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Philippines braces for Typhoon Haimi

Edit The Oklahoman 18 Oct 2016

Typhoon Haimi bore down on the Philippines Tuesday, with the country's northern island of Luzon bracing for strong winds and heavy rainfall that could trigger landslides in the mountainous region, forecasts say ... Sarika ... Typhoon Sarika crossed the archipelago north of Manila Sunday and has made landfall on the Chinese island of Hainan ... ....

Survive and thrive: Future planning crucial for native horse breeds

Edit Topix 17 Oct 2016

The Faroe Island horse, whose home is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, and 320km north-northwest of mainland Scotland. Promotion and economically viable breeding is the key to survival for rare and native horse breeds, a genetic expert says ... ....

Karangasem: Memories of East Bali’s Great Kingdom

Edit Indonesia News 17 Oct 2016

archipelago was ruled by many kingdoms with distinct territories, cultures, and political powers. Grace Susetyo visits the Royal Palace of Karangasem and talks to members of the royal family about the ... ....

Rats, disease, and climate change are threatening Hawaii's spectacular songbirds

Edit The Verge 17 Oct 2016

The ‘I’iwi belongs to a family of brightly colored songbirds called the Hawaiian honeycreepers, which are unique to the remote Hawaiian archipelago ... snails,... ....

Self-sufficient Scottish island for sale; comes with broadband and post office

Edit Treehugger 17 Oct 2016

The 760-acre getaway is complete with a stone schoolhouse and 9 traditional cottages all for $2.3 million (or in three cheaper lots) ... Tanera Mor is the main island of the Summer Isles, an idyllic archipelago a mile and a half off the northwest coast of Scotland near Ullapool ... (Although who doesn’t love windswept paths?) ... For remote workers (and everyone else, I suppose) there is a telephone exchange and … broadband ... ....

On Philippine isle torn by environmental destruction, research pinpoints ‘bull’s-eye’ of biodiversity (KU - The University of Kansas)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016

(Source. KU - The University of Kansas) ... The island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines has seen it all and more ... 'The Philippine archipelago is recognized as a globally significant conservation priority - a biodiversity hotspot,' he said ... The biodiversity is so high in this one pocket of northeast Mindanao, largely because the ranges of so many species in the archipelago overlap in this one area ... 'Giant U.S ... Photos, from top ... (noodl....

400 pounds of marijuana floating off the Florida Keys is a sign longstanding trafficking routes are still in use

Edit Business Insider 17 Oct 2016

Packets of cocaine seized by US Customs agents in Florida ... The drugs, collected in 15 separate incidents, were found floating at sea and washed up on shore ... Floating drug loads are not a new development for Florida ... That resurgence appeared to be spurred on by smaller, more flexible organizations making use of better navigation tools to augment their drug-transport operations in the expanse of the Bahamian archipelago ... Loading video... ....

How Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is shaking up the kingdom

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016

He has slashed the state budget, frozen government contracts and reduced the pay of civil employees, all part of drastic austerity measures as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is buffeted by low oil prices ... The Russian moved off the yacht the same day ... Tension at the Top ... U.S. officials, too, were put off when, just as the Yemen campaign was escalating, Salman took a vacation in the Maldives, the island archipelago off the coast of India....

photo: UN / Loey Felipe

Mohammed Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.

Rise of Prince Mohammed bin Salman rattles Saudi Arabia

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016

RIYADH. He has slashed the state budget, frozen government contracts and reduced the pay of civil employees, all part of drastic austerity measures as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is buffeted by low oil prices ... The Russian moved off the yacht the same day ... US officials, too, were put off when, just as the Yemen campaign was escalating, Salman took a vacation in the Maldives, the island archipelago off the coast of India ... A swift ascent....

AISI Expects Motorcycles Sales to Rebound in 2017

Edit Jakarta Globe 16 Oct 2016

The Indonesian Motorcycle Industry Association, or AISI, expects sales of two-wheelers in the archipelago to rebound next year on the back of a better economic outlook that would support customers purchasing power ... ....

Thousands flee as typhoon smashes into Philippines

Edit The Times of India 16 Oct 2016

MANILA. Typhoon Sarika smashed into the main Philippine island of Luzon early Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling power lines and forcing more than 12,000 people to flee to safer ground, officials said ... "Minor landslides were also reported as well as floods ... Marasigan also said 23 mountain climbers were rescued in the northern Philippines ... The Southeast Asian archipelago endures about 20 major storms each year, many of them deadly....

Thousands flee as Typhoon Sarika lashes Philippines

Edit Deccan Chronicle 16 Oct 2016

Manila. Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, flattening homes and toppling trees and power pylons as more than 12,000 people fled to safer ground, officials said ... "This was no ordinary typhoon," Bihasa added ... Some towns began sending people in shelters back to their homes as the danger passed ... The Southeast Asian archipelago endures about 20 major storms each year, many of them deadly ... ....

Grounded jet engines power Indonesia’s pearl paradise

Edit The Jakarta Post 16 Oct 2016

The turquoise, nutrient-rich waters off the coast of the Indonesian island of Lombok are perfect for growing pearls ... “We recently ordered casting equipment to help with our pearl production,” Se said ... This is not an unusual problem in Indonesia ... “Because of the archipelago, you need to have lots of microgrids,” said Matt Patterson, an Australian engineer who spent the summer setting up the units in Lombok ... ....

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