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| Benji Lanyado's guide to travel blogs |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 10:25 am |
| Tags: Travel, Taiwan, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Travel Writing, Paris, Argentina, South America |
| Separating the wheat from the chaff is a tricky business online. Benji Lanyado on some more of his favourite travel blogs. |
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| VENEZUELA - IRAN: Presidentes de Ir n y Venezuela sellan su alianza con proyecto petroqu mico |
| Published: July 3, 2007, 1:54 am |
| Tags: Russia, Onu, Nicaragua, Belarus, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Opep, Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chavez |
| Unidos como Bolivia y Nicaragua.El mandatario venezolano, que visit Rusia y Belar s antes de viajar a Teher n, pretende provocar a la Casa Blanca visitando pa ses cuyas relaciones con Washington son todo menos que amistosas.Este ha sido el tercer viaje de Ch vez a Ir n desde la elecci n de Ahmadinejad.Antes de su partida, prevista |
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| Hurricane Felix Makes Landfall in Nicaragua as Category 5 Storm |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 9:40 am |
| Tags: Natural Disasters, News, Nicaragua |
| Felix has come ashore in Nicaragua with brutal 160 mph winds. For the first time since 1886, two Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall in the same season. Hurricane Dean pounded Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as a Category 5 early in the morning on August 21st. The Associated Press reports on Felix: "The storm hit near the swampy |
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| eNergy STOCKS: Oil and gas stocks outpaced gains in the broader sector |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 6:49 pm |
| Tags: Opec, Statoil, Nicaragua, National Hurricane Center, Nymex, Norsk Hydro, Honduras, Hurricane, Energy Stocks, El Salvador |
| Energy stocks pack on solid gains. Tuesday as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Felix weakens, Henriette crosses land in Mexico |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 8:00 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Cyclones, Emergency Incidents, Weather, Cyclone, Storm, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua |
| As Hurricane Felix continues to lose strength, it is Mexico's turn to endure the latest hurricane of the season, Henriette. |
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| Double Trouble |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 7:00 am |
| Tags: Disasters, Nicaragua, Hurricane, Katrina, Rita |
| its funding obligations to Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch.Hurricanes swept ashore in Nicaragua and Mexico within hours of each other Tuesday, the first time Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes have made landfall on the same day since the National Hurricane Center began keeping records in the 1940s. Felix arrived first, punishing sparsely |
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| Hurricane Felix kills 38 on Nicaraguan coast |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 9:00 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Storm, Nicaragua |
| Hurricane Felix killed at least 38 people on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and more than 80 people were missing after the storm destroyed thousands of flimsy homes, the Government said. |
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| Death toll mounts as Felix hits Carribbean |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Storm, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Bodies of Miskito Indians killed by Hurricane Felix floated in the Caribbean off Central America and washed up on beaches, as the death toll from the storm rose to over 60. |
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| Felix death toll nears 100, officials say |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 6:44 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Storm, Nicaragua |
| Officials in Central America say the death toll from Hurricane Felix is approaching 100, with dozens of others have been reported missing. |
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| Felix |
| Published: September 8, 2007, 8:05 am |
| Tags: Disasters, Nicaragua, Ortega, Hurricane |
| the current President of Nicaragua. But they seem to have forgotten them now.Felix's dead wash ashorePUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua Bodies of Miskito Indians killed by Hurricane Felix floated in the Caribbean off Central America and washed up on beaches yesterday as the death toll from the storm rose to almost 100.And then the numbers |
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| Felix lll |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 5:55 am |
| Tags: Disasters, Castro, Nicaragua, Cuba, Felix, Ortega, Hurricane |
| that more than 100,000 Nicaraguans were directly affected by the storm and the country will need US$43.5 million ( 32 million) in aid over the next six monthsNicaraguan television reported that Canada offered US$1 million ( 730,000) to Central American countries affected by Felix, and 10,000 blankets for Nicaragua. Taiwan and Japan also |
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| Felix II |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 5:45 am |
| Tags: Climate Change, Global Warming, Nicaragua, Felix, Hurricane |
| Climate Change, hurricane, Nicaragua, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Felix, Hurricane Henriette,global warming, Ortega, |
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| UN appeals for Nicaragua aid following Hurricane Felix |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 8:40 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Cyclones, Emergency Incidents, Nicaragua |
| The United Nations has urged the international community to chip in $US39.2 million ($46.6 million) to help Nicaragua recover from Hurricane Felix, which struck earlier this month. |
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| UN calls on world to help Nicaragua rebuild |
| Published: September 15, 2007, 4:41 am |
| Tags: International Aid Trade, Disasters Accidents, Cyclones, Nicaragua |
| The United Nations has appealed for almost $48 million to help Nicaragua recover from Hurricane Felix. |
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| Shakira shares with shaken and soaked |
| Published: September 30, 2007, 7:43 am |
| Tags: Nicaragua, Shakira, Peru |
| As charitable donations go, forty million dollars is pretty hefty. That's how much Shakira (described by the Times of India as "the kind-hearted pop star") is handing to South America to help after the Peruvian earthquake and the Nicaraguan hurricane. |
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