"We are proud as Cook Islanders to provide our entire exclusive economic zone... as a shark sanctuary, " said Teina Bishop, Cook Islands minister of marine resources.

BBC: Cook Islands' shark sanctuary creates world's largest

Coast Guard official Yasuhiko Oku said the captain had admitted being inside Japan's exclusive economic zone when he was stopped on Saturday, the Associated Press reports.

BBC: Japan frees crew of 'illegal' Chinese fishing boat

Mr Sarkozy, in particular, sees an opportunity to turn the euro zone into an exclusive (and perhaps more protectionist) hard core, dominated by France and Germany.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

This is still a long way from the partial debt mutualisation that the euro zone needs, but it marks a step forward from Germany's exclusive obsession with fiscal austerity.

ECONOMIST: The euro crisis

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