Earth’s highest coastal mountain has moved 2,200 km in 170m years
September 21st, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 21 (ANI): The highest coastal mountain on Earth, Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, has been on the move for a long, long time as indicated by a new study.The ... Read more...
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Ban Ki-moon expresses relief after the release of four UN peacekeepers
April 28th, 2010 - 12:15 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his relief Tuesday after the release of four peacekeepers in Sudan.The four individuals who have been serving with the joint ... Read more...
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Four UN peacekeepers still unaccounted for in Darfur
April 16th, 2010 - 1:59 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The United Nations said Thursday that four South African peacekeepers that went missing on Sunday are still unaccounted for.The peacekeepers have been working with the joint African ... Read more...
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China to launch its first Mars probe in second half of this year
May 29th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 29 (ANI): China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, is expected to be launched in the second half of this year, according to an official of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight ... Read more...
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British explorer to set sail on plastic-bottle boat
March 10th, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 10 (ANI): British explorer, environmentalist, and celebrity David de Rothschild, is all set to go on an 11,000-mile (17,703-kilometer) journey across the Pacific Ocean at the end of March, ... Read more...
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China aims to build its first inland Antarctic research station
December 19th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 19 (ANI): The Chinese 25th Antarctic expedition team has left their Zhongshan Station for the highest icecap on the South Pole to set up the countrys first inland ... Read more...
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On world tour, Olympic flame arrives in Almaty
April 1st, 2008 - 6:20 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Almaty (Kazakhstan), April 1 (Xinhua) A chartered Air China plane carrying the Beijing Olympic flame arrived Tuesday afternoon at Kazakhstan's largest city of Almaty, the first stop of the global torch relay. ... Read more...
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