Thai navy evacuates stranded tourists from storm-hit island
Bangkok – Thailand’s sole aircraft carrier delivered 618 foreign and Thai tourists safely to the Sattahip naval base Thursday after rescuing them from an island in the Gulf of Thailand.
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200 AUSTRALIANS AFFECTED BY THAI FLOODING
SYDNEY, March 31 (Bernama)– More than 200 Australian travellers have beenstranded in southern Thailand as mudslides and floodwaters claimed more than adozen lives in eight provinces, Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported.Australian Department of Foreign Affairs officials said the Australians wereamong tourists isolated on the resort island of Koh Samui, where flooding hadclosed the airport …
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Thai monk revered in life, remembered in death
Thai monk Luangta Maha Boowa Yanasampanno is perhaps best remembered for his role in helping to salvage Thailand’s economy after the Asian economic meltdown of …
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Police investigate vandalism in Dover, Dover Twp.
Someone damaged six parked vehicles overnight Sunday by throwing golf balls at them, police said. Northern York County Regional Police said the vehicles were parked in the 100 block of South Main Street in Dover.
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Traders fear new town parking costs
Businesses in Bangor and Newtownards are appealing to the public to help them fight the introduction of additional car park charges in their town centres. Related Stories Panic could head for Broadway stage Groff back to McKinley for Glee Barnes: I’d love to be a rock star Kline worked in ‘controlled chaos’ Green helps firefighting campaign
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Community Calendar
The deadline for calendar items is two weeks prior to the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Evanston Review, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026 or email to Diana Rock at drock@pioneerlocal.com or fax to (847) 486-7451.
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Disney cruise reports crewmember missing at sea
A crewmember on a Disney cruise ship has been reported missing at sea off the western coast of Mexico. Disney Cruise Lines spokeswoman Christi Donnan says the female crewmember was reported missing Tuesday morning after she failed to report for a scheduled shift on the Disney Wonder.
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Disney Wonder cruise ship crew member reported missing at sea
A crew member on the Disney Wonder cruise ship that departed from San Pedro last weekend has been reported missing at sea off the western coast of Mexico.
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Parents search for missing daughter
The parents of a cruise ship worker who went missing off the coast of Mexico have flown out to join the search for her. Rebecca Coriam, 24, from Chester, was last seen aboard the Disney Wonder on Monday. She failed to report for her scheduled shift the following day.
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Najd Investments Signs GCC Regional Advisory and Arrangement Mandate With Allcargo Global Logistics
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Najd Investments Limited announced today that it has been mandated by Allcargo Global Logistics Limited as Advisor and Arranger for the company’s expansion within the GCC region.
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‘No support’ for raped employee
A Brisbane woman who was raped, drugged and jailed for adultery has angrily refuted claims by a United Arab Emirates resort that it came to her aid during her ordeal.
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Commentary: Saudi nukes in gulf
Washington (UPI) Mar 29, 2011 Overlooked in the welter of fast moving events throughout the Arab world was a Saudi Arabian call for transforming the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council into “an entity identical to the (27-nation) European Union” – plus nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia has grown impatient “Waiting for Godot.” Samuel Beckett’s famous play depicts the “meaninglessness of life,” with …
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Job Fair This Weekend at Harrah’s Reno
The Hash House a Go-Go will hold a job fair this weekend at the site of their new location inside Harrah’s Reno.
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2011 Cotes du Coeur Auction Features Unparalleled Wine/Fine Food Experiences
DALLAS, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Wine lovers will have an opportunity to land at the top of the 18,000-person waiting list for sought after Kosta Browne Winery Pinot Noirs during the upcoming live auction at the 20th Anniversary Cotes du Coeur International Fine Wine Auction & Celebrity Chef Dinner . The allocation of 2011 fall and 2012 spring Kosta Browne wines is part of a package that …
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The Venetian and the Palazzo Las Vegas Enhance Guest Experience With New Mobile Sites
LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwire – March 25, 2011) – The Venetian Resort – Hotel – Casino ® and The Palazzo Las Vegas ® have rolled out two new mobile web sites to enhance the guest experience. The mobile sites provide users with useful information including hours of operation, contact information and click-to-call abilities to make dining, suite or entertainment reservations.
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Gold mines, a city’s pride, leave toxic legacy
Denis Farrell In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, a child walks barefooted at the Tudor Shaft squatter settlement near Randfontein, South Africa, west of Johannesburg. When it rains the streets pool with orange water that smells of vinegar.
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Against the tide: Currents keep dolphins apart
Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have discovered that groups of dolphins in the western Indian Ocean do not mix freely with one another. In fact, dolphin populations are kept separate by currents and other unseen factors.
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Gold mines, a city’s pride, leave toxic legacy
A look at how Japanese radiation concerns are effecting one California grocery. More>>
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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
When you first walk into the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, you will find yourself looking at a baseball field with players on it. Only you will find yourself looking at that field and those players from the other side of chicken wire. The image, of course, was about separation. Through the years, I looked through that chicken wire with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols …
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Wisch: Can Bruce Weber Learn Something From…Ron Zook?
There was a fire in Champaign this week. Early Wednesday, a blaze started in a building on Green Street – the main Campustown drag – and destroyed a couple of popular restaurants.
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‘Arab Spring’ begins losing momentum
Now the Arab counter-revolution is in full swing, as entrenched regimes fight harder to survive.
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Brutal crackdowns chill the ‘Arab Spring’
CAIRO — The Arab Spring, which began with an exuberant burst in Tunisia and Egypt and swept up protesters from North Africa to the Persian Gulf, is running into heavy crosswinds in hard-line regimes: a brutal counter-revolution.
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Nelson: US leads another illicit war
‘The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” So spoke candidate Barack Obama. Candidates Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden said much the same thing. Of course, once in power, their oaths to uphold the Constitution were quickly flushed down the same …
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An unlikely battle
At the request of the Archbishop Barsamian, Chief Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, SMU pulled its sponsorship from the arguably Turkish-favoring “International Conference on Turkish-Armenian Dialogue.”
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Tsunami drill shows gaps in Caribbean preparedness
A U.N.-organized tsunami drill Wednesday tested the preparedness of Caribbean governments for a disaster that has struck the region several times in the last 150 years.
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Eli Manning Becomes a Daddy! Giants Quarterback, Wife Welcome First Child!
ELI Manning is a daddy! The Giants quarterback and his wife, Abby McGrew, have welcomed their first child together — a daughter named Ava Frances. The baby girl was born on Monday, weighing in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Sources say the couple — who live in Hoboken during the season — have “bought another apartment on their [...]
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Ex-sailor searches for girl he left behind
Steve Daubert, who tells me he’s happily married, is in search of an old girlfriend. Normally, this would be none of our business. But Steve spent 0 on an ad in this newspaper for three days this week to find the girl he fell for here in 1972.
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nation/world news in brief
RIO DE JANEIRO – Five police officers were detained Thursday after Brazilian television released an amateur video that shows officers repeatedly shooting a 14-year-old boy. The boy survived, but was seriously injured.
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Broncos Hard at Work, Bond Over Spring Break
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – While most students at Santa Clara University had the opportunity to go home during Spring Break, the Santa Clara women’s water polo team had no such chance.
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