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In this Sunday, May 31, 2009 file photo, floodwaters flow to a lower area as villagers rebuild an embankment at Protap Nagar in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, about 176 kilometers (109 miles) southwest of Dhaka after Cyclone Aila. The low-lying delta nation of 153 million people is one of Asia's poorest countries, and one that faces extreme risks from rising sea levels. Pavel Rahman / AP Photo

Losing fight vs. climate change, locales around the world find ways to live with it

KARL RITTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BONN, Germany — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are... (more...)

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Emirates, Etihad and Qatar — Middle East airlines becoming household names as they link East and West

SCOTT MAYEROWITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Passengers wait to board an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft parked at the new Concourse... (more...)

Record one billion tourists took international trips in 2012, says UN report

VANCOUVER DESI The Indonesian resort island of Bali remains one of the most popular destinations in the Pacific region for... (more...)

Air India ranked among world’s least safest airlines

An Air India aeroplane lies on the runway after its nose wheel collapsed, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi,... (more...)

Members of the horseguards brigade fix their hats along the Processional Route to Buckingham Palace before the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton in London on April 29, 2011. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

TURBAN TURMOIL: Buckingham Palace guard given permission to ditch traditional bearskin hat

Members of the horseguards brigade fix their hats along the Processional Route to Buckingham Palace before the wedding of... (more...)

THE FUNNY SIDE: World’s first gay person found ?

The world’s first known gay person has reportedly been found. He lived 4,900 years ago. And there was I thinking the whole... (more...)

Message in a bottle plucked from sea after 98 years, setting new world record

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years, and now officials say a message in a bottle... (more...)

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