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Cambodia Deports 20 Uighurs To China, Gets $1.2 Billion
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping thanked Cambodia on Monday for deporting 20 Muslim asylum-seekers while handing the country $1.2 billion in aid , the government spokesman said.
The 20 ethnic Uighurs deported Saturday
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Gallary Art condo part of bulk buy
An Aventura-based investment group paid $2.94 million for 20 units in the Gallery Art condominium north of downtown Miami.
The investment group, which includes managers Ramon Cierco and Blanca Palau, paid an average of $147,000 a unit, according to
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Medically Needy Immigrants Win Ruling
HONOLULU -- Medically needy immigrants scored an important victory when a Circuit Court judge ruled that the Department of Human Services illegally cut the immigrants' access to state-funded medical benefits.
The immigrants hail from the Marshall
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Good Riddance, 2009
The economy, unemployment, war, H1N1, Jon and Kate, Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson dominated the headlines this year. It was a year that mixed pop cultural minutiae with the harsh realities of our political and economic landscapes. Clients, friends,
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School offers a haven in a world of woe
School offers a haven in a world of woe By JOE ROBERTSON The Kansas City Star JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City S Swar Bit (from left), Ya Zar Tun and Ishar Noh, students from Myanmar, recently received help from teacher Jeanette Quinn. The school has
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'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains': Looking for clues in the trailer
CBS won't officially announce the cast for "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" until Jan. 9, but after looking at the trailer, we have a decent idea of who might be lining up on each side.
The network ran a 115-second teaser for the new edition, the show's
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Beijinger to open shopping mall in Milwaukee
The company initially is focusing business recruitment in Ningbo, Milwaukee's sister city.
Wu Li, CEO of Beijing's Toward Group, shows the company's plan to set up a mall in Milwaukee at his Beijing office. [China Daily]
A Beijing company has
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Barcelon SpainHistorical Traveling
Barcelona adventure
Barcelona is beautiful city due to huge famous markets for shopping, churches and their history, Museums, shops, and around walking is the best to there. So, I went there in summer season because summer season of Barcelona, Spain
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Freebirdie's Sailin' Blog: Blue Moon
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12/31/2009, Patong Bay, Phuket, Thailand
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12/30/2009, Royal Phuket Marina, Phuket, Thailand
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Coconut Rhinocerous Beetle pest reaches CNMI
The coconut rhinocerous beetle is already a well-known pest in Palau, Samoa, Fiji and more recently Guam. Now, it's being reported that the beetle has made it to the Northern Marianas Islands. Roland Quitugua, the leader of the Coconut Rhinocerous
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Meet the 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' cast
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Not even "Boston Rob" Mariano's newborn baby could stop him from returning to "Survivor."
Mariano is among 20 former contestants who will compete in CBS' "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," the reality series' 20th season, premiering
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Meet the 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' cast
LOS ANGELES – Not even "Boston Rob" Mariano's newborn baby could stop him from returning to "Survivor."
Mariano is among 20 formuggs outleter contestants who will compete in CBS' "Survivor: Heroes vs.
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Meet the 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' cast
Not even "Boston Rob" Mariano's newborn baby could stop him from returning to "Survivor."
Mariano is among 20 former contestants who will compete in CBS' "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," the reality series' 20th season, premiering Feb. 11 (8 p.m. EST).
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Symbian lays out mobile OS roadmap
Symbian Foundation, responsible for development of the Symbian mobile OS, is readying its Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 versions of the platform, with version 3 likely to be feature-complete next month, a Symbian blogger said this week.
The general releases
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Indians all over the world: ministry
Indian citizens are today permanent residents of all but three countries in the world, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has confirmed.
The ministry registered the presence of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in 180 of 183 countries of the world,
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Survivor Cast Previews Heroes Vs. Villains
is promising to shape up as unscripted television’s ultimate battle of good against evil, with 20 of the show’s most notable contenders from 20 seasons – split into one team of the noble and one of the notorious – gathering for a sensational smackdown
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Scripps Research team wins global race to achieve landmark synthesis of perplexing natural product
LA JOLLA, CAJanuary 12, 2010In 1993 researchers discovered a chemical compound in a sponge off Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, that has shown anticancer, antibacterial, and antifungal pharmaceutical promise. But that wasn't its greatest
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Scripps Research Team Wins Global Race To Achieve Landmark Synthesis Of Perplexing Natural Product
Compound's complexity had confounded chemists since discovery in 1993
In 1993 researchers discovered a chemical compound in a sponge off Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, that has shown anticancer, antibacterial, and antifungal
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Bizarre Sea Sponge Compound Finally Synthesized by Humans
A 17-year long intense competition to synthesize a fascinatingly weird and complex compound has finally ended.
The first 25-step process for building the compound, Palau’amine, out of molecular components was published in Angewandte Chemie last
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Share Float
For the 26 investors in Gavin McClurg's business, dividends include swimming alongside humpback whales in Polynesia, surfing 19-foot waves off the coast of Indonesia and paragliding in Palau. McClurg, 37, is the founder and chief executive of Offshore
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Possible WWII bomber off Maui
WAILUKU » A scuba tour operator says he believes he has found the submerged wreckage of a World War II-era U.S. Navy dive bomber in waters off Maui.
Brad Varney of B&B Scuba Maui said the aircraft appears to be a nearly intact Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless,
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Marshall Islands to S.E. Asia / Goodbye Lamotrek, hello Palau @ TripSailor
We were sad to leave our friends in Lamotrek, but it was time to move on. We were asked to drop off a passenger at the nearby atoll of Elato. We were reluctant, because we’ve never carried passengers before, but it turned out to be a very good
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster
CLIMATE CHANGE:
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19, 2010 (IPS) - The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another natural disaster waiting to happen: a sea-level rise that could obliterate
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'Survivor: Palau' contestant Jennifer Lyon dies at 37
PORTLAND, Ore.-- Former "Survivor" contestant Jennifer Lyon has died at age 37.
Lyon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, the same year she finished fourth on the CBS reality show.
A network representative confirmed her death Wednesday.
Lyon was
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Former 'Survivor Palau' contestant Jennifer Lyon dead at 37
PORTLAND, Ore. - Former "Survivor" contestant Jennifer Lyon has died at age 37.
Lyon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, the same year she finished fourth on the CBS reality show. A network representative confirmed her death Wednesday. Lyon was
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Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Algeria; 196 remain
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice today announced that two Algerian detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al Jazairi Bin Hamlili, have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of the Government of
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'King of Maui' dead at 99
Haiku resident William Vincent Vitarelli, an educator, architect and community organizer, has died. He was 99.
Vitarelli, also known as "Vit" or "Rubak," died at his home with hospice care Tuesday, family members said.
In recent years, Vitarelli was
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Families of MIAs refuse to give up hope
Carol Orrell has been waiting 42 years for answers about the disappearance of her husband, U.S. Navy Seaman Gilbert J. Graham, who served in the Vietnam War.
On September 28, 1967, Graham, 21, was on river patrol when enemy forces launched a B-40
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United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Slovakia
Jan. 25, 2010 - The Department of Justice today announced that three detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Slovakia.
As directed by the President's Jan. 22, 2009, Executive Order, the
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Switzerland takes Guantanamo detainee; 192 left
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice today announced that a detainee has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Switzerland for resettlement in Switzerland. The Swiss Government, with the support of the
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United States Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Switzerland
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - The Swiss Government, with the support of the Canton of Geneva, accepted an Uzbek national for resettlement and his transfer was carried out according to arrangements between the governments of the United States and
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Palau senator opposes full ban on tobacco, alcohol ads
A bill that would outlaw almost all tobacco and alcohol advertising in Palau has been put on hold for at least three months. Palau is one of more than 160 countries who've adopted the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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Surviving Survivor relives memorable moments with castaways
In this publicity image released by CBS, the new cast of the CBS reality series, "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villans," standing from left, Benjamin "Coach" Wade, Courtney Yates, Amanda Kimmel, Rob Mariano, Cirie Fields, Rupert Boneham, Stephenie LaGrossa,
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India plans e-network for small Pacific island states
Although the proposal has come from UN permanent representatives of six Pacific island nations who are currently visiting India, New Delhi is ready to go the extra mile to create the Pacific e-network for these low-lying coastal countries.
The envoys
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NOAA to give lab $5 million to continue project
A $1 million-a-year grant has been awarded to the University of Hawaii Kewalo Marine Laboratory for five years by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to work with Pacific islanders on land-sea interactions and damage to coral reefs,
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Art reviews: Modernista: Gaudi and His Contemporaries | Spaces of Light
WHEN the Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Architecture and Design, went into administration last August, it looked as though an architectural gem would be forced to close its doors. Built as a newspaper headquarters in the 1890s, and worked on by
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Swiss taking Uighur brothers held by US since 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A decision by Switzerland to give a home to two Chinese Muslim brothers detained at Guantanamo Bay for nearly eight years could allow the Obama administration to avoid a difficult Supreme Court argument over whether a judge can
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China says Swiss decision to grant asylum for Uighurs will harm relations
BEIJING
- China said Thursday that a Swiss government decision to approve the resettlement of two Chinese inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention center would harm relations between the countries.
The Swiss government on Wednesday approved the
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Gov't says court can dismiss Uighur detainee case
The administration said in papers filed Friday the court either should dismiss the case or uphold an appeals court that ruled judges lack the power to order detainees released in this country. It argues that all seven Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, at
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Obama gov't asks court to dismiss Uighur case
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A Uighur captive from China, ordered released last year by a federal judge, walks away from the entrance to Camp Iguana after taking a look at two visiting television crews from Belgium and the Netherlands in this Oct. 14, 2009
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A Nation Incarcerated: The American Gaol Crisis
The British game show Quite Interesting hosted by the comedic actor Stephen Fry tackles the subject of the American gaol (the Oxford Dictionary spelling of jail) population. As always, the erudite QI uncovers some statistical gems demonstrating how
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Palau willing to take remaining Uighurs at Guantanamo
KOROR: Palau's President Johnson Toribiong said his country was willing to take the remaining five Uighurs being held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
"We have an outstanding invitation to the remaining Uighurs in Guantanamo," Toribiong
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Meet the 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' cast
"I think they'd get rid of both of us right away," he said. "With her not here, I think I'll have a little bit of room to maneuver. Hopefully, I can sway some people my way."
The cutthroat Mariano will be joined on the "villains" tribe by players such
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Interviews with 'Survivor's' Heroes and Villains
CBS is commemorating 10 years of the hit reality franchise "Survivor" by bringing back some of the most notable contestants in "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains." The series' 20th installment premieres tonight Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. During the
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, "Slay Everyone, Trust No One": Favorites vs. favorites
Okay, I've been sucked back in - at least until the NBC comedies return after the Olympics - to watching and writing about "Survivor." A review of the premiere of "Heroes vs. Villains" coming up just as soon as I strangle a chicken...
Absence tends to
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Supreme Court Orders New Briefing in Uighur Case
The Supreme Court issued an order (pdf) Friday in Kiyemba v. Obama, asking both sides to address, in effect, whether the case involving Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay should be dismissed.
The case, which was set for argument March 23, is an
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On This Day: A Daily Quiz - February 14
Juliet, Yul Kwon and Saint Valentine: find out what happened in their lives on this day as you test your knowledge of history, celebrities and pop culture.
February 14
1. Which English king declared February 14th an official holiday in 1537?
a. Henry
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Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs
Models' hair was trimmed into layers that rested just below the collarbone. To create texture, Palau and his team sprayed Redken Fabricate. The end result was hair and makeup that feels easy, modern — in other words, very Marc.
Please share your
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Backstage Beauty | Just Plain Pretty at Marc Jacobs
Last season, Marc Jacobs’s girl was a dancer who had just left the cabaret with post-performance hair and makeup. This season, she’s a chic, unfussy ’70s French sophisticate sitting at a cafe in Saint Germain des Pres. “It’s very about an individual
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Tecate sponsors Toyota Grand Prix again
every aspect of the event."
Long Beach. Tecate has renewed its sponsorship of the 36th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. which is April 16-18 this year, the company announced Wednesday.
As the exclusive malt beverage sponsor since 2002, Tecate
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2012 'inspiration' scheme goes global
Sebastian Coe, Sir Keith Mills and Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell - who are in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics - have begun talks with Rio 2016 organisers to extend the International Inspiration programme beyond the London Games.
Lord Coe said:
"The
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HitFix Interview: Stephanie LaGrossa talks 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains'
It took only two episodes of "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" for the Villains to begin to look confident and heroic and for the Heroes to become fractured, verbally abusive and just a little villainous.
In Thursday's (Feb. 18) episode, things became so
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Guadalajara set record start of seven wins in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Guadalajara set a record of
seven consecutive victories from the start of a Mexican league
championship when they beat Puebla 3-2 in the Clausura.
Striker Adolfo Bautista, who scored twice, put the Chivas
ahead in
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Exclusive: Stephenie LaGrossa talks 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains'
By Reality TV World staff, 02/19/2010
Although her Heroes tribe lost Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' first Immunity Challenge, things seemed to be going fairly well for former Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala castaway Stephenie LaGrossa.
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100 nations sign up for Copenhagen climate deal
Feb 23 (Reuters) - The number of nations signed up for the Copenhagen Accord for fighting climate change has risen to 100 two months after it was agreed at a summit in December, documents showed on Tuesday.
China, India and Russia are the largest
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United States Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Spain
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice today announced that a detainee from the Palestinian territories has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Spain.
As directed by the President's
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Eight Pacific states seeking to increase tuna returns
Wholesalers check the quality of frozen tuna at Tsukiji Fish Market on July 17, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. (Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images)
KOROR, Palau (AP) — Leaders from eight Pacific Island nations whose waters provide a quarter of the world's tuna
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Coral triangle set to gain from certifying key canned tuna fishery
Koror, Palau. Eight Pacific nations yesterday announced they would seek sustainable seafood certification for up to 40 percent of their skipjack tuna fishery, potentially bringing a significant source of canned tuna into the range of sustainable
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Pacific Fleet Announces Pacific Partnership 2010
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Preparations are underway to conduct the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) endeavors, known as Pacific Partnership 2010, to the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia.
Pacific
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Supreme Court Dismisses Uighurs' Appeal
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Court dismisses Uighurs' appeal in detention case
to the federal appeals court in Washington that previously ruled judges lacked the power to release the Guantanamo detainees inside the United States. The justices said in an unsigned opinion that the lower court should re-examine the case.
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US court dismisses Uighur detainees' appeal
[Dawn] The US Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Guantanamo inmates from China's Uighur minority to be freed on US soil, in a decision sure to bring relief to the Obama administration.
The Supreme Court had planned on March 23 to hear the men's
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Weekly Briefing
On 7 March, Iraqis vote for the government that will presage the departure of US troops in 2011. Stable secularity is best for US interests; neighbouring Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran also have an eye on the vote, but not all are hoping for the
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Rwanda tops the list, the world lags behind
GENEVA: The number of women in the world's parliaments is lagging at just under 19 per cent, with some Pacific and Islamic countries counting none at all, a United Nations study shows.
The UN had set a target for 30 per cent of leadership positions to
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Man spends £1.5million travelling to every country in the world
So far it has lasted 11 years and cost him £1.5million.
The father-of-three now holds the world record for travelling to the most destinations – that’s 814 of the 873 countries, islands, federations, republics, war zones and rebel states on the globe.
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South Pacific nations to form tuna cartel
1 Prince Edward Island fishermen, outraged at a European Union proposal to place bluefin tuna on the international endangered species list and ban its export, might like to join hands with their brethren in the South Pacific. Leaders from eight Pacific
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Windstar Offers a Future Cruise Credit of $250 Per Person for New Bookings
SEATTLE, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Windstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world's most treasured destinations, offers a Future Cruise Credit of $250 per person for guests
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Cruise Deals for the Week of March 11, 2010
Paul Gauguin Cruises (tel. 800/848-6172; www.pgcruises.com) is offering great rates on two South Pacific cruises aboard the elegant 332-passenger Paul Gauguin.
May 8, 2010, 13 nights between Papeete, Tahiti, and Lautoke, Fiji, starts at $5,695 per
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'Survivor''s Tom Westman Was Out Before He Was In!
"Survivor: Palau" fan favorite and winner Tom Westman didn't fare as well on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains." A member of the "Heroes" team, which has lost four out of five Immunity Challenges this season, he was sacrificed at this week's Tribal
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BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (IPS) – As climate change transforms the acidity and oxygen levels of the world’s waters with devastating effects for some marine species, others are facing an even more immediate threat from human consumption.
To reverse that
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Long Beach Memorial doctors helped in Haiti
to return to unstable homes and buildings.
Dr. Michael Strauss, orthopedic surgeon and a wound care specialist at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, with a patient in Haiti. (Photo provided)
LONG BEACH - As Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Dr.
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Survivor's Tom On Cirie: 'I Kind Of Believe Her Now'
He may have won Survivor: Palau, but former firefighter Tom Westman didn’t have the numbers on his side this time. After getting eliminated on last week’s episode, Tom talks to PEOPLE about regrets, alliances and puzzles. – Cynthia Wang
At least you
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President has packed itinerary for South Pacific trip
Taipei, March 16 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou will have a packed schedule on his first official trip to the South Pacific next week, during which he will discuss among other topics the impact of climate change, unveil a number of collaboration
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Mali: Hoping to Eradicate Guinea Worm in Two Years
Dakar — Mali is hoping to eradicate guinea-worm in the next two years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Picked up in contaminated water, the disease is debilitating enough to prevent those infected from working, going to school or
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Euroleague Quarterfinal Playoffs
Real Madrid and Barcelona will clash at Vistalegre on 23 March at 20:45 CET. The second game will take place on Thursday 25 at 20:15 in Barcelona. Game 3 will be held at Vistalegre on 30 March. If necessary, a fourth game will take place at Vistalegre
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U.N. Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Delegates at a United Nations conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, soundly defeated American-supported proposals on Thursday to ban international trade in bluefin tuna and to protect polar bears.
Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of bluefin,
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Sharks on the menu at Cites
Doha - Four rapidly dwindling shark species prized in Asia for fins and in Europe for meat will be swimming against the current at a UN wildlife trade meet days after an attempt to protect tuna was crushed.
Starting on Sunday, the 175-nation Convention
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Sharks on the menu at wildlife trade meet!
Doha: Four rapidly dwindling shark species prized in Asia for fins and in Europe for meat will be swimming against the current at a UN wildlife trade meet days after an attempt to protect tuna was crushed.
Starting Sunday, the 175-nation Convention
