Norwalk guardian deployed to the deserts of Iraq
What in the world is a Norwalk Coast Guard Reservist doing in the deserts of Iraq? Western and southern Iraq is a vast desert region covering some 65,000 square miles, or 12 times the size ...
The Norwalk Citizen,
Fri Dec 04 09:17:42 PST 2009
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'Lady Luck' finally deserts Goran Ivanisevic
GORAN IVANISEVIC does not argue against the theory that divine intervention played a massive part of his still hard-to-comprehend Wimbledon triumph eight years ago, when he overcame Patrick...
Times Online,
Sat Dec 05 15:23:52 PST 2009
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The 40-year project to tap the sunlight of North Africa
An ambitious project to import electricity from North African deserts faces plenty of political hurdles. How long does it take 12 companies plus a potentially larger number of governments f...
Independent,
Sat Dec 05 16:08:54 PST 2009
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REGION: Wild horses, burros arrive in Winchester
In a page out of the Old West, 20 wild horses and 10 wild burros rounded up from the deserts of California and Nevada arrived in Winchester on Friday in advance of an adoption lottery sched...
The Californian,
Fri Dec 04 20:21:22 PST 2009
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REGION: Wild horses, burros arrive in Winchester
In a page out of the Old West, 20 wild horses and 10 wild burrosrounded up from the deserts of California and Nevada arrived inWinchester on Friday in advance of an adoption lottery schedul...
North County Times,
Fri Dec 04 20:01:29 PST 2009
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Trapped in Turkmenistan, students long to go abroad
Wiping back the tears from his bloodshot eyes, Andrei struggles to understand why nobody seems to care that he has become a prisoner inside his own country's borders.
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Sat Dec 05 10:17:47 PST 2009
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Wickenburg ATV rents quads, more for desert fun
According to Steve Schwarzdach, the scenic deserts and hills surrounding the town of Wickenburg have some of the best riding trails around - ATV riding, that is. In fact, that is one reason...
The Wickenburg Sun,
Fri Dec 04 09:22:14 PST 2009
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Wikipedia's known unknowns
An analysis of Wikipedia entries reveals the world's knowledge deserts
Guardian Unlimited,
Fri Dec 04 04:51:55 PST 2009
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Mennula, 10 Charlotte Street, London W1
When I told my friend we would be meeting at a Sicilian restaurant, he made the obvious gag: "I'll be disappointed if there isn't a gun taped to the back of the cistern."
Independent,
Sat Dec 05 16:28:52 PST 2009
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Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
Dorothea Lange's most famous photograph is also, as Linda Gordon notes in this studious biography , one of America's most famous photographs.
Guardian Unlimited,
Sat Dec 05 16:18:50 PST 2009
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Obama surprises with Copenhagen summit decision
U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit, a late change of plan the White House attributed on Friday to growing momentum toward a new global a...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Fri Dec 04 16:14:46 PST 2009
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Dear Santa, I want a way to weasel out of sending cards
The first Christmas card of the season arrived at our house on Tuesday. It was from
Times Online,
Sat Dec 05 15:29:53 PST 2009
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Faking an Osama drama
Reliably sympathetic to non-Western lies, the BBC reported yesterday that a prisoner in Pakistani custody knows a guy who saw Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan last January. Headlines! Now, Os...
New York Post,
Sat Dec 05 03:50:11 PST 2009
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How you can help preserve a 100-year-old treasure
(ARA) - Yellowstone, Joshua Tree, the Statue of Liberty and Acadia - the names of some of America's most beautiful and well-known national parks conjure images of majestic mountains, colorf...
Lexington Clipper-Herald,
Thu Dec 03 23:25:37 PST 2009
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Trapped in Turkmenistan, students long to go abroad
University students sit underneath a Turkmen flag during a festive event to celebrate cultural diversity at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek on November 30, 2009.
Sin Chew Jit Poh,
Sat Dec 05 18:06:44 PST 2009
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Tips for living younger for longer
(ARA) - Americans will try anything to keep themselves feeling young - mind, body and spirit. From vitamin supplements and organic diets, to hiring personal trainers - the desire to live yo...
Purcell Register,
Sat Dec 05 14:53:15 PST 2009
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Under a changing sky
Melbourne's variable weather is becoming, well, less variable. Peter Munro looks at the impact a hotter, drier climate will have on the city of black.
The Age,
Sat Dec 05 05:56:03 PST 2009
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Latest 'Super Mario Bros.' a superb sequel
What better way to reinvent one of the most popular video game franchises of all time than by adding simultaneous multiplayer fun?
CNN,
Fri Dec 04 09:46:15 PST 2009
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Top 5 most beautiful desert in China
A desert is a landscape or region that receives almost no precipitation. Deserts are defined as areas with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres (10 in) per year, or ...
People's Daily,
Thu Dec 03 18:20:35 PST 2009
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Top 5 most beautiful desert in China (2)
2. Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang The Taklamakan Desert, also known as Taklimakan, is a desert in Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. As one of the largest sand ...
People's Daily,
Thu Dec 03 18:45:24 PST 2009
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