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Shipyard managers: Bounty wood had rotted
Portsmouth :: VA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Witnesses at a hearing on the Bounty, a replica of the famous British vessel, have suggested it was unseaworthy when it sank off the coast of North Carolina. The wooden vessel went down during Hurricane Sandy in October. A member of the crew was
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Former premier Bligh gets Medibank spot
Brisbane :: Australia | 6 months ago
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Finance Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday announced the new non-executive director role for Ms Bligh, whose Labor state government lost power earlier this year. "Her expertise across a wide range of public policy areas will be of great value to Medibank,
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Guide at a glance: Bruny Island
Hobart :: Australia | 6 months ago
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Wild scenery and wildlife are the two main drawcards on Bruny. The island is home to one of the largest colonies of the endangered forty-spotted pardalote, as well as penguins and shearwaters, rare white wallabies, seals, dolphins and whales in
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Crew on HMS Bounty forced to abandon ship as Hurricane Sandy approaches
Lunenburg :: MA :: USA | 7 months ago
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But with neither crew nor power, fears are growing for the ship as it bobs unmanned slowly towards the churning epicentre of what experts believe could be the worst hurricane ever to hit America. Eye of the storm: The world-famous vessel became
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Cure for Short-Sightedness?
Sydney :: Australia | 10 months ago
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Reuters Descendants of the famous Bounty mutineers who now live on an isolated Pacific Island have among the lowest rate of myopia in the world and may hold the key to unlocking the genetic code for the disease, according to a new study. A study of
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Bounty mutineers may unlock causes of myopia
Sydney :: Australia | 10 months ago
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Professor David Mackey from the Lions Eye Institute and colleagues have been studying the eyesight of people on Norfolk Island, where almost half of the population can trace their ancestry back to nine Bounty sailors and their Polynesian wives. Over
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Aitutaki—A jewel in the South Pacific
Jakarta :: Indonesia | over 1 year ago
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16 am AitutakiA jewel in the South Pacific Posted by Lisa Niver Rajna My first trip to Aitutaki was for our honeymoon two years ago. George and I had wanted to visit there before but it was the first time the dice of price allowed it to happen!
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Algonquin firebombing suspect fit for trial
Chicago :: IL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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A 24-year-old accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail inside an Algonquin grocery store earlier this year was found fit to stand trial...Torres, a Sleepy Hollow resident and former employee at Joe Caputo and Sons, 100 S. Randall Road, is accused of
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Rare Captain Bligh medals to be auctioned in Australia
Date :: Japan | almost 2 years ago
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Two gold medals earned by Captain William Bligh during his exploits at sea during the late 1700s are to be auctioned in Australia and are expected to fetch more than AU$250,000 (£165,000). Captain Bligh, who is best known for being ousted from his
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Richard Neville
Melbourne :: Australia | almost 2 years ago
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Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. W hen asked to explore the potential for revolution in Australia, I sat down and laughed...We are a cautious, inward-looking nation in many ways, preoccupied with
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