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California Disaster Firefighter Photos Wildfires | Independent online
Firefighters hold the line
| By Gina Keating | Los Angeles - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to giv... (photo: U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen) | |
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 Canada Dot Com
Crews battle 1,000 Calif. wildfires
| LOS ANGELES - Exhausted California firefighters worked Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more pow... (photo: GFDL)
Calif Disasters Nature Photos Society |
 Examiner
School health centers bring services to students
SEATTLE (Map, News) - The exam room at Cleveland High School's Teen Health Center has the basics: a blood pressure monitor and various scopes hang on the wall. Paper covers the exam table. But its equ... (photo: PD File)
Health Photos School Services Students |
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 Florida Times Union
Environment isn't clean, kids learn
| An end-of-the-year science project on the impact of pollution grabbed the imaginations and emotions of sixth-graders at Fletcher Middle School, and their teachers hope ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Environment Kids Photos Pollution Science |
 The Independent
The Philippines: Tales from a distant shore
| A familiar scene of velvety highlands and soft moor unfolds as the plane approaches the far north of this island nation, entering a proudly independent province where a... (photo: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 / bingbing)
Independent Island Philippines Photos Province |
 Daily Yomiuri
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT--DEALING WITH DISASTER / 'Climate refugees' on the increase
| Natural disasters caused by climate change are seriously threatening people's lives. At the summit meeting of the Group of Eight major countries, set to open Monday in ... (photo: public domain / Kate Geraghty)
Climate Environment Japan Photos Refugees |
 Star Tribune
The Chinese view: If you can hold an Olympics, you rule
| BEIJING - Last week, amid continuing calls from Europe and the United States to boycott the Olympics to protest China's record on human rights, came a rare rebuke from ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Beijing Chinese Europe Olympics Photos Slideshow |
 The Charlotte Observer
Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
By ADAM GOLDMAN | Associated Press Writer | AP Photo Takeru Kobayashi, of Japan, left, and Joey Chestnut battle to eat the most hot dogs in under ten minutes in the annua... (photo: creative commons / bwats2)
Entertainment New York Photos Sports US |
 Arab News
Earthrace on round-the-world record bid
| Mohammed Ashraf | Arab News | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Earthrace, claimed to be the world's fastest, coolest and greenest powerboat, called at the Kochi port last week on it... (photo: Public Domain)
Fuel India Kerala Photos Singapore |
 Gulf News
Will India's nuke policy work?
| We are a democracy with a vibrant and sovereign Parliament. It is imperative that the government takes the Parliament, political parties and the people into confidence ... (photo: White House /Eric Draper)
Democracy India Nuclear Photos US |
