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With 16 adults, six young children and five dogs roaming the decks, the “Captain Rayne” looked more like Noah’s Ark than a crew boat that ferries workers back and forth to offshore oil rigs. And skipper John Lyons fully expects his vessel to bring his family and friends safely through whatever Hurricane Gustav dishes out, no matter how biblical.
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I lost my parents in an accident when I was 13 years old. This was a great loss of course, but it wasn’t...
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Not so long ago Turkey was being considered as a model of secular democracy for the rest of the Islamic world. Geographically, much of the country may be on the Asian...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is near the end of his political career. And after years as Mayor of Jerusalem and Israel’s leader, Mr. Olmert has finally...
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It is so incredibly rare that you would think Siamese twin fish attached at the stomach would never survive.
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The New York Times reports that the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is being linked the the Afghani heroin trade. Ahmed Wali Karzai is being identified as...
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The American-led NATO effort in Afghanistan has encountered tough times. The Taliban is operating a fierce insurgency. The Taliban have become so effective that Afghani...
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The Democrats remain the only political party to consistently insist on more effective labor market policies for unemployed youths in Nigeria, while opposing...
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Its been said that Jesus Crist spent his last days in Kashmir Valley.He learnt about Indian spirtuality and Buddhism here.
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The International Military Tribunal for the Far East stated that 20,000 women were raped, including infants and the elderly. Rapes were often performed in public during...
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The ’savior’ arrives, but will it work?
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In the third part of this series, Pakistani analyst Khawar Mehdi tells Pepe Escobar how al- Qaeda after 9/11 reorganized and established itself in North Waziristan in...
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A Memphis man is accused of leaving his 3-year-old son behind while running from police on foot after a traffic accident. A 46-year-old man was charged with driving...
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One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go.The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever...
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Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked...
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“Portal” made us laugh.New gaming controllers made us cry.And “The Darkness” made us wet out pants.In this special year-end installment of...
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New Orleans:
J. D. Hill waits to evacuate his home for Hurricane Gustav with his dogs, Bill and Lucy, at the Musicians Village in New Orleans Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.
