Coast Guard warns mariners of approaching storm The News & Observer | PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- The Coast Guard is warning mariners from Virginia to New York about an approaching storm that could produce gale-force winds. | The Coast Guard said Thursday in a news release that a gale-force wind warning is in effect Saturday and Sunday, with wind speeds of 35 to 65 knots exp...
Medicines running out in Haiti Canoe By Ben Fox, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | A man collects wood to build a shelter in the devastated downtown of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving many homeless. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ariana Cubillos) | PORT-AU...
Inuit ancestors crossed Arctic from Alaska in search of iron: book National Post By Randy Boswell, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 8, 2010 7:03 PM A handout photo of Cape York meteorite specimens outside the Geological Museum in Copenhagen | Photograph by: Handout, Handout | One of Canada's top archaeologists argues in a ...
Panama Canal revamp boosts China and puts Buffett bet at risk The Times | Today a team of local workmen in Panama will start to dig a hole partfunded by Japan, aided by Latin American cash and big enough to hold the world's biggest Danish-owned, South Korean-built megaships. The ultimate winner, though, will be China. | ...
What's life like on a world cruise? The Dallas Morning News | One passenger on a world cruise had his private jet follow the ship's itinerary in case he had to fly off to tend to his business. A woman who wore different headwear each day booked a second cabin just to store the 100 or so hats she needed for mo...
Haiti relief stuck in limbo The News & Observer | MIAMI -- Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of bluejeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled several feet high in Ruth Estriplet's living room. The charity worker doesn't want to stack anything above her head so she can see what's in t...
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Woman Reportedly Found Alive in Haiti Wreckage The New York Times | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Rescuers hoped to defy the dwindling chances of finding anyone alive in the mountains of rubble here on Friday, 10 days after an earthquake devastated the...
Glassmaking Thrives Offshore, but Is Declining in U.S. The New York Times | The majestic steel beams of a soaring office tower beginning to rise from the ruins of the World Trade Center are a tribute to American resilience, but also a marker in the decli...
Haiti relief supplies stall in shipping limbo The Salt Lake Tribune | By Jennifer Kay | Associated Press WriterUpdated: 02/06/2010 11:01:39 AM MST | MIAMI » Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled a several feet high in Ruth Estriplet's living room....
Haiti relief supplies stall in shipping limbo The Miami Herald | MIAMI -- Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled a several feet high in Ruth Estriplet's living room. The charity worker doesn't want to stack anything above her head so that she can see wha...
Haiti relief supplies stall in shipping limbo Newsvine MIAMI — Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled a several feet high in Ruth Estriplet's living room. The charity worker doesn't want to stack anything above her head so that she can see ...
Oil near $75 in Asia amid improved economic data Syracuse | (AP) - BANGKOK - Oil prices headed toward $75 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as regional stock markets snapped a losing streak and economic data suggested U.S. crude demand could improve. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 27 cents at $74.70 a barrel at early afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The...
For a career in aviation industry The Hindu | What should students keep in mind if they wish to make a career in the aviation industry? C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Managing Director of Cochin International Airport Ltd, highlighted the present state of the aviation industry and emerging job opportunities in an interview to G.KRISHNAKUMAR. | My advice to the students is to go for the best schools, w...
