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Dubai detains 79 for indecent behavior on beaches
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Westerners were getting too racy on the beaches of this Persian Gulf tourist haven, and a police crackdown on topless sunbathing, nudity and other indecent behavior has resulted in 79 arrests in recent days.
Nations:United Arab Emirates Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
San Diego beaches remain closed after fatal shark attack
Authorities kept watch Saturday over a stretch of Southern California beaches, scanning the waters for a shark they believe killed a triathlete a day earlier.
Nations:U.S.
2008-04-26
Group finds 6 million pounds of trash on world's beaches
The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline worldwide and found 6 million pounds of debris from cigarette butts and food wrappers to abandoned fishing lines and plastic bags that threaten seabirds and marine mammals.
Nations:Bahrain U.S. Mexico New Zealand
2008-04-15
Crushed glass to be spread on beaches
Picture a beautiful beach spanning miles of coastline, gently lapped by aqua-colored water -- and sprinkled with glass.
Nations:U.S. New Zealand Netherlands
2007-08-27
NJ town planning beach of the future
At the beach of the future, high tide will meet high tech. Visitors will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking. Garbage cans will e-mail cleanup crews when they're ready to be emptied.
Nations:U.S.
2007-07-25
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