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“By the time I got to him, I didn't know if he was dead or alive for an hour”

What was supposed to be a dream trip turned into a continuing nightmare for a Tillsonburg man. via Tillsonburg Independent News

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What connects the deputy-chairman of the Conservative Party with Hugo Chvez? MICHAEL ASHCROFT is a powerful man. via The Economist

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Fares start at $298 round-trip, and destinations include Athens, London, San Jose, and Santo Domingo. via SmarterTravel

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During the workshop, works from other Caribbean writers were highlighted by the Governor General, as well as his own. via San Pedro Sun

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It's rare to hear a tropical island-dweller praise hurricanes, so Leigh and I listen up when Carlos Miller starts to explain how the periodic storms help sustain the mangrove-coral ecosystem of Cockroach Caye. via Summit Daily News

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“Unlimited industrialisation is the drug of planet Earth, and capitalism is synonymous with death”

The presidential summit on "Food for Life", held in Nicaragua, has ended with 16 Latin American countries agreeing to produce more food and sell it at low prices through strategic alliances, amid criticisms of ... via Inter Press Service

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“You climb into an inner tube and wear a helmet with a light attached as you float in the pitch black cave”

THE GIRL IS wearing an ugly brown Egyptian abaya. It is so large that her body appears as a lump underneath. via Contra Costa Times

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“Keep your eyes open and your hands out of the water”

Every place, a writer once said, is a unique place if it be truly known. That's easily true of Belize, where my wife and I passed the better part of a week not long ago. via Slam Sports

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“One of the best parts of my job is watching the look of sheer joy, discovery, and amazement on the faces of our guests as they finish their first snorkeling experience”

Who hasn't fantasized about jetting off to an ultraluxe private isle, like Turtle Island in Fiji, where a staff of 100 caters to the whims of just 28 guests? Or swooned with envy over gossipy guest reports from ... via Travel & Leisure

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The Most Rev Lawrence Burke, then archbishop of Kingston, speaks to Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his wife, Lorna, while leaving the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston after the Liturgy of the Eucharist in ... via Jamaica Gleaner

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