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Greenpeace Drops Boulders off Southwest Coast of Sweden

Greenpeace Thwarts Bottom Trawlers Drops Boulders Onto Seabed

Greenpeace is making a move to thwart bottom trawlers fishing in a marine protected area by dropping granite boulders onto the seabed. "Using a specially equipped barge, our team is placing a number of large...

created by Barbara McPherson | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Rockslide kills at least 31 in Egyptian shanty town

A rockslide fell from a cliff overlooking a township outside Cairo earlier today, killing at least 18 people. The slide is blamed by residents on work carried out on the cliffs above."At least eight boulders,...

created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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China declares quake lake crisis over

The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...

created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago
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'Many killed' in Kashmir landslide

Huge Landslide has killed 12 construction workers in Kashmir in India. Workers got buried under two lorries." Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say at least a dozen labourers are feared killed in a huge landslide. The men were trapped under rocks and earth in...

created by Sanjay Jha | 3 years ago
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Mars lander aims for touchdown in 'Green Valley'

Life on Mars..."Mars lander aims for touchdown in 'Green Valley' 22:37 11 April 2008 NewScientist.com news service David Shiga Enlarge image ...

created by agdobson | 3 years ago
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NASA Rushes To Find Landing Site For Upcoming Mars Probe

"Finding a place to park in the city -- or, a crowded airport ramp -- is an issue nearly all of us have experienced at one time or another. It's also a problem for scientists at NASA who are rushing to find an alternative landing site for an upcoming Mars probe. The...

created by alaaron | 5 years ago
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Hollywood Finds a New Set In Vast Desert of Namibia

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Hollywood Finds a New Set In Vast Desert of Namibia

"NAMIB DESERT, Namibia -- The blonde in the cowboy hat stepped forward with slow, swaggering menace, her boots crunching audibly on the sand below. As the camera zoomed tight on her green zombie eyes, the desert...

created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Rock Slides Force Colo. Highway Shutdown (AP)

AP - Engineers and geologists were trying to stabilize the side of a mountain Sunday after three rock slides in less than 24 hours spilled onto an interstate.