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added 2007 Wed Jun 13 0:09:11 by Macas
A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. A vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes.
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 0:03:06 by majda88
The GalÃ;¡pagos Islands (Spanish names: Islas de ColÃ;³numio or Islas GalÃ;¡pagos , from galÃ;¡pago , "saddle"ââ;¬"after the shells of saddlebacked GalÃ;¡pagos tortoises ) are an a
added 2007 Sat May 26 18:12:51 by jeremytoday
Before the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy was filmed on Dominica, this Caribbean island was mostly off the radar. Even the post office was indifferent.
added 2007 Tue May 8 5:37:45 by jcolman
Warmer sea temperatures are linked to the severity of a coral disease, according to a study on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that offers a dire warning about global warming's potential impact on the world's troubled coral reefs.
added 2007 Thu Apr 12 8:32:31 by jovial
IT is the remote paradise whose extraordinary wildlife inspired Charles Darwin to develop the theory of evolution. Home to hundreds of species of animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth, the Galapagos Islands hold a unique position in conservation - arguably the most important ecological site in the world.
added 2007 Fri Apr 6 15:20:27 by TimALoftis
Greek rescuers searched for two French tourists who were missing after the evacuation of a Greek cruise ship which ran aground off the Aegean island of Santorini on Thursday and sank on Friday, authorities said.
added 2007 Tue Apr 3 19:48:14 by JamesMarcus
At least 10 more earthquakes have shaken devastated parts of the Solomon Islands, where thousands of people are homeless and dozens dead following Monday's deadly tremor and tsunami. The full scale of the devastation became clearer yesterday as the first aerial footage of the disaster zone showed flattened buildings, homes floating in the sea, and boats and debris strewn across town streets.
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 3:05:42 by TechnologyExpert
A tsunami has swept ashore in the Solomon Islands following a strong undersea earthquake in the South Pacific Ocean, police said. Waves several metres high were reported to have crashed into some of the Solomons' western islands. There were unconfirmed reports of people missing.
added 2007 Thu Feb 22 4:30:41 by jeremytoday
We definitely vote for island living as a way to bring happiness and decrease stress. Before you make that plunge, however, here are some of the world's best spots to partake in island-life rituals that'll keep you young at heart.

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added 2007 Tue Jan 30 10:23:27 by siddhu1983
An award-winning Microsoft researcher has been missing since he set off on a solo sail trip on Sunday. Jim Gray, who works in Microsoft's Research Center in San Francisco, left alone on his 40-foot sailing yacht Tenacious sometime on Sunday morning and was expected back in the evening that same day, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Monday.
added 2006 Mon Aug 7 15:52:39 by Ousama
With 14,000 laborers toiling day and night, the first of Dubai's three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents.The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile island group, is part of what's billed as the largest land-reclamation project in the world, the product of five years of brute hauling of millions of tons of Persian Gulf Sand.