Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad will once again attempt to swim from Cuba to the United States on Saturday.

Nyad announced the attempt in a news conference in Havana on Fr
iday.
It is her fourth attempt in the...

1. Wide of Chloe McCardel arriving at the Hemingway Marina in a classic car

2. Mid of McCardel getting out of ve
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3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chloe McCardel, maratho
n swimmer:
"I'm good. I'm...

American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad on Saturday was about to begin her third attempt in less than a year to traverse the 103 miles (165 km) of sea between Cuba and the US state of Florida.

Nyad spoke at...

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To shouts of "Onward, Onward!" US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad once again jumped into Cuba's warm waters on Saturday for her fourth attempt to reach the Florida coast unaided by a shark cage.

"My adrenaline is...

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1. Wide exterior of Hemingway Marina with Cuban and Australian flags

2. Wide of Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel at news confe
rence
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chloe McCardel, Maratho
n Swimmer:
"It's...

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A day after swimming from Cuba to Florida, Susie Maroney was basking in the glow of her accomplish
ment.
The Australian woman made the crossing in just over 24 hours, about...

HEADLINE:Raw Video: Nyad ends Cuba-to-Fla. swim

CAPTION: Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her decades-old dream thwarted, more than anything else, by...

Key West, Florida - June 13, 2013

1. Wide of long distance swimmer Chloe McCardel leaving the cabin of a
boat
2. Tilt-up Chloe McCardel. UPSOUND (English): "It was two and a half...

A British-Australian dual citizen is trying to become the first woman to complete a record unassisted swim 103 miles (166 kilometres) across the Straits of Florida without the aid of a shark cage.

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Beautiful Box jellyfish in deep sea life

Hundreds of jellyfish are washing up at a Beirut beach front (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Kyoto University Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan - June 17, 2013

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