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Thousands cross lagoon escaping LTTE grip amidst Fire
Thousands of civilians have crossed over to safety, the Military and UN officials confirm. " COLOMBO (Reuters) – Thousands of civilians under rebel fire waded across a lagoon to escape Sri Lanka's war zone,...
created by Hiranya Malwatta | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago
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391 views | 28 recommendations | 23 comments
Sri Lanka Near Victory Over Trapped Tamil Tigers
The final battle ofthis war should be over within a month or less.That will begood for all the peopleof Sri Lanka. " World's 'largest hostage rescue mission?' As the fighting has shrunk to a narrow strip of... Venice thinks of ways to prevent flooding in their streets
As Venice readies for the Carnival next month, they now have something else to contend with; the possibility of more floods. One of the most famous architecural sites in the world is slowly slipping away beneath... Venice hit by severe flooding
The historic Italian city of Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years. The sea level rose 1.56m above normal, meaning residents and tourists alike were wading through knee-high water around some of...
created by Rachel Nixon | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
2505 views | 13 recommendations | 4 comments
2505 views | 13 recommendations | 4 comments
The Lagoon
May be you have heared about the Great Barrier Reef, stretching some 1,800 miles from New Guinea to Australia. Tour guides regularly take visitors to view the reef. On one tour, a traveler asked the...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
131 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
131 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Saving Venice From Rising Sea Levels
url="http://skywatch-media.com/"]Venice has become increasingly vulnerable over time, suffering more than 50 significant floods between 1993 and 2002 and sinking about 23 centimeters over the course of the 20th...Civilians Flee Rising Violence in Sri Lanka
"Palachchenai Kadiraveli, 29, managed to board a fishing boat with her daughter and 20 others before dawn on Thursday, escaping across a lagoon patrolled by navy fast attack boats to government-held...Fifteen Thousand Protest Dam
"Around fifteen thousand citizens of Reykjavik joined television journalist and environmental activist Ómar Ragnarsson last night on a protest walk down Laugavegur to Austurvöllur in the city centre. People were...Profits for Europe, Industrial Slop for Africa
"Europe wouldn't take the ship's stinking, poisonous cargo. So it sailed to Africa and dumped the toxic mess into an Ivory Coast lagoon. Just the most recent example of western nations using Africa as a toxic...
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