Article: Classic ships of Islam; from Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: The Indian Ocean in World History.(Book review)
The Historian;  March 22, 2006 ;     530 words ...The Indian Ocean in World History. By Milo Kearney. (New...relationships between land-based power and the Indian Ocean. His thesis is stated explicitly: [S]ignificant participation in Indian Ocean trade has always been a major indicator...

Article: Indian Ocean
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      379 words ......of the world's total ocean area. The Indian Ocean is connected with the Pacific Ocean...Andaman Sea. The continental shelf of the Indian Ocean is narrow. Madagascar and Sri Lanka...high volcanic cones. The floor of the Indian Ocean has an average depth of c.11,000 ft...

Article: Preparing for natural disasters: Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to become operational in 2006.(TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM)(Cover Story)
National Defense;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...A tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean may become operational as early as next...Honolulu, Hawaii. Representatives from 28 Indian Ocean nations have united in an intergovernmental...Organization, to plan and implement the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System...

Article: Indian Ocean Committee establishes working group on issues. (establishment of a 'peace zone')
UN Chronicle;  July 1, 1985 ;     700+ words ...Indian Ocean Committee establishes working group on issues The Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Ocean, at its third and final scheduled session...of the United Nations Conference on the Indian Ocean. In 1979, the General Assembly decided to...

Article: Japan set to halt Indian Ocean mission amid parliamentary deadlock
AP Worldstream;  November 1, 2007 ;     342 words ...Japan was to halt its navy's Indian Ocean mission in support of U.S.-led coalition...has refueled coalition warships in the Indian Ocean since 2001, and U.S. officials have...to resume an important mission in the Indian Ocean, chief Cabinet spokesman Nobutaka Machimura...

Article: Indian Ocean Committee discuses Conference. (Proposed United Nations Conference on the Indian Ocean) (Brief Article)
UN Chronicle;  September 1, 1991 ;     108 words ...The 44-member Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean, at the first part of its 1991 session...for the proposed UN Conference on the Indian Ocean, scheduled for Colombo, Sri Lanka, in...implement the 1971 Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace. The Conference has...

Article: In troubled waters. (Soviet Union influence in Indian Ocean)
National Review;  July 18, 1986 ;     700+ words ......seems to be written these days about the Indian Ocean. The thought occurred to me, yet again...Ethiopia, the main base for the Soviet Indian Ocean fleet's support squadrons, and the airfield...the biggest Soviet naval base in the Indian Ocean area, though, is the former American...

Article: Cleaning up the Western Indian Ocean.(EnvironmentWatch)
UN Chronicle;  September 1, 2004 ;     445 words ......aimed to reduce pollution in the Western Indian Ocean. According to the United Nations Environment...seagrass beds flourish in the Western Indian Ocean on the East African Coast. Over 30 million...have damaging effects on the Western Indian Ocean, which has long been suffering from...

Article: Novel Chikungunya virus variant in travelers returning from Indian Ocean islands.
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) emerged in Indian Ocean islands in 2005 and is causing an ongoing...albopictus, the implicated vector of CHIKV in Indian Ocean islands, has dispersed worldwide in...viral loads in patients returning from Indian Ocean islands to countries where Ae. albopictus...

Article: Bullion for goods; European and Indian merchants in the Indian Ocean trade, 1500-1800.(PRODUCTION, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2005 ;     125 words ......European and Indian merchants in the Indian Ocean trade, 1500-1800. Prakash, Om. Manohar...European commercial presence in the Indian Ocean region and the interaction they had...East Indian Company in the trade of the Indian Ocean, the European trading companies and...

Article: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port: Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade.(Book review)
The Historian;  June 22, 2009 ;     518 words ......Medieval Arabian Port: Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade. By Roxani Eleni Margariti. (Chapel...commerce of the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean (6). As Margariti notes, little scholarly...prevailing view that harbors in the Indian Ocean generally lacked formal built features...

Article: Intelsat 902 Launch Successful: Will Deliver Powerful Telecommunications Solutions to Indian Ocean Region.
Business Wire;  August 30, 2001 ;     313 words ......will be deployed at 62(0)E over the Indian Ocean region, and offers broadcast, Internet...East and more C-band capacity to the Indian Ocean region. With advanced features like...situation for us and our customers in the Indian Ocean Region and Europe. They will now have...

Article: 16 suicides among troops sent to missions in Indian Ocean, Iraq, defense ministry says
AP Worldstream;  November 13, 2007 ;     253 words ......dispatched to missions in Iraq or the Indian Ocean have committed suicide over the six...correlation between the dispatches to the Indian Ocean or Iraq and the deaths of the troops...warships had refueled vessels in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led coalition fighting...

Article: Chikungunya fever in travelers returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean region, 2006.(RESEARCH)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Chikungunya fever has spread through several Indian Ocean islands and India, including popular...patients returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean region in 2006. Chikungunya infection...unprecedented magnitude spread over the western Indian Ocean region, including the Comoros ...