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Double-Tongued Word Wrester Citatio (Free subscription) | 02/22/2009
He was first investigated 20 years ago when he became a subject of a joint Scotland Yard-FBI investigation into so-called “brass-plate” banks on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The investigation was set up after the tiny island, with a population of fewer than 13,000 people, had been targeted by criminals who set up more than 300 banks and rapidly found itself at the centre of a worldwide...
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Wordblog (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
At the end of October I suggested the mainstream media was not paying sufficient attention to Allen Stanford and his offshore bank. It was, at that time, a relevant British story because he was using millions to buy influence in the world of cricket. The attitude seemed rather like that of the desperate depositor outside the [...]
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 02/13/2009
I stayed at Chelita's with Estelita and Rosita last night. I planned to take a bus to school and I got on one that would take me around la Presa de la Olla before heading towards el centro not realizing that the bus driver would soon stop to take a 20 min break after I rode for a little bit I thought they only did this on weekends not during the morning commute. The view of the neighborh
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 02/03/2009
Bank at 8am to making a deposit. Classes and walk around some more visit a university. Montserrat. Bar and then club in the evening for Fede's birthday. Open bar at 8 pesos less than 3 dollars
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Fresh Bilge (Free subscription) | 01/31/2009
When a fellow named William Stephens flew toward Montserrat, this is what he saw. Last November I viewed this coastline from the deck of a liner, a hundred feet above the sea, passing in moonlight. I shall never forget it. Ashore, Stephens somehow got into a place where no one should venture — a place [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
Image 1: This is a lethal pyroclastic flow and surge in progress at Mt. Merapi, Indonesia. Credit: M. Mongin, Penn StateImage 2: This is a map of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, indicating the potential hazards given differing volumes of material in the pyroclastic flow. Credit: Barry Voight, Christina Widiwijiyanti; Penn StateImage 3: This is a view of Mt. Merapi, Indonesia, during a pyroclastic...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/15/2009
MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During the on-going volcanic eruptions from the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Disaster Management Coordinating Agency (DMCA) has been using
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National Geographic (Free subscription) | 01/15/2009
Residents of the Caribbean island of Montserrat call one of their edible frog species mountain chicken, but this edible amphibian is now endangered, conservationists say.
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The Sun (Free subscription) | 01/14/2009
A LIST of gifts given to Charles and Camilla has been made public and includes SAND
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
MonteserratItrsquos Friday already. I stopped by Casa Batll first thing. We had lunch with the school and ate tapas with wine and vin chaud. It was 3p by the time lunch ended so it was perfect to walk around Barri Gotic and city center. That night I went to a bar for a live flamenco show. Oh man the guitar was amazing. Playing so effortlessly but definitely sounded like it would take a
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HillBuzz (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
1620 - Countess Elizabeth Bathory’s crimes are discovered (but Bathory’s transition team later issues report that neither she nor anyone on her staff were involved in anything improper, so the whole thing is dropped) 1620 - Pilgrims land at what becomes New Plymouth, Massachusetts 1776 - British are defeated at Battle of Trenton (mainly because they and [...]
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FC Barcelona news (Free subscription) | 12/25/2008
What you see here is my backyard. Outside, it’s about 1 degree. That’s F, not C for you folks doing the Celsius conversion in your heads. That white stuff, for the uninformed, is snow. Lots of it. About 14 inches deep where yours truly hasn’t routed out a path to the street. The word you’re [...]
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Precious Kingdoms (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
The Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat has been erupting since 1995 and has rendered almost two-thirds of the island uninhabitable, including the former capital of Plymouth. (Photo: Greg Scott, Caribbean Helicopters) BRADES, Montserrat, December 23, 2008 - Disaster preparedness officials in Montserrat have raised the hazard level of the Soufriere Hills Volcano following steadily increasing...
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opera | 11/02/2007
Montserrat Caballe' : The best Singers of the new generation are Russian Anna Netrebko and Lithuanian Violeta Urmana - These are The Big Voices today ! Echo Klassik Munich october 19, 2007
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