James Denselow: Assad's Lebanese ReturnFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:37AMIn the maelstrom of rhetoric that swirls around the Middle East the warnings of Hezbollah should ring alarm bells. Concern that the investigation into the...
Painting memoirs of her past livesThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:00AMTHE artist Esther Giles Nampitjinpa had a harsh initiation into Western life.
Palm oil group still destroying Indonesian forest, says GreenpeaceThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:44AMTom Young, BusinessGreen , Thursday 29 July 2010 at 10:26:00 Sinar Mas delays own audit of activities in light of new revelations Indonesia’s largest palm and pulp group is still destroying critical habitats, claims Greenpeace in an investigation published today. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) has published new photographic evidence, aerial monitoring and field analysis which seems to ...
Surrey concerned Crescent Beach's emergency access could be blocked by train tracksMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 11:40PMSurrey city councillors are concerned trains could impede police, fire and ambulance access to the growing waterfront neighbourhood of Crescent Beach.
Maquoketa Escapes Serious Damage, Anamosa Waits for CrestSunday, July 25, 2010 @ 9:10PMANAMOSA, Iowa - The Maquoketa River has crested in Maquoketa without serious damage. Now Anamosa waits for the crest of the Wapsipinicon. The Maquoketa River crested in Maquoketa at 4:40 a.m. Monday at 35.26 feet, a new record crest for the Jackson County city.
Flood crests due Monday in Anamosa and MaquoketaSunday, July 25, 2010 @ 8:53PMThe flood bulls-eye moves to Anamosa and Maquoketa on Monday. The Maquoketa River is expected to crest at 35.2 feet in Maquoketa at 1 p.m. Monday, a record crest that could flood an industrial area of the Jackson County city.
UPDATE: Banner Plane Down in Dias CreekFriday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:48AMDIAS CREEK - On Thursday July 22 , at approximately 11:40 a.m., Middle Township Police received numerous "911" calls of a plane down in the Marsh off Pierce's Point Road.
New Zealand firm helps Saudi Arabia, Kuwait come to terms on border demarcationThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 1:44PMKuwait and Saudi Arabia have agreed to a project that would demarcate their 250-kilometer border. The two countries have selected and signed a contract with a New Zealand firm to conduct the border delineation.
Touring WilliamsburgThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 11:54AMColonial Williamsburg, Virginia’s top tourist attraction and the state’s second capital after Jamestown, is like entering a time portal to the colonial era.