The council said other initiatives could go ahead and it plans to encourage anglers to the area with fishing points around Loch Ryan, and bird hides will also be placed around the waters' edge in co-operation with the RSPB.

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Swallowing enough fortified waters, snack bars and breads could edge consumers toward the upper limits for vitamins set by the U.S.' National Institutes of Health, worries Marion L. Neuhouser, a diet researcher at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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Set on the western edge of the lake, the town of Lucerne is as placid as the waters in which its medieval buildings are reflected.

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His boat tour includes stops at Kanawa and Angel Islands -- on the edge of Komodo National Park -- where sugar-white beaches are surrounded by turquoise waters in which coral and tropical fish are abundant.

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