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Aberdeen Harbour
A kicking city
Guardian Unlimited - Dec 05 4:50 AM People of a certain age visiting Hong Kong for the first time may not be able to help a thought bubbling up from the most remote part of their dormant, adolescent subconscious. Hmm ... that sidestreet.
Abruka
Acapulco
Frontier Continues March Through Mexico With Launch of Acapulco and Cozumel Service
Hotel Online - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago The past weekend was busy for Denver-based Frontier Airlines as the airline launched its latest two Mexican resort destinations -- Cozumel and Acapulco on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18 respectively.
Achillbeg
Achill Island
Hill walker rescued after night on Achill Island
Irish Examiner - Nov 20 8:08 AM A man in his 40s, who was lost while hill walking on Achill Island, has been found safe and well. A search was launched this morning involving the coastguard helicopter after he failed to return to base last night.
Acton Lake
Aegadian Islands
Aegean Islands
Rain and Thunderstorms on the Way
ERT.gr - Dec 13 3:19 AM The weather will take a turn for the worst with thunderstorms and gales, as foreseen for tomorrow by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS). As per an emergency forecast over extreme weather conditions by the Meteorological Service showers and thunderstorms will be apparent in Peloponnisos, mainland Greece (including Attica), Thessaly, Cyclades, eastern Aegean islands and quite
Aegina
Storm hunter for Attica
Kathimerini - Dec 06 1:09 AM The National Observatory of Athens has acquired an ultra-modern Doppler X-band Polarimetric Radar (XPOL) that can be moved to different locations to observe weather conditions at a range of up to 150 kilometers.
Aegna
Aeolian Islands
Africa
Millions of lives imperiled in Africa, U.N. official says
CNN.com - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Warning that the lives of millions of Africans are at stake, the U.N. humanitarian chief urged stepped-up international efforts Monday to tackle worsening conflicts in Sudan and Uganda and severe food shortages in Zimbabwe and southern Africa.
Agios Efstratios
Agra
IAF plane crash near Agra kills 2
The Statesman - 21 minutes ago Agra, Dec. 19. A vintage fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near here today shortly after take-off, killing its two occupants: the pilot and the navigator, police said. The debris of the plane, including body parts of the two men, was scattered over a one-km area near the village.
Ahtopol
Ahtra
Ajanta
A brush with future fashion
The Telegraph - Dec 18 1:51 PM Creative streaks, months of toil and big dreams... Qualities that define this talented youngsters who called themselves students of fashion design till a few days back. Now, they call themselves designers, all set to dictate some fashion trends in the future.
Aksi
Stocks Rise on Lower Energy Prices
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 14 11:23 AM Stocks rose Wednesday as energy prices sagged and a strong advance by Honeywell International Inc. sent the Dow Jones industrials higher.
Alabama
Shelby: Hurricane fund could bring $1.4 billion to Alabama
Birmingham Business Journal - Dec 19 8:15 AM U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby says a defense appropriations bill approved by a conference committee establishes a long-term hurricane recovery fund that is likely to bring as much as $1.4 billion to Alabama between 2008 and 2045.
Alanya
Eastern European: CSKA end season on high
ESPN Soccernet.com - Nov 21 2:42 AM Eastern European: CSKA end season on high by Europe
Alaska
Uncertain How Much Oil in Alaska Refuge
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 19 8:23 AM President Bush calls it the most promising source of untapped oil in America and the key to greater energy independence. But how much oil is there in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
Albania
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 19 8:40 AM Albania held an international tender Monday to buy electricity for next year to try alleviate a power crisis that has caused power cuts across the country, the power corporation said.
Alberta
Surgery wait times drop dramatically under Alberta pilot project
CBC News - Dec 19 10:14 AM An Alberta pilot project has cut wait times for hip and knee surgeries to a fraction of the average wait largely by rejigging how hospital services are organized and delivered.
Alborn
Monday Planner for December 19, 2005
Duluth News Tribune - Dec 19 1:12 AM Narcotics Anonymous is a group of recovering addicts who help each other stay clean. There is a way out of having to use through the help of Narcotics Anonymous. Call 728-3199.
Alderney
Alderney repays debt of gratitude
Guernsey Press and Star - Dec 16 8:10 AM TEARS of sadness and joy flowed in Alderney yesterday as residents paid tribute to their returnees.
Alegranza
Algarve
PGA European Tour official site
PGA European Tour - Dec 17 1:29 PM President Jorge Sampaio of Portugal, and George OGrady, Executive Director of The European Tour, present the World Golf Championships Algarve World Cup in Portugal trophy to the Welsh team of Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd at Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura.
Aliceville Lake
Alonissos
Alps
British banks in 900m Alps deal
Independent - Dec 17 4:39 PM Two leading British banks are spending more than 600m (around Ј400m) to finance a new motorway across the French Alps.
Als
Exercise guru takes on ALS
The Charlotte Observer - Dec 19 5:32 AM Augie Nieto first noticed his life had changed when he struggled to lift the same weights he had lifted every day for 30 years.
Amager
Amami Oshima
Amazon Rainforest
Consumers Can Now Save Planet, One Tree at a Time
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 13 2:20 AM RainforestForever.org, a U.S. based environmental group, has launched a program that allows consumers to buy and give living and thriving rainforest trees directly from Amazon rainforest landowners.
Amboseli National Park
Council Cannot Manage Park, Says Former KWS Boss
AllAfrica.com - Dec 12 8:33 AM Olkejuado County Council has no capacity to manage Amboseli National Park, former Kenya Wildlife Service director, Dr David Western, has said.
Ameland
American Samoa
Support Our Troops
Samoa News - Dec 17 1:59 PM © Osini Faleatasi Inc. dba Samoa News reserves all rights. The Samoa News is published Monday through Saturday, except for some local and federal holidays.Send correspondences to: Samoa News, Box 909, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799.
Amman
weekly analysis Amman Stock Exchange
MENAFN - Dec 17 9:30 PM weekly analysis Amman Stock Exchange
Ammersee
'Desperate Housewives' Star Teri Hatcher and Nine Other Exceptional Women Honored at 2005 Women's World Awards
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 01 3:16 PM Teri Hatcher was among 10 recipients of the second annual Women's World Awards, honored for their extraordinary achievements in a variety of fields.
Amorgos
Amrum
Amsterdam
(AFX UK Focus) 2005-12-19 17:24 GMT: Amsterdam shares close lower, led by Unilever - UPDATE
Interactive Investor - Dec 19 9:49 AM AMSTERDAM (AFX) - Shares closed lower led by such heavyweights as Unilever and Royal Dutch Shell, dealers said. The AEX closed 0.86 points or 0.20 pct lower at 435.31, after opening at 435.39 and trading in the narrow range of 434.72-436.97.
Andros
Faith And Family
Appeal-Democrat - Dec 18 11:39 PM Christmas, one of the biggest days in the Christian faith, falls on Sunday this year, but some megachurches across the U.S. won't be joining in the party.
Andy
Andy Rooney's Christmas Mail
CBS News - Dec 19 9:44 AM He sorts through the Christmas catalogs and finds plenty of things he doesn't want under his tree this year. Here's this week's "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney."
Angoche Island
Anholt
Chipchura leads by example
Slam! Sports - Dec 16 5:25 AM Peter Anholt is confident Kyle Chipchura will be wearing the Maple Leaf when Canada lines up for the World Junior hockey championships. Anholt, head coach of the Prince Albert Raiders, knows Chipchura well.
Annobon
Antalya
The Marmara Antalya Hotel Candidate For Guinness Book Of Records
TurkishPress.com - Dec 15 7:58 PM ANTALYA - The Marmara Antalya Hotel has filed an application with the Guinness Book of Records as the world's sole building that revolves from base to top.
Antarctica
Vaughan, noted Antarctic explorer, marks 100th birthday
KTVA - 59 minutes ago According to the Associated Press, Colonel Norman Vaughan turns 100 on Monday. The explorer who dropped out of Harvard to join Admiral Richard Byrd on the first American exploration of Antarctica celebrated the milestone Saturday at Providence Alaska Medical Center.
Antigua Guatemala
In Honduras, learning a little Spanish and a lot of trust
Miami Herald - Dec 08 8:22 PM The last shred of the bubble popped on their eighth day in Copan. A couple of suburban American mothers, walking up the street in this hilly mountain town in western Honduras, saw a motor-scooter taxi careen by in the usual helter-skelter way.
Antikythira
Antiparos
Anuta
Ask the Wine Magazine ad people
South African Wine News - Dec 11 2:08 PM Charles Back runs an ongoing joke at the expense of French wine with his Goats do Roam and Goat Rotie brands. So it was nice to see there were no hard feelings when the Francophile judges of the Santй Classic Wine Competition handed him the trophy for best red for his Spice Route Malabar 2002.
Aqaba
Post-Saddam Iraq poses new threats in Jordan
The Daily Star Lebannon - 27 minutes ago The November 9 terrorist attacks on three hotels in Amman perpetrated by Al-Qaeda in Iraq put the focus on Iraqi-Jordanian relations. Historically, Iraq in the era of the Baath and military coups was a source of concern for Jordan. This was the case even during the period when Iraqi-Jordanian relations were at their best.
Aral Sea
Consortium to start prospecting work in Aral Sea in March
Russian Information Agency Novosti - Dec 12 9:28 AM TASHKENT, December 12 (RIA Novosti, Abu-Ali Niyazmatov) - An international consortium will start geological prospecting work in the Uzbek water area of the Aral Sea in March 2006, Uzbekistan's national holding Uzbekneftegaz said Monday.
Aran Islands
On a trip to the Emerald Isle, there's no place like home
Los Angeles Times - Dec 16 6:27 PM The sightseeing is nice, but it's the farm animals at their rural lodgings that are the real hit.
Arcadia Lake
Coole job: State game warden
The Oklahoman - Dec 11 5:50 AM Dec 11, 2005: Wade Farrar was easily the least popular person in the room as he strolled into the fishing shack at Arcadia Lake in Edmond.
Arc de Triomphe
Trip has certain je ne sais quoi
Town Online - Dec 14 11:26 PM Chelmsford High student Gillian Davies stood beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with a sword in hand and turned it gently against the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as its eternal flame rose upwards.
Ardennes
Veterans who turned tide of World War II gather for a reunion
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 19 12:20 AM West Palm Beach · Sixty-one years later, the memories linger like ghosts. Yet they are as crisp as the snow that blanketed the Ardennes during that six-week period that helped turn the tide in World War II.
Arendsee
Argentina
Continental begins nonstop service to Argentina
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 19 8:35 AM The first direct nonstop flight from Houston to Argentina made its maiden voyage last week from George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Arizona
Arizona not ranked in AP for first time in 312 polls
ESPN - 34 minutes ago Arizona not ranked in AP for first time in 312 polls by Associated Press Only UCLA has had a better run than Duke in The Associated Press college basketball poll. The Blue Devils were No. 1 for the seventh straight week on Monday. That extended their streak of consecutive poll appearances to 173 -- second only to UCLA's...
Arkansas
Arkansas State Player Likely to Play
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 19 10:07 AM Arkansas State linebacker Chris Littleton will probably play in Tuesday's New Orleans Bowl after the junior was arrested for allegedly assaulting a law officer who was breaking up a fight on the Indians' team bus.
Arkoi
BFA Elects New Leadership
AllAfrica.com - Dec 16 7:49 AM Better Future Association (BFA), a project of the Better Future Foundation (BFF), has elected its new corps of officers to steer the affairs of the Association. The election was held in Paynesville, outside Monrovia.
Armenia
Koran in Armenian Language to Be Published in Armenia March 2006
PanARMENIAN.Net - Dec 19 3:37 AM The book will be published with the assistance of the Cultural Center at the Iranian Embassy in Armenia.
Armona Island
Arranmore
Artificial island
AMUSEMENT PARK
Myrtle Beach Online - Dec 18 12:11 AM Building a ski slope in the desert sounded like the ultimate snow job, so Craig Hanna gladly took the challenge. Two years ago, the owner of the United Arab Emirates' largest mall approached Burbank-based Thinkwell Design & Production with a novel project: help bring snow to Dubai.
Arya
Manan's ARYA is strong & original
Glamsham.com - Dec 19 4:22 AM I am astounded by the level of direction and conceptualization of Manan Katohora's ARYA! The film reveals an astonishing blend of the postmodern conditions of South Asian Diaspora culture and historicity of Aryan social-scientific developments that took place hundreds and thousands of years ago.
Asia
Growth in East Asia expected to gain speed
International Herald Tribune - Dec 19 6:07 AM East Asia is expected to show an average economic growth of 7.2 percent next year, helped by a turnaround in global demand for information-technology products and China's continued robust growth, the Asian Development Bank said Monday.
Asinara
Ask
Ask the Green Architect
GreenBiz - 2 hours, 1 minute ago Ask the Green Architect: Builder Certification; Green Museums; $$ Incentives; Fireplace Alternatives Green architect Eric Corey Freed answers your questions on sustainable building performance, materials, and design.
Asturias
Mexican championship winners
Reuters via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Sports - Dec 18 9:38 PM MEXICO CITY, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Past winners of the Mexican championship:
Aswan
UWM 80, UWGB men 60: A closer look
Green Bay Press-Gazette - Dec 18 2:12 AM MILWAUKEE So much for the theory that it might be beneficial for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball team to catch UW-Milwaukee early in the season.
Athens
Athens, county help meals program: City pledges money to Meals on Wheels
Athens Review Online - Dec 19 9:00 AM Good deeds get good rewards. The City of Athens voted unanimously Monday to give $1,000 in funding to help Meals on Wheels. It is a good program and we were happy to assist, Athens Mayor Randy Daniel said.
Atlantic City New Jersey
Spectrum Game Lists Trends
Rolling Good Times - Dec 12 11:46 AM ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (PRESS RELEASE) -- Spectrum Gaming Group, an international gaming consultancy, has listed 21 of the most important trends that the global casino industry needs to monitor in 2006.
Attersee
Auckland
New Zealand Government May Spend NZ$600 Mln on Auckland Rail
Bloomberg.com - 7 minutes ago Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's government plans to spend as much as NZ$600 million ($414 million) to improve the railway network in Auckland, the nation's most populous city.
Aughinish
EU says Aughinish must repay E10m
Ireland Business World - Dec 08 12:03 AM Business World is a service of Media World Ltd. All rights reserved. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the data provided, neither Media World Ltd nor its agents or representatives will be responsible for any loss or damage on the part of users however caused.
Auschwitz
Nearly two months after Wilma, Fla.s elderly Jews still digging out
JTA - Dec 19 8:07 AM BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 18 (JTA) Compared to the horrors Hanna Platt lived through during the Holocaust she lost a lung following a particularly severe beating at Auschwitz Hurricane Wilma and its aftermath were a breeze.
Aussenalster
Australia
UPDATE 4-Cricket-Hodge puts Australia in control
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 19 3:18 AM Brad Hodge completed a double-century on Monday to put Australia in control of the opening test against South Africa with one day's play remaining.
Austria
India's Wipro acquires Austria's NewLogic for 56 million dollars
AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 19 8:55 AM India's third largest software exporter Wipro Ltd said it had acquired an Austria-based semiconductor design services firm in an all-cash deal worth 56 million dollars.
Avery
Avery Resources Abandons Latest Well, Continues Drilling Program in Australia
[Press Release] CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 19 9:47 AM Avery Resources Inc. announces today that the Pine-1 well in PEL-103, Queensland, Australia was drilled to a total depth of 2,687 metres. The operator, Innaminicka Petroleum, tested the Tirawarra Sandstone and confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons, however the log interpretations indicated a non-reservoir quality formation.
Ayers Rock
Just gorges: El Questro's outback at its best
Miami Herald - Dec 16 7:36 PM Australia is so new they're still creating national parks. Uluru (the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock) and Kakadu (Crocodile Dundee's stomping ground) may be familiar names for Down Under visitors, but the stunning Purnululu National Park, also known as the Bungle Bungles, was unknown even to most Australians until the mid-1980s. And here's a prediction for a new national park in 10 years' time:
Azores Islands
Sunk chemicals ship leaks oil near Portugal's Azores islands
AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 15 11:35 AM A ship carrying hazardous chemicals spilled 150 tonnes of oil after sinking last week off Portugal's Azores islands, Portuguese shipping authorities said.
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