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    Sep 1, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. Bermuda by boat: an itinerary for 48 hours in port

    It's an island that measures only 21 square miles, about the size of Manhattan.
    It's an island that measures only 21 square miles, about the size of Manhattan. But instead of skyscrapers packed in like sardines, imagine miles and miles of sparkling cerulean water and pink-glittered sand. Replace the honking yellow cabs with...

    Tags: England, Golf, Museums, Royal Caribbean International, Dining and Drinking

  2. Nov 2, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. UNESCO funding cutoff another example of Israel's stranglehold on U.S. politics

    The desperation of the Palestinians' move to win United Nations recognition was matched only by the pettiness of the U.S. refusal to continue funding UNESCO in order to punish that agency for standing up to Israel ("UNESCO vote on Palestine shuts off...

    Tags: International Organizations, Israel, United Nations

  4. Nov 2, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. Stripping UNESCO funds over Palestine is a mistake

    The U.S. sacrifices its own best interests with punitive laws that require defunding of vital U.N. groups who dare to recognize Palestine as a state ("UNESCO vote on Palestine shuts off funding from U.S.," Nov. 1). There can be no clearer example of the...

    Tags: Israel, Palestine

  6. Nov 14, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. Sarkozy proves he's no friend of Israel

    As you've no doubt read, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was overheard telling President Obama that he "cannot stand" Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he believes the Israeli leader is a "liar." While national leaders do not always...

    Tags: Israel, Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Benjamin Netanyahu, United Nations

  8. May 26, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  9. DATOS-Sitios históricos en peligro en Irak y alrededores

    Reuters
    BAGDAD, 26 mayo (Reuters) - Un oleoducto recientemente ampliado que pasa a través de la antigua ciudad de Babilonia, una vez el hogar de los Jardines Colgantes, provocó una disputa entre arqueólogos y el Ministerio de Petróleo, parte de un debate más...

    Tags: International Organizations, Yemen, Antigua and Barbuda, Mahmoud Abbas

  10. May 24, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  11. FEATURE-South Sudan's history emerges - from a tent

    Reuters
    * Roadside Juba tent contains dusty trove of archives * Race against time, termites to conserve historical records * South Sudan seeks national identity from ethnic potpourri * Memory of the liberation war is a powerful agglutinant By Pascal Fletcher...

    Tags: England, Museums, Wars and Interventions, Norway, University of California, Los Angeles

  12. May 24, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  13. South Sudan's history emerges - from a tent

    Reuters
    JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's independence last July was forged through years of hard-fought rebellion in the bush, so it seems fitting that the world's newest nation still keeps much of its history in a tent. The weather-beaten brown tent in a roadside...

    Tags: England, Museums, Wars and Interventions, Norway, University of California, Los Angeles

  14. May 23, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  15. Factbox: Endangered heritage sites in and around Iraq

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - A newly-extended oil pipeline that passes through the ancient city of Babylon, once home of the Hanging Gardens, has sparked a row between archaeology officials and the oil ministry, part of a larger debate over how to preserve Iraq's...

    Tags: International Organizations, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Christianity

  16. May 22, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel
  17. Romney sets up education panel, names Phil Handy a co-chair

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    Mitt Romney's campaign today announced appointment of a 19-member Education Policy Advisory Group that includes a number of folks from Harvard; President George W. Bush's education secretary, Rod Paige of Houst0o; and a host of other education thinkers....
  18. May 22, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  19. WORLD CHEFS: A taste of Venice in London's east end

    Reuters
    By Simon Falush LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venice may seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty but rapidly regenerating district in east London. But the similarities appear very clear...

    Tags: United Kingdom, Salt, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Onions

  20. May 22, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  21. A taste of Venice in London's east end

    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venice may seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty but rapidly regenerating district in east London. But the similarities appear very clear to Venetian chef...

    Tags: United Kingdom, Salt, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Onions

  22. May 21, 2012 |Story| Reuters
  23. Seagrass stores more carbon than forests - study

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Coastal seagrass can store more heat-trapping carbon per square mile (kilmometre) than forests can, which means these coastal plants could be part of the solution to climate change, scientists said in a new study. Even...

    Tags: Global Change, Natural Resources, Ecosystems, Conservation, Water Pollution

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