantic as it has been around the world. This version has been dubbed in English, using accents familiar to American audiences. The film’s voice-overs are adapted to incorporate the dialect of the country in which it is shown, thus ensuring the comedy’s...

For the fisheries in ports and towns that depend on the North Sea cod, even more restrictions—or even a ban altogether—will soon follow the release of a scientific report outlining the perilous number of North Sea cod. The seemingly interminable discussions of the European Union’s fishing ministries on the matter have only let the cod stock dwindle. Other leaders, like the European Commissioner...