| Arroyo to visit Mindanao flood victims
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shakes hands with tribal members during the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Summit (Tribal Leaders) held this afternoon (October 30) at Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao in Lanang, Davao City. With the President is Tourism Sec... |
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| George Bush to protect 'marine monuments' in the Pacific
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| Bush to protect 'marine monuments' in the Pacific
In this photo released by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Kingman Reef is seen in this photo, date unknown. Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President George W. Bush as national monuments to protect them from oil and gas extraction and commercial fishing in what will be the largest marine conservation effort in history. The three areas _ totaling some 195,280 square miles _ include the Mariana Trench and the waters and corals surrounding three uninhabited islands in the Northern Mariana Islands, Rose Atoll in American Samoa and seven islands strung along the equator in the central Pacific Ocean.... |
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| Floods ease in Kelantan
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| Bush to declare Pacific areas protected monuments
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| Flights delayed, rescheduled
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| The story of Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's stepsister
People walk behind barbed wire in the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005 near Oswiecim, southern Poland... |
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| Europe snowstorm forces Eiffel Tower closure
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| 'Auring' exits but rains seen
Rain - Raining - Delivery vehicle - Traffic sign of "No Crossing'... |
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| Siachen: a global threat?
Glacier in the Karakoram Mountains... |
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| The soul of South AfricaThe township of Soweto offers travellers not beaches or boutique hotels, ...
People walk past the front entrance of Maponya Mall in Soweto, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 27, 200 ... |
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| Alzheimer's not just for aged
Jeannette Zeltzer, 81 and her new boyfriend Max Rakov, 92, hold hands while sitting on a couch at the assisted living facility where they live on Saturday, March 8, 2008 in Newton, Mass. Zeltzer recently lost her husband and now spends time holding hands with Rakov who also suffers from Alzheimer'... |
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| 4,000 families evacuated after floods
A boy tries to prevent his pants from getting wet by rolling it up while crossing a flooded street... |
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| Thousands flood refugee camps after quakes
Stranded flood victims taking shelter on a tree are lifted into a rescue raft at Ratan Zaidpur village, in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh state, India, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008.... |
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| Storms no cause of fear for cows
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