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UNESCO inscribes East Rennell of Solomon Islands on list of world heritage in danger - 18 Jun 2013
that is affecting the ecosystem of the Solomon Islands' world heritage site, according... the southern third of Rennell Island, the southernmost island in the Solomon

Archaeologists claim to have found King Solomon's mines in Jordan - 28 Oct 2008
in Jordan that gives scientific credence to the existence of King Solomon's mines. ... - in line with biblical narrative on the legendary rule of David and Solomon.  ... found King Solomon's mines in Faynan/Edom.  By the 1980s, however

Quake hits Philippine Islands - 09 Jun 2013
Hong Kong, June 9 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Philippine Islands region Saturday night, the US Geological Survey said.The epicentre had a depth of 8.50 km, reports Xinhua

Enhanced security for Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 09 Jan 2009
New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI): The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration has... by Lieutenant Governor of the Islands, Lt. General (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, at the Pravasi... eco-system of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be preserved while taking up

Earliest settlers in the Caribbean preferred to live on smaller islands - 25 Nov 2008
in the Caribbean preferred to live on smaller islands, which challenges the assumption that large islands are more important than small ones in the history... mainland, the larger islands would have been preferred because they were more

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View - 24 May 2013
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Google has gathered images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for use on its Street View.The search... got 360 degree views of underwater areas around the islands that sparked

Maritime patrol near Diaoyu Islands irreproachable: China - 09 Dec 2008
entering the waters near the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, saying...;'The Diaoyu Islands and adjacent islets are Chinese territories since ancient times... ships in the seas near the disputed islands Monday.    The islands

Private islands selling for just 53,171 pounds - 12 Jan 2009
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Private islands, once seen as the privilege of the rich... miles from mainland Nova Scotia, Canada. US company Private Islands Online, which recently slashed the price of a string of islands, describes it as "a great

Study sheds new light on extinction rates of species on islands - 01 Jan 2008
on the subject of extinction rates of species on islands, suggesting that diversity among animals on islands is on the rise. It's no secret that humans are having... decided to test that theory by studying the world's far-flung islands. 

UNESCO declares Nicobar Islands world biosphere reserve - 31 May 2013
London, May 31 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has declared and designated the Nicobar Islands in India as a world biosphere reserve under its Man and the Biosphere Programme.Member

State social welfare board chairpersons to meet in Andaman islands - 15 May 2013
Andaman and Nicobar, May 15 (ANI): A two-day conference of State Social Welfare Board Chairpersons begins today in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Lt Governor... this morning. This is the first time that such a conference is being held in the islands

Scientists gather in Galapagos Islands to discuss evolution - 04 Jun 2013
Quito, June 4 (IANS/EFE) More than a dozen scientists from the Americas and Europe gathered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands to discuss evolution in the place... capital.The Galapagos Islands are located about 1,000 km west of the coast

Now, Chinese videogame that lets players fight Japanese over disputed Senkaku islands - 07 Jun 2013
letting players decide the Senkaku islands issue- with force. The Global Times launched the game called 'Recover the Diaoyu Islands', which controls People's... determination to protect the Diaoyu Islands is unwavering!Victory is achieved when players

Powerful quake jolts remote islands off New Zealand - 09 Dec 2008
Wellington, Dec 9 (Xinhua) A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted New Zealand's remote areas of Kermadec Islands in the Pacific Ocean... in the Kermadec islands area, which is part of the 'Ring of Fire,' where the Pacific

Invasive plant species predate humans' arrival on Galapagos Islands - 01 Jan 2008
on the Galapagos Islands, which were thought to be invasive species brought...;The islands' 825 introduced species outnumber the 552 plants that are native to the islands. There are also 62 plant species classified as "doubtful natives

Arctic ice shelf splits, creating two huge ice islands - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 31 (ANI): Canadian scientists have revealed that part of the Arctic ice shelf has sheared off, creating two huge ice islands, all thanks to global... islands. According to a report in the Telegraph, together the two islands cover

Climate change leading to increase in tiger attacks in Sundarban islands - 22 Oct 2008
attacks on people is growing in India's Sundarban islands as habitat loss... with Bangladesh, is dotted with hundreds of small islands criss-crossed... their prey migrated," he added. But as sea levels rise, two islands have

Darwin missed rare pink Iguana species on Galapagos Islands - 06 Jan 2009
London, Jan 6 (ANI): New genetic analysis by scientists has revealed that a long-overlooked pink iguana on the Galapagos Islands is a species in its own right... diversification on the islands. Though it has only recently been discovered, Gentile

Japanese official denies Jingping called disputed Senkaku islands 'core interest of China' - 13 Jun 2013
the Senkaku islands 'a core interest' of China in his informal summit with U.S.... Senkaku Islands are held by Japan, but claimed by China and Taiwan. They have been... the Senkaku Islands as a core interest of the country, causing a stir in Japan

Taiwanese PM suggests three-way dialogue to resolve contentious Senkaku islands spat - 07 Jun 2013
on the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.In an interview on Thursday, Ying-jeou... Islands are known as Tiaoyutai in Taiwan and Diaoyu in China, both of which claim

Japan, China agreed to shelve Senkaku islands row in 1970s, says former Japanese minister - 05 Jun 2013
Tokyo, June 5 (ANI): Japan and China had agreed to shelve the territory row over Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea when the two countries normalized relations in the early 1970s, a former Japanese minister has said.Japan's former chief

Brit man slapped with ?80 fine for swearing at TV! - 08 Dec 2008
London, Dec 8 (ANI): Brit man Martin Solomon has been fined 80 pounds for swearing at his TV while drunk at his home in Stroud, Gloucestershire.  Solomon... whenever he disagreed with a programme. "Mr Solomon often drinks more than

Disabled athlete drowns in swim race - 29 May 2013
George Town (Cayman Islands), May 29 (IANS/CMC) Cayman Islands police say a member of Uruguay's Special Olympics swim team has apparently drowned during a competition in the waters off a popular beach.A police statement identifies the dead

Oldest known archaeological example of beekeeping discovered in Israel - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, September 1 (ANI): Scientists have unearthed the remains of a large-scale beekeeping operation at a nearly 3,000-year-old Israeli site, which dates to the time of biblical accounts of King David and King Solomon, thus becoming

Meet the birds that cross the Pacific in 9 days without stopping flapping wings - 22 Oct 2008
, covered 6,230 miles to reach the Solomon Islands.  "This far surpassed... islands to breed, and they have now been shown to cover the distance without

Quake of slight intensity rocks Andaman Island - 01 Jan 2008
Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Oct 4 (ANI): A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale rocked Andaman Island early this morning.  According to the met department, the epicentre of the quake was located at a latitude

Quake of slight intensity rocks Andaman Island - 06 Oct 2008
Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Oct 4 (ANI): A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale rocked Andaman Island early this morning.  According to the met department, the epicentre of the quake was located at a latitude

Dubai plans on building world's tallest skyscraper - 06 Oct 2008
London, Oct 6 (ANI): Dubai, with its many beautiful man-made islands, is now looking forward to building the world's tallest skyscraper. The project... islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world. The company has revealed

Remote Australia edging towards 'failed state' - 01 Jan 2008
in remote Australia fits the criteria of failed states like the Solomon Islands

First human settlers in America may have come from Europe - 01 Jan 2008
Islands of Northwest Indiana is lending support to evidence that the first humans... University's Dr. Ron Janke's research into the creation of Kankakee Sand Islands... began studying the origins of the Kankakee Sand Islands - a series of hundreds

Grenada biggest mover in FIFA rankings - 14 May 2013
The Spice Boyz, crowned Windward Islands' football champions last month, climbed 20 spots to 121 in the global rankings and 16 in the Confederation of North... to the two victories in the Windward Islands Football Association (WIFA

Climate changes may have promoted the formation of new species in the Amazon - 01 Jan 2008
Dr. Scott Solomon, the lead author on the study. Climate changes during... by forests," said Solomon. By comparing the climatic conditions where the species... regions nearby, like the slopes of the Andes mountains, to become like islands

Indian Ocean islanders lose bid to return home - 22 Oct 2008
Islands after being expelled some 40 years ago for strategic reasons. The House... to block their return to Chagos.    Diego Garcia, one of the islands... and the Afghanistan conflict.   Britain, which owns the islands, expelled their native

First comprehensive 'inventory' of life in Antarctica reveals rich biodiversity - 02 Dec 2008
"inventory" of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands, which has... the land, sea and shores of the South Orkney Islands, near the tip of the Antarctic... knew there were so many different species on and around these islands," said

Australian scientist plans to reveal, rewrite history behind ancient coins discovery - 19 May 2013
Washington, May 19 (ANI): An Australian scientist is planning an expedition to the Wessel islands in July and will revisit the location where five coins... a handful of coins in the sand during his stay at one of the islands and in 1979 he

6,000 km trip to reveal migration route of ancestors of ancient Polynesians - 07 Nov 2008
Atholl Anderson, when it leaves the southern Solomon islands en-route... to the inhabitants of the small Polynesian islands of Tikopia and Anuta, acknowledging

India lauds free and fair polls in Maldives - 17 Oct 2008
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Lauding the process of democratic transition underway in the Maldives, India Thursday praised the 'peaceful and fair' presidential election in the picturesque Indian Ocean nation comprising 1,190 islands. 'We

Unesco recommends India on river island Majuli - 21 Oct 2008
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Unesco has asked India to compile a list of monasteries in Majuli, one of the largest freshwater river islands of the world in Assam, parliament was told Tuesday. Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni

Space-age underwater hotel to be built in Maldives - 11 Jun 2013
Washington, June 11 (ANI): A luxury underwater hotel is set to be built on the remote and postcard perfect tropical island of Kuredhivaru in the Maldive Islands, with the National Ministry of Tourism giving the green signal

Marine scientists find bizarre creatures in Australian reefs - 01 Jan 2008
Canberra, September 19 (ANI): A team of marine scientists has found hundreds of new lifeforms, which includes some bizarre creatures, on Lizard and Heron islands on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia. 

Change in bald eagle diet linked to sea otter decline - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary

Change in bald eagle diet linked to sea otter decline - 06 Oct 2008
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary

Indian diaspora's painful past on a beautiful island - 29 May 2013
Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe), May 29 (IANS) They came from distant India to verdant Gudaeloupe, a group of French islands in the French West Indies, with dreams in their eyes, only to end up being exploited for endless years.Between 1854

Himachal Pradesh's Pong wetlands welcome 40,000 migratory birds - 18 Nov 2008
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 18 (IANS) Verdant forests, islands of shrubbery and grassy swamps in these Himalayan foothills are once again agog with flappings of feathered guests. Covering thousands of kilometres from north Asia

No tsunami alert sounded after Andaman quake - 01 Jan 2008
Port Blair, June 27 (ANI): The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has said that no tsunami alert has been issued after an earthquake measuring 6.7 at Richter scale hit Andaman Islands at 5:40 p.m. today. Electricity supply

Fish facing extinction due to interbreeding in murky waters - 01 Jan 2008
London, October 2 (ANI): Studying cichlids living off the shores of five Lake Victoria islands, a research team has found that polluted waters are blinding... islands. Seehausen has revealed that the waters near some lakes were cloudier

Fish facing extinction due to interbreeding in murky waters - 06 Oct 2008
London, October 2 (ANI): Studying cichlids living off the shores of five Lake Victoria islands, a research team has found that polluted waters are blinding... islands. Seehausen has revealed that the waters near some lakes were cloudier

Maldives sinking? Searches for a new home - 11 Nov 2008
warming that could submerge some of the world's lowest-lying islands. 'We can...-centric economy and threatened to submerge many islands.   Male

Gran has Timberlake, Biel's wedding venue picked out - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 15 (ANI): While American pop singer Justin Timberlake has reportedly been eyeing islands as a venue for his marriage to actress Jessica Biel, his grandmother, Sadie Bomar, already has the perfect place picked out. Bomar

Guadeloupian Indians keen to renew links with India - 09 Jun 2013
came to the Caribbean islands over a century ago.The financial crisis has

Guadeloupian Indians keen to renew links with India (Second Lead, Superseding earlier story) - 09 Jun 2013
came to the Caribbean islands over 150 years ago.The financial crisis has

Need to construct additional bases in Andamans, Laskshadweep: Antony - 14 May 2013
construction of additional bases was necessary in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands... infrastructure, especially in the islands, Antony said that construction of additional bases and naval air stations was necessary in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Virtual reality goggles for simpler, more accurate eye tests - 01 Jan 2008
. Solomon, an eye research doctor at Tel Aviv University, says that the compact... previously high rates of false negatives and positives answers, says Dr. Solomon... says.  Dr. Solomon says that his device can be used anywhere by connecting

Pammie walks down the aisle again...but only for a music video! - 01 Jan 2008
to rockers Rick Solomon, Kid Rock and drummer, Tommy Lee. (ANI) 

Phelps' Kellogg's sugar cereal endorsement draws flak from health experts - 01 Jan 2008
of an Olympian," the New York Daily News quoted nutritionist Rebecca Solomon......eating Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes every so often is not an issue," Solomon

China rejects criticism over role in territorial sea disputes - 03 Jun 2013
intelligence, maintained China's sovereignty over Diaoyu islands, while addressing... rights to the Ryukyus, the chain of islands known in Japan as Nansei and which... of the government.He further maintained the historical claims on the islands of Senkaku

Half of US coral reefs in 'poor' or 'fair' condition, says NOAA report - 01 Jan 2008
conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Navassa Island, southeast Florida, the Florida Keys, Flower Garden Banks, the Main Hawaiian Islands, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, the Pacific Remote Islands, the Republic

Japan protests over Chinese article challenging Okinawa island ownership - 10 May 2013
unresolved issue of the Ryukyu islands', as Okinawa is known.Okinawa is Japan's southern-most prefecture, comprising several islands, and is home to 1.4 million

Having sex with good friend post split could help heal broken heart - 23 May 2013
blogger Michael Solomon added a caveat to that advice.He said that it's very

Mercury has shrunk by 'more than a mile' - 01 Jan 2008
to contraction of the entire planet," said Principal Investigator Sean Solomon... of the surrounding area," explained Dr Solomon. "They tell us how important

Mercury's "spiders" may have been formed due to asteroid impact - 01 Jan 2008
, none of these models could explain the radial pattern observed. Dr Solomon... web at the centre," said Dr Solomon.  "When we modelled the effect

To Teachers...With Love... - 05 Sep 2007
his lacture he bowed down before his high school teacher Iyadurai Solomon... Iyadurai Solomon in a choking voice. The most pious and unselfish relation

Evaluation of damages to coastal eco-systems - 28 May 2008
in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the extent of 18%. Due to the effect of Tsunami... suggest that in Andaman Islands about 3850 ha of mangroves were lost, while.... Coral reefs were also damaged in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the extent

Pre-historic tortoises lived in Amazon - 27 May 2013
million years ago and were similar to those inhabiting the Pacific islands off... tortoises, the zoologist said.The Galapagos Islands are located about 1,000 km... nowhere else on the planet.The islands were made famous by 19th-century British

Cargo ship capsizes off Philippines coast, 11 missing - 26 Nov 2008
Manila, Nov 26 (DPA) A cargo ship has capsized off the coast of northern Philippines due to bad weather, leaving 11 crew members missing, the nation's coast guard said Wednesday. The Mark Jason 1 was on its way to the Batanes Islands

Moderate earthquake jolts western Indonesia - 19 Dec 2008
Mentawai islands in Sumatra province at around 8.27 a.m. with its epicentre located

Russia to return Yinlong, Heixiazi Island to China - 01 Jan 2008
Island) and half of Heixiazi Island (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island). The islands... is collectively referred to as the Heixiazi Islands. After the 2004 agreement, the two sides spent three years delimitating the border around the islands

Roman refugees built Venice, reveals ancestor city - 01 Jan 2008
to choose for a leading world power, stretching across 118 small islands... is that Venice was founded on the islands by refugees from Roman cities... on the islands, using some of the stones from their city," he said. The newly

Hurricane Paloma with 195-km an hour windspeed hits Cuba - 09 Nov 2008
has already buffeted the Cayman Islands on its way to Cuba, but spared the islands heavy damage, according to local officials.  The storm became... of the Cayman Islands, hit by the late-season storm a day earlier, roofs were

Intimacy is the key to a happy love life - 01 Jan 2008
intimacy and relational uncertainty. Denise Haunani Solomon of Pennsylvania

Tennis: Easy for seeded players - 21 May 2013
Anirudh Murthy 6-1, 7-5 ; Yavin Solomon bt Preet Kumar 6-0,6-4; Adil Kalyanpur bt

Promising new compound offers hope against cocaine addiction - 23 May 2013
," Solomon Snyder, M.D., a professor of neuroscience in the Institute for Basic

Adil, Tanvi enter junior tennis semis - 23 May 2013
, near Ahmedabad, defeated the eighth seed Avin Solomon 6-2, 6-3 while Banthia

World's most spectacular museums revealed - 28 May 2013
the world - from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, opened in 1959

'Yeh Jawaani...' to break 10-year jinx for Bollywood in Israel - 29 May 2013
are anticipating good numbers," said Shai Solomon of Shai Motion Pictures.In

Israeli archeologists find rare ancient stone seal - 30 Oct 2008
between when King Solomon began construction of the first Jewish Biblical temple

Kolkata Goalz bringing people closer to police - 04 Jun 2013
of the skills project.Deputy Commissioner (Port) of city police V. Solomon said

Chemical reaction in landslide rocks may start wildfires - 02 Dec 2008
in the Dead Sea area, dating from King Solomon's time, which may have started this way

Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to be "truly neutral" on Sino-Japanese territorial dispute - 18 May 2013
blamed Japan for creating the dispute and tensions over the Diaoyu Islands by taking the move to "nationalize" the islands last year, breaking a previous... had tranquility over these islands for many years, until the Japanese

Clownfish uses its nose to find its way home - 01 Jan 2008
preference for water collected from reefs that contained islands. The researchers... with islands on them should be targeted by reef management because they become (places) that people use, and there's usually a limited land area on islands, which

'Best job in the world' up for grabs - 12 Jan 2009
and underwater - of 600 islands, and report back through a fortnightly Internet... about the 600 islands you can visit," the Independent quoted the chief executive... to a four-day interview on May 3, on islands dotted along the Great Barrier Reef

The 21st century Noah's Ark - 01 Jan 2008
;Sea levels are expected to rise 3ft by 2100, threatening islands, coastal areas

Cuba to hold international boxing tournament - 15 May 2013
, Brazil, Chile, the Cayman Islands, Canada, Kazakhstan, China, Jordan, Algeria

Timberlake hunting for 'perfect' ring for ladylove Biel? - 01 Jan 2008
reportedly eyeing many exotic islands as a venue for his marriage to Biel. (ANI) 

Timberlake orders 'thin' Biel to pig out on burgers, beer - 01 Jan 2008
;The '4 Minutes' singer is also reportedly eyeing many exotic islands as a venue

Lindsay Lohan sets her sights on Big Apple Dakota Penthouse - 01 Jan 2008
Islands in New York, as she intends to buy a penthouse in the city's famous

Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom mix work with pleasure - 15 Dec 2008
to the Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, reports

Garner, Affleck name new baby Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck - 14 Jan 2009
Islands. (ANI) 

Traditional Chinese fishing nets on the verge of disappearance - 01 Jan 2008
of the nets; everything has gone from here," said K. Solomon, a fisherman. 

Aadhitya packs off Jaideep - 20 May 2013
, 6-3; Yavin Solomon bt N. Balaji 6-4, 6-1; Megh Patel bt Rohan Reddy 6-1, 6-0

NASA spacecraft reveals hidden territory on Mercury - 30 Oct 2008
than the land area of South America," said Sean Solomon, principal investigator

Michelle Obama hailed as connoisseur of American designer clothes - 08 Jan 2009
about celebrating American fashion and American designers," Stephanie Solomon

West Bengal and Bangladesh on Cyclone alert - 15 Nov 2007
Bengal-Bangladesh coast near the Sagar Islands by Friday. According to West... of Andaman Islands changed direction towards coastal areas of west Bengal

Climate change could destroy not only the future, but also the past - 01 Jan 2008
people working at a site in the Faroe Islands, where there is evidence... in this country in places like the Orkney islands, with remains from

New species of Pacific Iguana discovered in Fiji - 01 Jan 2008
of the mitochondrial DNA of 61 iguanas from 13 islands. The study shows the B. bulabula..." to the Fijian islands somewhere between 13 to 14 million years ago. The analysis

CWYG will give us our future sporting stars: Maxwell - 13 Oct 2008
Islands will have its own team, as will the Cook Islands and Nieu - two of New

Russian frigate escorting nine ships from Somali pirates - 21 Nov 2008
one vessel each from Russia, the Marshall Islands and the Cayman Islands

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 100 illegal Bangladeshi migrants - 28 Dec 2008
islands, were being interrogated at the Little Andaman Island.  'These boys... in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands told IANS by telephone.  'They said the Thai

Heavy rain hits flood-stricken Fiji again - 14 Jan 2009
of the islands that comprise Fiji, it was still raining and the situation... trapped on offshore islands or at Nadi airport where flights out of the country

Brits taking to 'staycations' to save money - 01 Jan 2008
of the limited amount of accommodation in the islands, people tend to book a year in advance. We have four campsites in the islands and they are fully booked... to the islands and they are trying to save elsewhere." (ANI)