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Stand up to Russia
It took the Red Army -- excuse me, the Russian army -- only two days to secure Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Now Russia is pressing its attacks into the heart of Georgia, threatening to cut the major east-west highway and vital oil pipeline. Moscow's...Tags: Crimes, Armed Forces, Estonia, Politics, Democracy
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Geoquiz: Which Scandinavian country does not have a coastline on the Baltic Sea?
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Facts about Northern Europe
About Northern Europe The following countries are located in the geographical area called Northern Europe: Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Many of these countries...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Levi Strauss & Co., Finland, Denmark, Estonia
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No sign of more resistant anthrax
Sun StaffU.S. health officials say it was probably Kathy Nguyen's delay in seeking treatment - and not any new, more antibiotic-resistant strain of anthrax - that prevented doctors from saving the New York hospital worker's life. Nguyen, 61, was already gravely...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, New York City, Maryland
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Feeding the world, poisoning the planet
Sun StaffFirst of five articles AASEN, Netherlands -- Leopold Hendrick admits a visitor through the locked doors of the world's first bureaucracy dedicated to tracking and taxing animal waste, a kind of manure IRS. The government administrator apologizes for...Tags: Coral Reefs, Stanford University, Rivers, Natural Resources, Demographics
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Part 1: Havana trip was so close, yet so far
Travel EditorThe carcass of the city was laid out under a leaden sky. Houses and apartment towers fused into a brittle, deteriorating mass, a petrified settlement. A few moppish trees were all that subverted the grid of peeling surfaces and darkened windows. Some...Tags: McDonald's, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Eyewear, Entertainment, Havana (Cuba)
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Rivalry Brews in Russia's Backyard
Times Staff WriterThe Cold War may be over, but U.S. and Russian soldiers are expanding outposts in this mountainous former Soviet republic about 3,200 miles east of NATO headquarters in Brussels and nearly 2,000 miles from Moscow. The U.S. opened its base three years ago...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, History, Freedom of the Press, John McCain, Asia
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Denmark, but Different
Special To The TimesOn a recent trip to this country of warm welcomes, I had barely unpacked in Copenhagen when a young Danish friend, Frank Engelbrecht-Jensen, called to greet me in one breath and ask me in the next whether I would like to join him on a three-day, head-...Tags: Crimes, Arts and Culture, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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In Tallinn, Celebrating Medieval Times
Street vendors' cries, colored banners flying, footsteps hurrying across cobblestones, a Babel of foreign tongues, merchants hanging woolens under the town wall. These were the sights and sounds of Tallinn 700 years ago--and they still are.
Since Estonia...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Festive Events, Gaming, Entertainment, The Happiest News!
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Stretching the dollar across the Atlantic
Times Staff WriterBig BEN keeps telling time, the Eiffel Tower sparkles with colored lights every night, and Europe is still the most popular destination for Americans going abroad, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. One important factor, however, has changed:...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, New York, Tour Operations Industry, Business Trips, International Military Interventions
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Across globe, algae blooms spread disease and death
Sun StaffHELSINKI, Finland -- Along the seacoast here, vacationing families keep their dogs away from the water some summers. If the animals drink it, they could die. Along the sugar-sand beaches of Florida's Panhandle, the bodies of 115 dead dolphins wash up....Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Illnesses, Seizures, Wildlife
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Sea grasses vanish, marine life in peril
Sun StaffThird of five articles PUCK BAY, Poland -- Between untangling gill nets and wrestling wooden boxes of flounder and turbot onto the dock, Derc Brunon tells his story -- more and more the story of fishermen all around Europe and the world. His is the...Tags: Building Material, Rivers, Natural Resources, Seafood, Maryland
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