The Gulf of Aden links the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.

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All of the conflicts in this tinderbox, which controls shipping lanes from the Indian Ocean into the Red Sea, can potentially give rise to regional, and indeed global conflagrations between competing regional actors and global powers.

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Nexus is believed to have been formed three years ago as shipping companies grew more concerned about the rise in pirate attacks in the Red Sea and Arabian Ocean waters, especially off of Somalia and Yemen.

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ASEAN's founders dreamed that their organization would one day span the whole region, from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, from the Red River delta to the rice padis of Java.

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"A more general approach has focused on Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150), a coalition naval task force covering the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, " the report states.

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Seven exterior colors are available: new for the 2013 model year Metallic Slate and Glacier White, along with the previously offered Brilliant Silver, Super Black, Cayenne Red, Pearl White and Blue Ocean.

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Cold ocean water leaks through the rock, hits the red-hot underground lava and bubbles up to the surface.

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But the endless meadows filled with a purple-blue ocean of lupine, or the sunset orange-red of the Indian paintbrush (Wyoming's state flower) will leave you speechless.

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Chinese fleets scoured the Indian Ocean, visiting Indonesia, Ceylon, even the Red Sea and Africa-where they picked up giraffes and brought them back to the amazement of the people back home.

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And about a third of ocean-going sharks appear on the internationally-recognised Red List of Threatened Species.

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The balloon's red and white wreckage was found in the Pacific Ocean south of the capital, Lima, the state-run Andina news agency reported.

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Towering ahead is a colossal obelisk of red granite, which appears to rise directly out of the ocean.

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