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Responsibility at sea - global conversation hots up

9:44 PM Mon 5 Jul 2010 GMT

'French yacht Tanit - the crew were told repeatedly that the area was too dangerous' .

The global conversation about responsibility at sea is hotting up, with the French Government about to enact a bill that will require adventurers to pay for their rescues, and an ex-White House aide asking why Abby Sunderland's parents should not be sued for Child Endangerment. In France the debate has resulted in a proposed law, put forward by a government tired of having to foot the bill, that would enable the state to demand reimbursement for 'all or part of the costs . of foreign rescue operations' if it deems that travellers had ventured knowingly and without 'legitimate motive' into ...

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