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Tommy Lee Jones puts polo ranch on the market
This week in celebrity real estate, Tommy Lee Jones lists his 50-acre polo ranch in Palm Beach, Fla., and Mary Louise Parker puts her Greenwich Village duplex on the market. Continue reading
A push for change in China as new leaders take the helm
YUANGUDUI, China (Reuters) – For Chen Qiuyang, the new Chinese leadership that formally takes over this month can radically improve her life by doing just one thing: providing running water in her village in a remote corner of the northwestern province of Gansu. “We have to carry water from the well on our shoulders several times day. It's exhausting,” Chen, who looked older than her 28 years, said in Yuangudui village, resting on a stool outside her home after completing another trip to the well Continue reading
Russia’s $50 billion gamble on 2014 Olympics
Russia’s ambitions for the ski village and other venues for the 2014 Winter Games are outsized in scale and ambition. Total investment is expected to exceed $50 billion, which would make it the most expensive games, summer or winter, ever staged. Continue reading
In Mali town, counter-insurgency task ties down French
GAO, Mali (Reuters) – By the slow-moving Niger River at Gao, the north Malian town retaken by French troops from Islamist rebels last month, men repair fishing nets beside beached pirogues, women wash pots and children splash naked in the muddy water. Continue reading
International Water Summit to Introduce the Sustainable Solutions Village
- Leading organisations to lend their expertise at the Sustainable Solutions Village, during the International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi (15-17 January 2013) – Case study and regional knowledge to … Continue reading
Flood Defences Pushed To Limit As More Rain Due
As the heavy rain shows no signs of easing, residents of one village are urged to evacuate amid fears flood defences could fail. Continue reading
Suffolk Light Aircraft Crash: One Person Dead
One person is killed after a light aircraft hits a tree and becomes submerged in a pond in the village of Aldham. Continue reading
Norfolk Shooting: Two Found Dead
Police are investigating after the bodies of a man and woman with gunshot wounds were discovered in a village near Cromer. Continue reading
Vietnam War-era mortar shell blast kills 4 kids
A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four children and seriously injuring five other people. Continue reading
Delirium Dive at Sunshine Village to Experience One of the Earliest Openings Ever / Internationally recognized freeride zone achieves second earliest opening to date
BANFF, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 11/21/12 — Editor’s Note: There is a photo associated with this release. Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort is poised to open one of the most recognized fr… Continue reading
