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CNN
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An earthquake on Friday rattled Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where thousands of people were gathering for a U.N. climate change conference. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The 5.4-magnitude tremor was centered 150 miles sou..
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BBC News
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Fresh earthquakes have hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a day after the world's strongest tremor so far this year caused extensive damage.
At least nine people are known to have died in the earthquakes. But the full scale of the impact has yet to..
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Washington Post
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The biggest island in the world is a wind-raked place, gripped by ice over four-fifths of its land, prowled by polar bears, its coastlines choked by drifting icebergs and sea ice. Many of its 56,000 people, who live on the fringes of its giant ice cap, se..
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Reuters
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JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war.
"We flew out of a cloud,..
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Sydney Morning Herald
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ONE of the world's last Stone Age tribes has murdered two fishermen whose boat drifted on to a desert island in the Indian Ocean.
The Sentinelese, thought to number between 50 and 200, have rebuffed all contact with the modern world, firing a shower of..
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CNN
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The captain and five other senior crew members of a Greek-flagged cruise ship which ran aground and sank off an island in the Aegean Sea have been charged with negligence and violating international maritime rules.
Two French passengers were missing Sa..
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CNN
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A cruise ship carrying nearly 1,200 passengers and some 400 crew was being evacuated off the Greek island of Santorini on Thursday after issuing a distress signal, authorities said.
The Greek-flagged Sea Diamond apparently hit rocks and was listing nea..
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New York Times
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Flying over snow-capped peaks and into a thick fog, the helicopter set down on a barren strip of rocks between two glaciers. A dozen bags of supplies, a rifle and a can of cooking gas were tossed out onto the cold ground. Then, with engines whining, the h..
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Canada.com
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An ancient ice shelf has cracked off northern Ellesmere Island, creating an enormous, 66- square-kilometre ice island and leaving a trail of icy blocks in its wake...
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CNN
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There's only one way to get to Qorsaya island -- a boat that ferries people back and forth all day.
Here, life is quiet and simple, and self-contained. Most locals make their living farming or fishing. And the 5,000 residents who call it home have live..
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BBC News
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A search for survivors is under way after a volcano erupted on a Yemeni island in the Red Sea, killing at least two people.
The western part of the tiny al-Tair island, used as a military base, collapsed following the eruption, the defence ministry sai..
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CNN
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A brown bear killed a tourist camping on an island off Russia's Far East coast on Thursday and was then shot by fellow campers, local police said.
Bears have come into increasing conflict with humans in remote regions of Russia as their natural habitat..
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Yahoo News
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Hotels and bars on Indonesia's resort island of Bali have been hit by an alcohol shortage due to an import problem, officials said Monday.
The tourism industry is worried that the shortages could impact the number of foreign visitors, said Djinaldi Gos..
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FOX News
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A mud-spewing fissure in the ocean floor has given birth to a tiny Caribbean island and is posing a threat to small boats.
The island, breaching a few inches above the ocean's surface and stretching 500 feet long, was discovered recently roughly five m..
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BBC News
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A Japanese island that was the scene of one of the fiercest battles of World War II has been renamed to reflect the wishes of its original inhabitants.
Iwo Jima has now become the island of Iwo To, as it was known before the war.
The battle of Iwo J..
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CNN
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International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war.
"We flew out of a cloud, and there they were. It..
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BBC News
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Two French tourists are missing after 1,600 passengers and crew were evacuated from a stricken cruise ship off the Greek island of Santorini.
A 45-year-old man and his daughter were reported missing by family members also on the cruise, officials said...
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CNN
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The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was on high alert on Wednesday as tropical Cyclone Becky, a category 2 storm with winds up to 170 kph (105 mph), brushed the island chain.
"We have issued a red alert as the cyclone passes," said Donald Manses..
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News.com.au
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AUSTRALIAN authorities have intercepted a Taiwan-flagged vessel suspected of illegal fishing near Lord Howe Island.
A Customs spokesman said the Shuen Man was boarded by personnel from a Customs boat on Thursday about 258 nautical miles north of Lord H..
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CNN
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A cyclone that swept across Madagascar last week killed at least 69 people and made tens of thousands homeless in the north of the Indian Ocean island, officials said on Friday.
Mudslides have buried whole villages, rivers have burst their banks and ro..
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