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• Koreas – US says it s open to North Korea visit (Gulf Times)

  
  Global News Blog Headlines — Authority: 533
  US says it s open to North Korea visit (Gulf Times) The US has said it is open to sending an envoy to Pyongyang but insisted that North Korea prove it is serious about giving up nuclear weapons for good. Inter-Korean economic co-op restricted by nuclear issue (People’s Daily) South Korean President Lee [...]
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• Outsourcing Art

  
  Sociological Images — Authority: 709
  Peter Hessler, at the New Yorker , discusses the practice of outsourcing art to China . According to Hessler, Chinese people, mostly from the countryside, are trained to paint copies of photographs or paintings en masse and those paintings are sold to tourists elsewhere in the world. Painters pose in their ...
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• NATAP: pharmatimes reports merck/schering merger (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 125
  Larger Merck says merger will actually increase R&D efficiency pharmatimes.com 05 November 2009 The new Merck & Co has opened its doors for business, and the company has been laying out its plans for future growth now that Schering-Plough has been added to the group. Chief executive Richard Clark ...
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• Powerful Quake Strikes Fiji

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 434
  Another powerful earthquake strikes Fiji – more intense seismic activity could occur in the region this yearA powerful quake measuring up to 7.3 Mw struck Fiji at 17.212°S, 178.413°E or about 100 km north of the capital, Suva and at a depth of 585 km on Monday, November 09, 2009 at 10:45 UTC.The mainshock was [...]
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• Amaral Signs With Hamptons Collegiate Baseball

  
  Summer Ball — Authority: 440
  The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League is comprised of 12 teams, that make up the Wolff Division and the Kaiser Division. Hamptons Collegiate Baseball is a subsidiary of the ACBL, and its teams make up the Kaiser Division. Ive been informed that Blake Amaral from Hawaii Pacific University has signed to play for the ...
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• Britney Spears Keeps Her Head Up and Tour Going in Australia

  
  PopSugar — Authority: 732
  Britney Spears spent her weekend in Australia after kicking off her Circus tour Friday in Perth. She headed out of her hotel in the city on Saturday, before shes off to make her way to Melbourne for Wednesdays performance. Things apparently got off to a rocky start, as a few government officials contemplated new ...
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• Strong quake rocks Fiji islands

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Fiji islands in the Pacific ocean Monday, the National Seismological Network of China said.The quake occurred at 6.44 p.m., and the epicentre was located at 17.1 degrees south latitude and 178.5 degrees east longitude at a depth of ...
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• American Samoa Community College Interns Produce Sea Cucumber Br...

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 153
  The Pacific Islands Region, through the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, helped to support five student interns at the American Samoa Community College in 2008.
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• Nine executed over Xinjiang riots

  
  Blog :: rhinestonetshirts.com — Authority: 163
  China executes nine people who had been convicted over deadly ethnic riots in Xinjiang region, officials say.
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• Top 30 Places to go in 2009

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 130
  LAOSVietnam and Cambodia are so 2008. Now, Laos is shaping up to be Indochina’s next hot spot. Ancient sites like the Wat Phou temple complex and the capital city of Vientiane are drawing culture seekers. Luxury teak houseboats are cruising down the Mekong. And global nomads are heading to Luang Prabang to sample ...
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• Island Business: Officials Make Strong Stand.

  
  Stuck in Fiji M.U.D — Authority: 106
  OFFICIALS MAKE STRONG STAND Laisa Taga, Islands Business Group Editor in Chief Mon, 9 Nov 2009 Are the islands government officials now finally waking up to the fact that they have been for so long dancing to the tune of Australia and New Zealand? That Australia particularly has been dictating the shots? ...
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• BREAKING: Revised Magnitude, 7.1 Earthquake Fiji Islands

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 444
  Received 12.08am NZTime, Tues 10 Nov.Note: A tsunami was not generated based on depth of earthquake.AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERSORIGIN TIME – 1045Z 09 NOV 2009COORDINATES – 17.2 SOUTH 178.6 EASTDEPTH – 565 KMLOCATION – FIJI ISLANDSMAGNITUDE – 7.1EVALUATIONA DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI ...
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• BREAKING: 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Fiji Islands

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 444
  Notice received at 11:55pm(NZ Time), Monday 9th Nov.A destructive tsunami was not generated according to PTWC data.TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWSISSUED AT 1054Z 09 NOV 2009THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ...
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• Solar Thermal Warms Hot Lava Pool in Hawaii

  
  Home Design Find — Authority: 121
  Here’s an original idea. The Hawaiian pool builder PacificGunite makes molds of real lava into poolside decking, then incorporates passive solar thermal heating elements into the thermal mass created by the concrete to soak up the heat of the sun and transfer it into the pool. Passive solar thermal is the best ...
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• Bigfoot sightings in OC? – OCRegister

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 455
  Bigfoot sightings in OC?OCRegisterAnd Keiths thoughts turned, naturally, to Bigfoot. Most Bigfoot sightings occur in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Washington. …read the full article
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• Gay Getaway - The South Pacific Now Invites You

  
  Guide To A Great Vacation — Authority: 140
  The south pacific is an area with strong conservative view points. Due to the conservative nature of most of the islands and high religious influences gay and lesbian travellers have not always been welcomed with open arms. However this is changing due to more private resorts opening and generally more consumer ...
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• Abu Dhabi International Airport receives New Airport Development of the Year Award

  
  PlaneTalking.com — Authority: 142
  Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) received the ‘New Airport Development’ award, during a Gala Dinner that took place at the prestigious Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation Awards for Excellence (CAPA) in Beijing, China.
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• Qatar Airways unveils Corporate Travel page on website for business passengers

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 438
  Qatar Airways has introduced a new section to its website qatarairways.com/corporate to allow the airline’s corporate customers easier access to relevant functions related to their travel needs.The... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
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• Asia Pacific Search Volume Reaches Record Level in September

  
  Ad Operations Online — Authority: 483
  Local Players and Global Brands Compete for Top Spots across Markets Singapore City, Singapore – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released its latest report on search activity in the Asia-Pacific region based on data from its qSearch service. The study found that 38.6 billion ...
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• rebecca roberts, top of the nation (NPR) interviews new US drug czar gil kerlikowske (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 125
  Drug Policy Changes Under New Director Talk of the Nation The Department of Justice will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. Some reform advocates hope the move means decriminalization of pot may be in the works. Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks about the direction of U.S. ...
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