European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes monday april 162007 vast Coral death found on Island raised by 05 quake the associated press Bangkok Thailand a March 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia raised an is land nearly four feet out of the water causing one of the biggest Coral die offs recorded scientists said Friday researchers who surveyed the Island of Sim Eulue recently found that the quake had exposed most of the Coral along its 190milelong coast the scale of it was quite extraordinary said Andrew Baird who took part in the Survey with scientists from the new Yor based wildlife conservation society Coral reefs Host Many species of Marine life some species suffered up to 100 percent loss at some Sites said Baird of the australian research Council Centre of excellence for Coral reef this has been going on for Mil lion of years said australian reef expert Clive Wilkinson if s part of natural reef evolution there Are Many islands in the Pacific that Are actually uplifted Coral reefs the news from Sim Eulue is not All bad Stuart Campbell coordinator of the wildlife Conser vation society Indonesia Marine program said in a state ment at Many Sites the species sea lion reportedly attacks teen surfer Perth sea lion leaped out of the sea and attacked a 13yearold girl As she surfed be Hind a speedboat off Australia West coast a newspaper reported sunday Ella Murphy had her jaw Bro Ken and lost three Teeth after the sea lion attacked her on Friday As she was being towed on a surf Board behind a speedboat at Lan Celin a town 80 Miles North of the Western Australia state capital of Perth the sunday times newspaper reported this thing just exploded in a Fullon frontal attack family Friend Chris Thomas told the newspaper it jumped out of the water at her and hit her head on Murphy was in a stable Condi Tion in Hospital after having sur Gery the newspaper reported fog causes 52car pileup in China Beijing a 52car pileup on an expressway Between two major cities in Southwest China killed five people state Media said Friday another 36 people were injured in the Accident on the Chengdu Chongqing expressway Friday morning Xinhua news Agency said police said 46 of the vehicles were trucks and that Many were overloaded and travel ing too fast for the Drivers to be Able to Brake safely in the fog according to Xinhua from the associated press most affected by the die off Are beginning to re colonize reefs in shallow water the statement said the reefs appear to be returning to what they looked like before the earthquake Baird said their findings should give Hope to communities in the Solomon islands where concerns have been raised that an april 2 earthquake and tsunami might have damaged its reefs everything still in the water will still be Fine he said reefs can respond to these massive mortality events they can Power on through it As Long As there is enough Good reef out there a reef off Indonesia Achenes Mainland appears flourishing in March although a 2005 Earth quake pushed another indonesian Island nearly four feet out of the water causing a huge Case of Coral death scientists said wildlife conservation