Naval vessel missing with 27 aboard
Source: The Courier-Mail
Managua :: Nicaragua | updated 2011-12-25 18:03:54 -0800 | travel-news
Hurricane Rina churns in the western Caribbean has gone missing with 27 people on board, a navy spokesman said today. The ship, one of three that set out to help evacuate indigenous Miskito residents from Sandy Bay, a coastal town...
Bolivia’s Morales bows to pressure, abandons jungle highway
Source: Washington Post
La Paz :: Bolivia | updated 2011-12-22 06:09:18 -0800 | political-news
Text Size LA PAZ, Bolivia Bolivian President Evo Morales says he is abandoning plans to build a highway through a lowlands indigenous reserve after a clamor of opposition. Morales told reporters Friday after meeting with marchers that he will veto...
Penang govt rapped
Source: The Star
George Town :: Cayman Islands | updated 2011-12-20 15:05:39 -0800 | travel-news
The Penang Government has come under fire for failing to give priority to core issues like heritage conservation and environment protection to safeguard the people's quality of life. The newly-formed Penang Citizens' Awareness Chant Group listed 18 projects of utmost...
Lionfish (Barbuda)
Posted by: wadadli
Saint John's :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated 2012-04-13 13:52:29 -0700 | green-news
Marine authorities has confirm that the invasive Lionfish has now been identify in the waters surrounding Barbuda, Four months ago it was spotted in the Antiguan water. Antiguan and Barbudan marine authorises are looking at attractive ways in which to...
Chilean giant dam row enters Supreme Court
Source: United Press International
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2011-12-11 17:29:57 -0800 | travel-news
A simmering row over Chile's $10 billion HidroAysen hydroelectric dam has gone to the Supreme Court after critics turned down government explanations of the project's importance for Chilean industrial and social development and chose instead to fight it out in...
Doubts remain over global future of sharks
Source: United Press International
Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | updated 2011-12-08 02:28:11 -0800 | entertainment-news
Doubts remain over the global future of sharks despite an international coalition's commitment toward conservation and try to halt what experts see as a steady slide toward extinction of numerous shark species. Overfishing of sharks, which reproduce and mature slowly,...
Clean Water, Sanitation and Food Relief Priorities in Haiti
Source: Scoop
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2011-12-05 11:04:49 -0800 | political-news
Access to safe drinking water, sanitation and food are the priority humanitarian needs in Haiti over the next year, the United Nations relief chief said today, stressing that the estimated 600,000 people still in camps after last year's earthquake continue...
Miners trapped in north Yorkshire
Source: ITN
Miner :: MO :: USA | updated 2012-01-01 21:45:51 -0800 | travel-news
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed that they were responding to a collapse at the Kellingley Colliery. Yorkshire Ambulance Service said ambulance teams went to the mine after receiving an emergency call on Tuesday afternoon, including a specialist...
Haiti: Plane crashes outside northern city
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2011-12-08 21:37:11 -0800 | travel-news
Haiti Haiti's government says a plane has crashed outside the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien. There is no immediate report on the size of the aircraft or whether there are any casualties. Haiti's Civil Protection Office announced the accident...
Homes destroyed and 1,200 evacuated as fire ravages holiday island of Ibiza
Source: Mail Online UK
Santa Eulalia :: Peru | updated 2011-11-25 02:34:54 -0800 | travel-news
Some 150 firefighters were battling to control the blaze yesterday, which threatened to engulf the exclusive Roca Llisa development on the south of the island. Police ordered residents to leave the area, near the town of Santa Eulalia, in the...
Former Clinton aide set to become Haiti PM
Source: The Globe & Mail
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2011-11-20 11:20:31 -0800 | political-news
Haitian lawmakers approved the nomination of a UN development expert to serve as prime minister on Friday, handing President Michel Martelly a tentative victory in his third attempt to install a new head of government in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation....
Big croc may have met giant snake
Source: BBC
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2011-11-19 00:37:44 -0800 | political-news
Big fossil croc may have competed with giant snake The ancient environment seems to have been dominated by reptiles The fossilised remains of 6m (20ft) -long extinct crocodile relatives have been discovered in a mine in Colombia. The massive croc...
'Microwave waste' to get biofuel
Source: BBC
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2011-11-15 22:45:19 -0800 | sports-news
The methods would potentially allow food waste to be processed at home and on an industrial scale. The technology could provide a renewable source of carbon, as well as addressing the growing problem of global waste. Professor James Clark of...
Cuban Tree Frog
Posted by: wadadli
Saint John's :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated 2012-04-13 11:52:35 -0700 | green-news
The Cuban Tree Frog was first spotted on Long Island, one of Antigua and Barbuda's off-shore islands since in the 1990s, but was discovered on the main land in 2004 and have since become an invasive specie. It was highly...
Hairy Crazy Ants
Posted by: wadadli
Saint John's :: Antigua and Barbuda | updated 2012-04-13 11:52:36 -0700 | green-news
The Hairy Crazy Ants have long hairs and long legs and move around in swarms. This type of ants dont sting but they just might bite. The Hairy Crazy Ants could be found in very huge numbers in moist areas...
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