Posts Tagged ‘the-area’

New work at status loss ‘geopark’

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Backers of a “geopark” in the Highlands are continuing with efforts to promote its geology after the area lost its Unesco recognition.

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New work at status loss ‘geopark’

Trekkers stranded near Mount Everest

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

Bad weather around Nepal’s iconic Mount Everest has stranded more than 1,500 trekkers in the area of a town near the mountain.

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Everest trekkers stranded by fog

Friday, November 4th, 2011

About 2,000 people, including tourists, are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest because bad weather has halted flights in the area, officials say.

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Everest trekkers stranded by fog

Petrol ‘link to child’s murder’

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Petrol receipts link a man accused of murdering a County Antrim schoolgirl with the area where her body was found floating in a dam, a court hears.

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South Street Seaport Fish Market Cleans Up Good

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Demand to buy in South Street Seaport’s residential enclave is so strong that the area is emerging as a separate neighborhood.

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Birds rescued as storm sweeps in

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Hundreds of storm-hit seabirds are stranded on the Pembrokeshire coast leading to the biggest rescue operation in the area since the Sea Empress disaster in 1996.

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Police praise for father’s words

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

A bereaved father’s plea for calm in Birmingham helped to quieten tensions in the area, the chief constable of West Midlands Police says.

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Missouri levee ‘boil’ forces evacuations

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

A levee breach along the swollen Missouri River prompted the evacuation Sunday of about 600 people in the area between the river and Hamburg, Iowa, officials said.

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Flood zones ‘taking one’ for America

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Nervous anticipation. That is the feeling permeating through Vicksburg, Mississippi, as it awaits a historic flood crest to wash through the area later this week.

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Flood zones ‘taking one’ for America

Bin Laden Loved Pepsi

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Osama bin Laden may have hated America, but he loved its soft drinks: Local shopkeepers say that people from Bin Laden’s compound regularly bought Pepsi, Coke, and other popular brands in bulk. A shopkeeper in the area was “curious” why they bought…

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Police Search for Bodies Near Nuke Plant

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Even though a final plan for dealing with the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant isn’t in place, officials say they’ll start searching for bodies near the complex. Police in protective gear are swarming the area, which has been off limits…

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NATO Won’t Apologize for Attacking Rebels

Friday, April 8th, 2011

NATO acknowledged that it may have accidentally killed rebels for the second time in less than a week, but said it wouldn’t apologize for it. “The situation in the area is still very fluid, with tanks and other vehicles moving in different directions,…

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More Bodies Discovered at N.Y. Beach

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Police investigators discovered three new sets of remains at a beach on Long Island Monday, bringing the total number of bodies found in the area to eight. The discoveries began this past December, when police found the bodies of four prostitutes who…

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VIDEO: Hunt for tsunami survivors continues

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Many coastal towns and villages in the area hit by the earthquake and tsunami are almost completely cut off.

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State TV: Gadhafi forces retake town

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Libyan state TV reported Sunday that the opposition-held town of al-Brega had been “been cleansed from the criminal gangs and mercenaries, the area is now safe, and all citizens should go back to their work and their normal life.”

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State TV: Gadhafi forces retake town