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Six thousand years ago, the massive arid region dominating northern Africa was quite green, a patchwork of trees and savannas as well as many sparkling lakes.
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By: Rajbir Deswal & Chander Koumdi
Mired in mystery and miasma, coupled with a punch of the money minting miners’ exploits, the scenario shows up Glenwood...
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PORLOCK: SOMERSET SERENDIPITY
BY: RAJBIR DESWAL & CHANDER KOUMDI
We started from London early to avoid the morning rush. A couple of hours drive took us to the...
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Liberia’s ex-President Charles Taylor rejected complaints from Sierra Leone rebels about atrocities committed by his fighters, his ex-deputy has said.
The RUF...
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An ancient church has emerged from a flooded valley for the first time in 50 years as Spain’s worst drought in decades forced the city of Barcelona to begin...
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The world has been introduced to the true face of Julius Caesar with the discovery in a river in southern France of a bust that was sculpted in the lifetime of the...
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Margaret Tobin Brown: The Real Heroine of The Titanic
Rajbir Deswal & Chander Koumdi visit her house in...
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Hundreds of tourists who have taken home a chunk of Australia’s best-known landmark, the towering monolith called Uluru, have returned their illicit souvenirs,...
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Ever want to sleep suspended in mid-air, stay in a barn loft or live out some other strange fantasy you’re afraid to tell anyone? If you can think of it, chances are...
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With more and more airlines charging extra to check a second piece of baggage, packing light has become a necessity.
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So, why are the Kenyan roads bad?” an international journalist posed. The gentleman had travelled on our roads, those of Somalia, Rwanda, Congo and Uganda and he...
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AP, Washington
Fewer Americans are expected to fly this summer, but don’t expect more empty seats as carriers pack planes to help offset surging fuel costs.
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Mopungchuket, Nagaland:
Two towers stand in a village that may first seem to a stranger the landmarks of the quiet place but they are memorials of two love legend...
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A beach vacation usually conjures up images of lying on white sand relaxing not dicing with death but Forbes.com has come up with a list of the world’s most...
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Myself,My sister and Mom love traveling,but we hardly find time to do so ( dad is busy always).
So when a friend and his wife asked us to join them for a week’s...
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Has your dream of a holiday home in Spain turned into a nightmare? For many Britons who borrowed heavily during the years of cheap credit to buy on the costas or...
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In today’s fast paced life, a trekking holiday brings a fresh lease of life to the tensed, stressed individuals, bogged down by the pressure of their day to day...
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Travelling to new places and exploring its natural beauty is the ideal way to take a break from the strenuous daily chores. Scotland with its varied topography is an...
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Offers of pandas and vows of friendship between China and Japan gave way to harder questions on Wednesday as leaders of the two Asian powers met in a rare summit...
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In India, Kerala is way ahead of other states when it comes to promoting travel and tourism. Now it has added one more feather to its cap. India’s premier planned...
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It wasn’t a ribbon cutting ceremony, it wasn’t a ground breaking– it was all about throwing a switch.
Welcome to Rock Port on Thursday, where the...
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Scientists have begun moving the Mojave Desert’s flagship species, the desert tortoise, to make room for tank training at the Army’s Fort Irwin despite...
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AP, Mesa
By tapping rivers and sucking water from deep underground, developers have covered Arizona with carpets of Bermuda grass and dotted the parched landscape with swimming...
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Australia consists of hundreds of thousands of kilometers of empty space which is being put to apt use by its government. The glaring desert sun of this plain is soon...
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Everybody loves a yummy breakfast of pancakes but if you want them as a desert, you can serve them with figs, homemade jams, bit of honey, a dollop of cream and lots of...
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It looked, for a moment, like a mirage gone mad. There on the rolling sand dunes were scores of misshapen four-wheelers racing up and down, kicking up clouds of sand as...
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Is it something closer to a dream to change a desert nation’s climate? Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov ordered a forest planted to fulfill a similar dream of...
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Scientists till now have discovered various prehistoric life fossils. But, something that’s still living! No it’s not a living fossil, but its living and it will never...
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Sun is the largest reserve of energy. Just what is needed is to trap and store it systematically and explore it to the maximum where energy is consumed hugely. And to...
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Tents in deserts are no rare scenes. They are light, easy-to-transport and simple to set up. But, here we are to discover a tent with a bit more innovations, —...
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Dubai:
Classically trained musician, Kev Marcus performs as part of the Black Violin at the Urban Desert Festival at Dubai Festival City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Friday, April 18, 2008. Black Violin’s ardor for music and neo-classical, innovative, urban...
