Mountain hotel a real ice-breaker

Canadian-born Mr Adolph has built about 40 igloos in Alberta, where he has a guiding business, but this is his first on New Zealand  North Island's highest mountain. "COLD COMFORT: New Zealand's coolest hotel...

Fire service could axe rescues of pets, overweight people and more!

As the grip tightens on the purse of public services in the UK, it seems the Lancashire Fire Service is leading the way, with a review of which services they should be providing and which they shouldn't.Under...

Tsunami Warning Called Off in Indonesia

A massive underwater quake off the coast of Indonesia caused a brief tsunami warning for the island country, but it seems like all's clear now: "JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong undersea earthquake hit North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Thursday, triggering panic among...

Brown Lifts Ban On National Flag

The new era of Gordon Brown blast into the news with the main massage being, I am Listening. Few can argue that this is a very welcomed and different approach to that of Tony Blair. Allowing the flag to be flown...

Quake lifts Solomons island metres from the sea

The force of last week's Solomons earthquake has lifted an island in the South Pacific archipelago and pushed out its shoreline by tens of metres, exposing surrounding reefs. The remote island of Ranongga in the western Solomon Islands used to have submerged coral reefs that...

Quake, tsunami change geography of Solomon Islands

Last week's earthquake and tsunami that struck the Solomon Islands has had a permanent and devastating effect on the region. The tectonic shift caused large fissures to form in the island (some as wide as 50...

Thailand partly lifts martial law

"Martial law has been lifted in more than half of Thailand, two months after the move was authorised, a government spokesman said. The move means Bangkok and 41 of Thailand's 76 provinces are no longer under the special restrictions imposed in the wake of September's...

Nova Scotia lifts Sunday shopping ban

"The Nova Scotia government has swung the door to Sunday shopping wide open now that the province's Supreme Court has sided with two grocery chains. In a ruling released Wednesday, Justice Peter Richard said the...

In Hanoi, US clears WTO path for Russia

"The United States and Russia have signed a bilateral agreement that paves the way for Moscow to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after more than a decade of tough negotiations. Susan Schwab, the US Trade...

Gay Goodbye Bash - Asia's biggest gay circuit party takes a final bow

"Fundoshi are still used as traditional sports underwear; like a Jock strap the rokushaku fundoshi is tight on the scrotum and lifts the penis to the side upwards positions." - Wikipedia The Japanese dancer at the Phuket Hilton wasn't getting much scrotal support from his...

Iraq leader lifts blockade in Sadr City - Boston Globe

" Shi'ites hail decision of prime minister By Ellen Knickmeyer and John Ward Anderson, Washington Post | November 1, 2006 BAGHDAD -- American soldiers rolled up their barbed-wire barricades and lifted a near-siege of the largest Shi'ite Muslim enclave in Baghdad yesterday,...

Iraqi PM lifts Sadr City cordon - BBC News

" US troops have been checking vehicles in Baghdad's Sadr City Iraq's prime minister has ordered the lifting of all US and Iraqi military checkpoints around the Shia stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad. US forces put a security cordon around the area recently as they carried...

Naval blockade ending shortly: Israel - CBC Saskatchewan

" CBC News Israel lifted its eight-week-old naval blockade of Lebanon Friday after European warships started patrolling the coastline to prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah. Israeli naval boats, seen on patrol off the northern Israeli coast next to the border crossing with...

U.S. lifts Florida hurricane alert (Reuters)

" 1 hour, 4 minutes ago MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> National Hurricane Center lifted hurricane watches for Florida on Tuesday after the threat from Tropical Storm Ernesto fizzled. At one point...

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