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  • Cassius was caught in the Northern Territory in 1984 but has called Green Island, off the far north Queensland coast, home for the past 24 years.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Taiwan despite its DPP policy to establish a 'Green Island' has one of the world's worst environmental records.

    Taliao and Pollution Michael Turton 2009

  • In Green Island, N.Y., wedged between the floodwaters of the Hudson River and a swollen tributary of the Mohawk River, members of the community rallied to fight back the rising waters.

    Irene's Floods Prove Deadly as Water Continues to Rise Jerry A. DiColo 2011

  • Also on Sunday evening, 2,500 residents of the village and town of Green Island across the Hudson were "strongly advised" to evacuate by 6 a.m., according to a Green Island police dispatcher, Mark Swinton.

    Dam Overflow Threatens Troy Jacob Gershman 2011

  • Across the river, in the tiny village of Green Island, residents raced to sandbag a handful of residences that were threatened by the rising Hudson River, and evacuate commercial areas that were already flooding.

    Upstate Under Water Jacob Gershman 2011

  • The other winners are John Hilton, 57, of North Greenbush; John Kutey, 54, of Green Island; Kristin Baldwin, 42, of Clifton Park.

    7 N.Y. state IT workers are Mega Millons winners 2011

  • Still, the Falklands have promise, something like Green Island off the coast of Cairns in Australia, a day picnic trip to a desert island featuring swimming, snacks and sharks among the 73 varieties of coral and as many tropical fish.

    Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

  • But in the months before the announcement, dissenters were still being shipped off, often by secretive military tribunals, to the notorious gulag on Green Island.

    Nathan Schneider: Is a Revolution in China Around the Corner? Nathan Schneider 2011

  • Still, the Falklands have promise, something like Green Island off the coast of Cairns in Australia, a day picnic trip to a desert island featuring swimming, snacks and sharks among the 73 varieties of coral and as many tropical fish.

    Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

  • But in the months before the announcement, dissenters were still being shipped off, often by secretive military tribunals, to the notorious gulag on Green Island.

    Nathan Schneider: Is a Revolution in China Around the Corner? Nathan Schneider 2011

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