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UPDATE 1-Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
Reuters* Kiribati uninhabitable in 30-60 years: President * Rising sea levels, population boom twin crises for tiny Pacific nation * Family planning viewed with scepticism in deeply religious Pacific * Radical solutions to house population being considered...Tags: Environmental Issues, Religion and Belief, Water, Demographics, Ecosystems
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Tide of humanity, as well as rising seas, lap at Kiribati's future
ReutersSOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king tide. Inside, a basic clinic is crowded with young...Tags: Environmental Issues, Religion and Belief, Water, Demographics, Ecosystems
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Hunters for Amelia Earhart plane wreckage excited by sonar image
ReutersBy Malia Mattoch McManus HONOLULU, May 31 (Reuters) - A team of researchers seeking to solve the mystery of aviator Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance say a sonar image taken from just beyond the shore of a remote Pacific island could be a piece of...Tags: Science and Technology, Research
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Taps for man's lost WWII cousin brings closure
Today at Arlington National Cemetery, wreaths will be laid, soaring words will be spoken and taps will sound. Its plaintive strains will honor the ranks laid to rest in numbered graves — brave souls such as Arthur D. Somes Jr. — or whoever...
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In pursuit of Amelia Earhart
A monthlong seaward expedition in search of Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft became a study in meditation, though not stillness, for a Chicago photographer widely esteemed for her visual accounting of artifacts. The search, the subject of Discovery...
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Del. group updates effort to solve Earhart mystery
(AP) - A group trying to solve the mystery surrounding famed aviator Amelia Earhart is reporting encouraging results from its latest expedition to the central Pacific. Ric Gillespie is head of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, which...
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Robert Ballard Advising Search For Amelia Earhart Plane
The Hartford Courant— Seventy-five years after Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the world, the search for the wreckage of her twin-engine Lockheed Electra will resume this summer. Robert Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered the...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, U.S. Department of State, Amelia Earhart, Discovery Communications, Inc., Benjamin Franklin
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World news briefs: Job picture improves in February
Another month of strong hiring expected to be reported for February as job market strengthens
WASHINGTON (AP)— Employers likely added more than 200,000 jobs for a third straight month in February, adding to evidence that the recovery is building...Tags: FBI, Politics, Ecosystems, Labor Markets, Talk Shows (genre)
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Mankind's great mysteries -- baldness and Amelia Earhart -- solved?
Opinion L.A.Will 21st century technology finally lead to a cure for baldness -- and uncover the fate of Amelia Earhart? Twisted, inquiring minds want to know.... -
U.S. Coast Guard rescues men who'd been adrift for 33 days
Nation NowJust another day on the job for the U.S. Coast Guard: The Coast Guard has rescued two men who were adrift in the ocean for 33 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; the men made their way to an atoll, where they were spotted and saved.... -
Win the FOX Rocks Lunchbox!
Sign up to win the Fox Rocks Lunchbox! K-Mack announces a new winner every Monday and Thursday at 10am drawn from all entries. We visit the winner at work and deliver the coveted FOX ROCKS LUNCH BOX, filled with great prizes every Tuesday and Friday...Tags: Spain, Equatorial Guinea, Mongolia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama
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Hawaii by boat: You can get there from Southern California
Times Staff WriterQuestion: My sister, 85, wants to go to Hawaii to visit her grandson, but she does not want to fly. Cruise lines and agencies have indicated this is impossible because of federal laws and restrictions that require a stop in a foreign port. Is there a...Tags: Vancouver (Canada), Travel, Cruise Line Ports, Trips and Vacations, Mexico
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Oct 21, 2010
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