A team of scientists are set to begin a six-week mission to explore the Indian Ocean’s underwater mountains for the second time.

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Mission to scale deep mountains

Three years ago, with the publication of “ Sea of Poppies ,” his sixth novel , the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh embarked on a trilogy about the experience of emigration, both coerced and voluntary, in the early 19th century. That novel, about the indentured servants press-ganged from India’s Gangetic plain and shipped off to the British colony of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Although he did not win, anticipation surrounding the second volume of this trilogy has remained high. Read full article > >

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Amitav Ghosh’s ‘River of Smoke’: Stormy sequel doesn’t disappoint

Drones can clearly track down terrorists. But they can apparently boost an economy, too. The U.S. military’s deployment of MQ-9 Reaper drones to the Seychelles , a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean, generated $3.1 million in revenue for local businesses during their first four months of operations, according to an unclassified U.S. diplomatic cable buried in the database of State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks. Read full article > >

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In tropical paradise, U.S. drones meant revenue

British rowers survive gruelling Indian Ocean odyssey

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Epic journey

Now on to the Royal Honeymoon: The Daily Mail says Prince William and Catherine will honeymoon in mid-May on an “exclusive island in the Indian Ocean,” although the payer says it has opted to not publish the island’s name. The paper says the island is…

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Will, Kate Plan Tropical Honeymoon

The wave energy from the event was on par with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 200,000 people, a researcher says.

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Green: Model Shows Intense Wave Power of Tsunami

Seven Danes-including three children-were kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean, Danish officials said Monday. The children, ages 12 to 16, were taken hostage with their parents and two other adults. Danish officials said the distress call was sent…

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Pirates Kidnap Danish Parents and Children

Pirates have hijacked a sailing boat in the Indian Ocean seizing seven Danish people – including three children, Danish media reports say.

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Pirates ‘seize Danish children’

Somali pirates hijacked a yacht with four Americans on board in the Indian Ocean, U.S. military officials said Saturday.

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Somali pirates hijack U.S. yacht

A group of Somali pirates captured in the Indian Ocean on Sunday are handed over to police in the city of Mumbai (Bombay).

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Pirates handed to Indian police

Four British rowers are looking to break the record for the time it takes to cross the Indian Ocean, currently set at 68 days, while collecting scientific data along the way.

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Rowers seek to break Indian Ocean record

Exploring their Indian Ocean home

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Seychelles haven of the giant tortoise

Mauritius launches a legal action against the UK to contest the creation of a marine park around its Indian Ocean territory, the Chagos Islands.

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Mauritius sues over marine park

Somalia has become a base for Indian Ocean pirates, kidnappers and Islamist militants but its prime minister has called for greater international support to help defeat jihadist fighters linked to al-Qaeda.

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Somalia: ‘People are fed-up of this chaos’

Julien Absalon is one of hundreds of mountain bikers that have descended on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to compete in one of the world’s most extreme sporting challenges.

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Top mountain bikers brave volcano