22 Nov 2008 at 10:40am The longer this tour has gone on, the more it has become apparent that New Zealanders have no real sense of identity. Or at least they don't have the same depth of understanding of who they are as the Celts and English. The depth of emotion in these ...
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21 Nov 2008 at 1:40pm DUBLIN, Ireland - An Air Canada co-pilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit, restrained and sedated, and a stewardess with flying experience helped the pilot safely make an emergency landing, an Irish investigation ...
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21 Nov 2008 at 11:38am LAGOS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped a Bulgarian in the southeastern state of Abia in the oil-rich Niger Delta and are demanding 500 million naira ($4.2 million) for his release, a security source said on Friday. "They ambushed him ...
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21 Nov 2008 at 10:48am Jonathan Stevenson says Obama should follow the Ireland model in Somalia. Paul Ingrassia says the Big Three are already bankrupt. Philip Stevens tells Obama to heed the NIC's warning of U.S. decline. The Economist charts growing worries over ...
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21 Nov 2008 at 8:54am The Devil's Throat at the Iguazu Falls, from the Brazilian side of the river. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images It's potentially one of the most powerfully destructive forces of nature, but we can't live without it. It's also well on the ...
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18 Nov 2008 at 4:42pm John Miller, co-owner of Boquete Mountain Adventures, navigates a river in Panama. Miller, who grew up in Kentucky, pioneered numerous runs down the rivers surrounding the mountain village of Boquete. (Scott Willoughby, The Denver Post ) CHIRIQUI ...
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17 Nov 2008 at 3:33am Planning a visit to Cairns? The Savannah Way is a fantastic way to explore Australia's Northern Territory. It stretches about 3,500km from Cairns in the North East, to the town of Broome in Western... Read more...