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Study sheds new light on extinction rates of species on islands - 01 Jan 2008
on the subject of extinction rates of species on islands, suggesting that diversity among animals on islands is on the rise. It's no secret that humans are having... decided to test that theory by studying the world's far-flung islands. 

State social welfare board chairpersons to meet in Andaman islands - 15 May 2013
Andaman and Nicobar, May 15 (ANI): A two-day conference of State Social Welfare Board Chairpersons begins today in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Lt Governor... this morning. This is the first time that such a conference is being held in the islands

Invasive plant species predate humans' arrival on Galapagos Islands - 01 Jan 2008
on the Galapagos Islands, which were thought to be invasive species brought...;The islands' 825 introduced species outnumber the 552 plants that are native to the islands. There are also 62 plant species classified as "doubtful natives

Arctic ice shelf splits, creating two huge ice islands - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 31 (ANI): Canadian scientists have revealed that part of the Arctic ice shelf has sheared off, creating two huge ice islands, all thanks to global... islands. According to a report in the Telegraph, together the two islands cover

Windies batsman fails drug test - 01 Jan 2008
London, Sept.19 (ANI): West Indies batsman Xavier Marshall has been dumped from the megabucks Stanford Twenty20 match after failing a drugs test.  Tonito Willett, another member of the Stanford SuperStars, was also axed for a doping

Sir Viv equates Brett Lee with yesteryear Windies icons - 01 Jan 2008
the intimidating Caribbean quartet of Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Michael Holding... some of the most frightening bowlers of all time in Malcolm Marshall, Joel

Air Force Chief calls for a self reliant Indian aerospace Industry - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, Sept 24 (ANI): Air Chief Marshall F. M. Major, PVSM, AVSM, SC, VM, ADC, called for an immediate need to develop a conducive environment facilitated..." will be held in Delhi from November 7-8 this year. The Air Chief Marshall

Grenada biggest mover in FIFA rankings - 14 May 2013
The Spice Boyz, crowned Windward Islands' football champions last month, climbed 20 spots to 121 in the global rankings and 16 in the Confederation of North... to the two victories in the Windward Islands Football Association (WIFA

First human settlers in America may have come from Europe - 01 Jan 2008
Islands of Northwest Indiana is lending support to evidence that the first humans... University's Dr. Ron Janke's research into the creation of Kankakee Sand Islands... began studying the origins of the Kankakee Sand Islands - a series of hundreds

Australian scientist plans to reveal, rewrite history behind ancient coins discovery - 19 May 2013
Washington, May 19 (ANI): An Australian scientist is planning an expedition to the Wessel islands in July and will revisit the location where five coins... a handful of coins in the sand during his stay at one of the islands and in 1979 he

Half of US coral reefs in 'poor' or 'fair' condition, says NOAA report - 01 Jan 2008
of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth... conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Navassa Island, southeast Florida, the Florida Keys, Flower Garden Banks, the Main Hawaiian Islands

Marine scientists find bizarre creatures in Australian reefs - 01 Jan 2008
Canberra, September 19 (ANI): A team of marine scientists has found hundreds of new lifeforms, which includes some bizarre creatures, on Lizard and Heron islands on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia. 

No tsunami alert sounded after Andaman quake - 01 Jan 2008
Port Blair, June 27 (ANI): The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has said that no tsunami alert has been issued after an earthquake measuring 6.7 at Richter scale hit Andaman Islands at 5:40 p.m. today. Electricity supply

Gran has Timberlake, Biel's wedding venue picked out - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 15 (ANI): While American pop singer Justin Timberlake has reportedly been eyeing islands as a venue for his marriage to actress Jessica Biel, his grandmother, Sadie Bomar, already has the perfect place picked out. Bomar

ILO to consider new guidelines on ship inspection - 16 Sep 2008
tonnage of ships. So far, Liberia, the Marshall Islands and the Bahamas have

Need to construct additional bases in Andamans, Laskshadweep: Antony - 14 May 2013
construction of additional bases was necessary in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands... infrastructure, especially in the islands, Antony said that construction of additional bases and naval air stations was necessary in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Million pound banknote to fetch ?40,000 at auction! - 01 Jan 2008
;The Treasury issued the note on August 30, 1948, in connection with the Marshall... Secretary of State George Marshall - the Marshall Aid Plan was the programme... of England watermarked paper. "It was issued in connection with the Marshall Aid

Japan protests over Chinese article challenging Okinawa island ownership - 10 May 2013
unresolved issue of the Ryukyu islands', as Okinawa is known.Okinawa is Japan's southern-most prefecture, comprising several islands, and is home to 1.4 million

Eminem sued for punching a man two years ago - 01 Jan 2008
the Daily Star. The singer, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Fergie to play prostitute in musical 'Nine' - 01 Jan 2008
Broadway musical, will be directed by Rob Marshall. (ANI) 

Moon meteor blast 'visible to naked eye on Earth', says NASA - 19 May 2013
of NASA's Lunar Impact Monitoring Program at Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville

Miss Britain army lass hopeful found 'catwalk scarier than Iraq' - 01 Jan 2008
, Ukraine, in October.  In second place was Miss Surrey, Chloe Marshall, 17... and sizes," Marshall said. Third place went to Miss Norwich, Jessica Linley, 18

New Manta Ray species discovered - 01 Jan 2008
species interacting on the same reef," said Andrea Marshall, a Ph.D candidate... the world's seas.  Though much of Marshall's time was spent underwater, she

Evaluation of damages to coastal eco-systems - 28 May 2008
in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the extent of 18%. Due to the effect of Tsunami... suggest that in Andaman Islands about 3850 ha of mangroves were lost, while.... Coral reefs were also damaged in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the extent

Russia to return Yinlong, Heixiazi Island to China - 01 Jan 2008
Island) and half of Heixiazi Island (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island). The islands... is collectively referred to as the Heixiazi Islands. After the 2004 agreement, the two sides spent three years delimitating the border around the islands

Roman refugees built Venice, reveals ancestor city - 01 Jan 2008
to choose for a leading world power, stretching across 118 small islands... is that Venice was founded on the islands by refugees from Roman cities... on the islands, using some of the stones from their city," he said. The newly

Legal battle set to erupt over Jimi Hendrix's shock sex video - 01 Jan 2008
by experts.  But the James Marshall Hendrix Foundation, founded by the star's

Hudson to join Kidman in musical 'Nine' - 01 Jan 2008
will be Rob Marshall, who was all praise for Hudson's skills as a singer

Tobey Maguire signs on for Universal's 'The Crusaders' - 01 Jan 2008
Legal Defense Fund head and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

Russell Brand roped in to host MTV Awards - 01 Jan 2008
landed a role in the sequel to his breakthrough US movie 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall

3-E strategy that brands use to maintain customer loyalty revealed - 10 May 2013
or service? According to a recent study from USC Marshall School of Business...-brand relationships," co-authored by USC Marshall's C. Whan Park, Joseph

Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to be "truly neutral" on Sino-Japanese territorial dispute - 18 May 2013
blamed Japan for creating the dispute and tensions over the Diaoyu Islands by taking the move to "nationalize" the islands last year, breaking a previous... had tranquility over these islands for many years, until the Japanese

Clownfish uses its nose to find its way home - 01 Jan 2008
preference for water collected from reefs that contained islands. The researchers... with islands on them should be targeted by reef management because they become (places) that people use, and there's usually a limited land area on islands, which

The 21st century Noah's Ark - 01 Jan 2008
;Sea levels are expected to rise 3ft by 2100, threatening islands, coastal areas

Cuba to hold international boxing tournament - 15 May 2013
, Brazil, Chile, the Cayman Islands, Canada, Kazakhstan, China, Jordan, Algeria

Timberlake hunting for 'perfect' ring for ladylove Biel? - 01 Jan 2008
reportedly eyeing many exotic islands as a venue for his marriage to Biel. (ANI) 

Timberlake orders 'thin' Biel to pig out on burgers, beer - 01 Jan 2008
;The '4 Minutes' singer is also reportedly eyeing many exotic islands as a venue

Lindsay Lohan sets her sights on Big Apple Dakota Penthouse - 01 Jan 2008
Islands in New York, as she intends to buy a penthouse in the city's famous

Meet the goldfish that has been swimming upside down for 5yrs - 01 Jan 2008
to the bottom," he added.  Fish expert Ian Marshall, 51, thinks that Horatio... throw a fish's balance right out," said Marshall, who runs a tropical fish shop

NASA takes major step toward building next generation launch vehicle - 01 Jan 2008
;The review was conducted at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama... at Marshall, "Identifying risks that can impact the project and resolving them

West Bengal and Bangladesh on Cyclone alert - 15 Nov 2007
Bengal-Bangladesh coast near the Sagar Islands by Friday. According to West... of Andaman Islands changed direction towards coastal areas of west Bengal

Climate change could destroy not only the future, but also the past - 01 Jan 2008
people working at a site in the Faroe Islands, where there is evidence... in this country in places like the Orkney islands, with remains from

New species of Pacific Iguana discovered in Fiji - 01 Jan 2008
of the mitochondrial DNA of 61 iguanas from 13 islands. The study shows the B. bulabula..." to the Fijian islands somewhere between 13 to 14 million years ago. The analysis

Aronian upsets Anand - 18 Feb 2008
facing checkmate. Aronian chose his favourite Marshall's attack over

National Hockey: Karnataka get past Jharkhand - 13 May 2013
chances. Md. Nayeemuddin, Boney Marshall and Kush muffed two scoring chances

Muppet Show to make TV comeback after 27 years - 01 Jan 2008
or Comedy Series.  In the movie, written by Forgetting Sarah Marshall star

Massive Moon explosion captured on NASA video - 21 May 2013
has detected more than 300 strikes.Ron Suggs, an analyst at the Marshall Space

Brits taking to 'staycations' to save money - 01 Jan 2008
of the limited amount of accommodation in the islands, people tend to book a year in advance. We have four campsites in the islands and they are fully booked... to the islands and they are trying to save elsewhere." (ANI) 

Barbados to host historic contest for shooting supremacy - 10 May 2013
Britain competing against teams from Australia, Canada, the Channel Islands

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens turn starry eyed on the beach - 01 Jan 2008
on their holidays on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean, and later splashing around

Mills getting private business lessons from Branson - 01 Jan 2008
at Necker Island, Branson's British Virgin Islands retreat.  She is also said

Bangladesh's landmass is growing because of sediment dumped by rivers - 01 Jan 2008
, attaching itself to river banks, or even creating new islands.  According

Subsidised grain for non-poor families to continue - 16 May 2013
and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh and UTs of Lakshdweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Edwards promised Hunter they'd be together after wife's death, says report - 01 Jan 2008
to the Virgin Islands on a chartered jet. According to the Enquirer

Remote Australia edging towards 'failed state' - 01 Jan 2008
in remote Australia fits the criteria of failed states like the Solomon Islands

Flood situation remains grim in Gujarat - 01 Jan 2008
have turned into virtual islands making movement difficult. Atleast ten

Tottenham to play in the Bahamas for the first time - 22 May 2013
across the islands," said Anton Sealy, president of the Bahamas Football

Soon, a tsunami invisibility cloak to protect off-shore platforms from destruction - 01 Jan 2008
islands, effectively invisible to tsunamis.  If the scheme works as well

Penguin decline sounds bell for potentially catastrophic changes in world's oceans - 01 Jan 2008
of Galapagos Islands penguins, the only species with a range that extends... species in Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the Falklands Islands

Climate changes may have promoted the formation of new species in the Amazon - 01 Jan 2008
regions nearby, like the slopes of the Andes mountains, to become like islands... "islands." According to the study, the genetic evidence was consistent with both

China-India's large potential makes West anxious: Daily - 20 May 2013
Islands disputes with Japan and some other disputed islands in the South China Sea

First two years of child crucial for IQ development: Study - 26 Dec 2007
. Marshall of University of Maryland, College Park, Anna T. Smyke of Temple University

Antony pays tribute to Field Marshal Manekshaw - 01 Jan 2008
for this Field Marshall. Other things we will consider collectively." Most

When it comes to negotiating, men and women change gender stereotype - 01 Jan 2008
of Southern California 's Marshall School of Business assigned 190 MBA students to same

Sun's freckles have virtually disappeared! - 01 Jan 2008
to David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama

Chennai Superstars crowned ICL Twenty20 champs - 17 Dec 2007
Hamish Marshall in the same manner to finish his first spell. Shabbir achieved his... already dismissed Hamish Marshall earlier in the last ball of third over and claimed... c Read b Shabbir Ahmed 4, Hamish Marshall c Read b Shabbir Ahmed 3, T.P. Singh c

Antony keen on implementing in time second phase of Coastal Security Plan - 14 May 2013
in the islands, Antony said: "The construction of additional bases and naval air stations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands is necessary

Sundarbans to come as a global tourist destination - 03 Mar 2008
as several islands are swallowed up by the sea in the recent past. The Planning..., several islands have sunk into the sea losing several square kilometers

111 awardees honoured for excellence in agricultural research - 01 Jan 2008
and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The research work in the NEH region pertains to Mithun and that in Andaman and Nicobar Islands to enhancing productivity of home

Isthmus of Panama formed as result of plate tectonics - 01 Jan 2008
formed by rising and subsiding ocean levels or existing as a string of islands... that convincingly suggests Central America was a peninsula and not a group of islands. 

Japan has many attractions for foreign tourists - 21 May 2013
of contemporary art spread out and interlaced with the numerous islands dotting Japan's... on the twelve islands and around the ports of Takamatsu. Some of the artworks

Artificial meteorite shows Martian impactors may carry traces of life - 01 Jan 2008
and a 370 million year sample of mudstone from the Orkney Islands containing... the Orkney Islands, also survived, as did some of the biomolecules.  The rocks

ICL challenges Indo-Pak Test series with old warhorses - 29 Nov 2007
, Nicky Boje, Vikram Solanki, Paul Nixon, Hamish Marshall, Andrew Hall and Daryl

Mumbai get past fighting Jharkhand - 11 May 2013
. Boney Marshall was the main culprit muffing at least three open chances.In

Fish respiration may help detect environmental contamination - 01 Jan 2008
, which are sensitive to contaminants and stressful conditions.  Marshall

Residents of Majuli Island get a speed boat - 10 May 2013
Majuli island, May 10 (ANI): For the residents of Majuli Island, ferries are the only means of transportation. Now, the people of the island have got a speed boat to facilitate commuting. Majuli, one of the largest river islands

Seal of 400-year-old Elizabethan cannon broken by archaeologists - 01 Jan 2008
the Channel Islands and will use it to determine the power that this revolution

Global warming will allow several 'pests' to invade vulnerable Australian ecosystems - 01 Jan 2008
on islands and in other vulnerable areas, and ensure the national Weed Spread

Fishermen should be part of coastal security: Antony - 15 May 2013
and 10 on islands) would help in identifying and monitoring maritime traffic.He

CPI activists protest killing of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy - 01 Jan 2008
are allowed to rest, fish and dry their nets on the islands. The agreement was amended

Marine snails can adapt their shells to defend against predators - 01 Jan 2008
-in the San Juan Islands, Washington.  He reared wild-caught baby snails

Scientists turn to elephant seals for study of warming Antarctic seas - 01 Jan 2008
, an extremely strong, waterproof glue. Elephant seals breed on Antarctic islands

More Indians want to indulge in adventure sports: Survey - 17 May 2013
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) An ever-increasing number of Indians want to indulge in adventure tourism but are deterred by high costs and lack of trust in operators managing such activities in the country, a survey revealed Friday.

Cemetery expansion in Malta leads to discovery of Bronze Age remains - 01 Jan 2008
the Maltese Islands. The Bronze Age was characterized by practices that were

5 militants killed in an encounter in Manipur - 01 Jan 2008
they had built in one of the lake's in many small islands, a defence spokesman

Branson's paradise island only place for Heather Mills to 'escape the hate' - 01 Jan 2008
paradise in the British Virgin Islands, in order to "escape the hate". And she

National Federation Party ready for 2014 Fiji elections - 21 May 2013
, with the country being suspended by the Pacific Islands Forum

Flash floods continue to stall life in various parts of India - 01 Jan 2008
and many places have turned into virtual islands making movement difficult

Fire officials rescue stranded passengers in Gujarat - 01 Jan 2008
places have turned into virtual islands making movement difficult. The fire

Authorities gear up to rescue flood-affected in Gujarat - 01 Jan 2008
into virtual islands making movement difficult. The local administration

Fresh Tsunami alert in Indonesia; India too vigilant - 13 Sep 2007
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration to closely watch the situation

India develops the most modern tsunami alert system - 16 Oct 2007
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Hence the importance of a Tsunami Alert System

Re-purposed Malaysian folk medication reduces resistance to chemotherapy - 01 Jan 2008
and some Pacific islands. It has been used in Malaysian folk medicine for generations

Antarctic Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread - 01 Jan 2008
Peninsula that is connected to Charcot and Latady Islands, had been stable

Typhoons bury a massive amount of carbon in the oceans - 01 Jan 2008
is buried offshore of mountainous islands such as Taiwan could help scientists make

America's first visitors may not have been from Polynesia, suggests new study - 01 Jan 2008
it to chickens living on Pacific islands from the same time period.  

Wild elephant seals to track changes in temperature of Antarctic seas - 01 Jan 2008
glue. Elephant seals breed on Antarctic islands, but forage for food

Rising seas may devour Britain's famous coastal landmarks - 01 Jan 2008
Islands off the Northumberland coast; the shingle spit of East Head

'Hobbits' were actually modern, normal-sized hunters and gatherers - 01 Jan 2008
in isolation and suffered from insular dwarfism on the islands 1,000 to 3,000 years ago

Neanderthals were the victors in head-to-head combat with mammoths - 01 Jan 2008
;At the English Channel Islands, for example, 18 woolly mammoths and five woolly rhinoceroses