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Baja California Sur Hopes To Stay a Safe State
Living in La Paz which means peace is still safe, except for one or two isolated cases of drug related violence. I still feel safe walking by the ocean at night. Cabo San Lucas represents the state's most... Gene Test Shows Spain’s Jewish and Muslim Mix
Historian Claudio Sanchez-Albornoz concludes that the Spanish civilization is Catholic and other influences.However others such as the biologists in this case states that Spain have been enriched by 3 historical cultures; Catholic,Jewish and Muslim.Test conducted by... Where are the Birds?
"Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike"" GILCHRIST, Texas (AP) -- One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. Blame Hurricane Ike. "We had...Galveston Victim Remembered: "Gail's Voice was Shaky with Fear"
FREE SPIRIT Gail Ettenger, 58, a native of New Jersey stayed put at her home in the Bolivar Peninsula, but as water rose, she rang a friend, "Oh, oh, I screwed up this time." Her friend recalls, "Gail's voice was... Galveston County Judge to Force Out "Hard-Headed" Texans of Bolivar (ex) Pen...
GALVESTON'S top official, Judge Jim Yarbrough has called the 250 remaining residents on the largely wiped-out Bolivar Peninsula, "a hardy bunch" but now the plan is to force them out as part of a recovery operation. He concurred that some may have been washed out to...
created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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320 views | 30 recommendations | 4 comments
100 Stranded "S.O.S." Galveston Residents: Three Bodies Found
Of the four confirmed deaths so far, three are reported to be in the Bolivar Peninsula region, and one was found in a waterlogged car. ---------------------- Reports are coming out that people who ignored the...
created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1096 views | 14 recommendations | 8 comments
37,000 May Need to be Rescued after Hurricane Ike
A recent post indicates that as many as 37,000 people may require rescue as Hurricane Ike pummels the Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston Bay, and the Texas Coast. For ongoing, real-time coverage of this story, please...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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397 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Flooding hits Cape Town, cleanup begins in KwaZulu-Natal
Update June 25: Residents of KwaZulu-Natal have started cleaning up the city after last week's flood. Officials are unable to estimate the cost of the damage this early in the operation; however, four people are reported misssing and the heavy rainfall broke four records, one...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1573 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Atlantic season's 1st tropical storm forms near Belize
Tropical storm Arthur, the first storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, formed earlier near the coast of Belize, but it is expected to weaken later today." But the center said the the storm could reemerge in the Gulf... TV journalist killed in Sri Lanka
In the rebel held area of Northern Sri Lanka a tv journalist has been killed. Journalist was busy in covering ethinic conflict in Sri Lanka. Thousands of ordinary people have been killed in the fighting between Government forces and Tamil rebels LTTE. " A journalist... Canadian Bouabal Bounthavorn Murdered in Cabo San Lucas Hotel
I think I'll stay in the U.S. for vacation. Rapes, robberies, assaults, murder? Sound like paradise to you?"Canadian Bouabal Bounthavorn, 29, has been named as the victim of a murder in a Mexican...
created by Michelle Says So | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2297 views | 3 recommendations | 1 comment
Sri Lanka forces 'kill 52 rebels'
Two divisions from the Sri Lankan Army have crossed into the territory controlled by Tamil rebel group the Tamil Tigers. The Sri Lankan military says they killed 52 Tigers, but both sides frequently exagerate...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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539 views | 10 recommendations | 7 comments
Crab invasion threatens Antarctic
"An army of shell-crushing crabs is poised to invade parts of the Antarctic Ocean that were off limits to the crustaceans for millions of years because of the intensely cold water.
Scientists believe that, as... Atlantic Storm Intensifies as it Moves Toward Newfoundland
I'm from back east, hope my folks are all bundled up!"Winter storm and snowfall warnings remain in effect for parts of Atlantic Canada as a low-pressure system that dumped mixed precipitation on the Maritimes...Penguins feel the heat of climate change
"ANTARCTICA'S penguin population has slumped because of global warming as melting ice has destroyed nesting sites and reduced their sources of food. The Antarctic peninsula was warming five times faster than the...
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