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In Chile, world's driest desert slakes thirst with fog
Edit The Times of India 02 May 2016
Every morning at dawn, a thick mist known as "The Darkness" blows in from the Pacific to the edge of the Atacama Desert, the most arid place in the world. After tantalizing the northern Chilean desert with the promise of moisture, the mist evaporates in the sun, leaving the heat to bake the stark lunar landscape ... The first fog harvester was installed in the desert in 1992 ... "We live in an extremely arid, desert climate......
Arizona rider injured and horse killed by lightning in Buckeye
Edit The Examiner 02 May 2016
... while they were riding across the open desert in Rainbow Valley, near the area of Airport and Arlington, on April 30....
Miller remains winless, Rox sweep Diamondbacks
Edit The Examiner 02 May 2016
The dilemma of Shelby Miller continues to mystify the Diamondbacks. The organization, while marveling at his physical abilities, wonders about his production. For his stay in the desert, Miller remains winless in six starts, and now draws questions about his acquisition ... “That’s not who we are ... In his strange odyssey in the desert, Miller, now 0-3 with an 8.49 ERA, seems to start out well, and then hit roadblocks in the middle innings ... ....
Jats come to court arrest change their minds
Edit The Times of India 02 May 2016
Chandigarh. The Jail Bharo Andolan call given by various Jat organizations evoked lukewarm response on Sunday ... But they changed their minds later ... In Jind, senior Jat leaders failed to turn up at the venue, which wore a deserted look with very few activists ... ....
Aerodrome police arrests accused involved in abduction of 12-year-old
Edit The Times of India 02 May 2016
Indore. Aerodrome police on Saturday night arrested the accused involved in the abduction of 12-year-old Anuj Parihar from Chota Bangarda area ... The accused kept roaming around the city with Anuj before taking him to Agar ... Vikas left Anuj lying in the deserted area and fled the scene ... ....
Silence engulfs function halls as ‘moodham’ sets in
Edit The Hindu 02 May 2016
. After playing host to a good number of marriages, the function halls in the city now wear a deserted look. From now on there would be no music, no serial lights, no flexis, no religious ceremonies and no razzle dazzle that are associated with Hindu marriages in the coming months, thanks to the onset of Sukra Moodham and lack of muhurtams in view of the approaching Krishna Pushkarams in August ... Jaya Durga said ... Sharma ... ....
Kejriwal has soft corner for Haryana, says Badal
Edit The Hindu 02 May 2016
Calling upon people to safeguard waters of the State, he claimed that plans were being made to turn Punjab into a desert, and added that if the farming sector was destroyed, the State would be crippled. The Congress and the AAP are both “enemies” of Punjab’s peace and prosperity and are charting plans to “rob” the State of its due share of water, he said ... -- PTI. ....
Ohio takes only small percent of unaccompanied minors
Edit Springfield News-Sun 02 May 2016
Yeser Escalante was 13 when he and his two younger sisters fled Guatemala amid a surge of other unaccompanied minors fleeing to the United States from poverty and violence in Central America. Three years after making that trek, including being stranded in the Arizona desert when their border-crossing guide abandoned them, Yeser and his sisters live with their mother in Butler County north of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio....
Why this town has a curfew every day
Edit The Times of India 02 May 2016
It's just 10.30am but 25-year-old Rohit Jain is lowering the shutters of his ceramics store before an undeclared curfew comes into effect. In Titlagarh, one of the country's hottest places, it's the unrelenting heat that keeps people at home these days. By 11 am, the roads are deserted and there is no sign of life in this western Odisha town, 450km from Bhubaneswar. "Only a fool will risk facing the burning sun ... ....
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