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British Prime Minister David Cameron, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the first working meeting at the G20 in Saint Petersburg on September 5, 2013. Photo: AFP/ Jacques Witt

September 6, 2013 by AFP

World powers discussed the...

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I looked into the sea with the same sense of trespass that I have felt on every dive. A modest canyon opened below, full of dark-green weeds, black sea urchins, and small flowerlike white algae. Fingerlings browsed in the scene. The sand sloped down into a clear-blue infinity. The sun struck so brightly I had to squint. My arms hanging at my sides, I kicked the fins languidly and traveled down, gaining speed, watching the beach reeling past. I stopped kicking, and the momentum carried me on a fabulous glide. When I stopped, I slowly emptied my lungs and held my breath. The diminished volume of my body decreased the lifting force of water, and I sank dreamily down. I inhaled a great chestful and retained it. I rose toward the surface.

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