Search Results for 'Island'

Artificial island could be solution for rising Pacific sea l...

Sea levels are rising so fast that the tiny Pacific state of Kiribati is seriously considering moving its 100,000 people on to artificial islands. In a speech to the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum this week, President Anote Tong said rad [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Survivors of Norway massacre return to Utoya island

Over 750 people – survivors and their families – made the painful journey back to Utoya for the first time since the atrocity, when right wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 young activists at a political summer ca [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Island detention centre operator blasted by union

THE private company that runs the Christmas Island detention centre should be stripped of its contract, and control of the network returned to the Commonwealth, says the union representing the centre's workers. The head of the Chri [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Staten Island Yankees take aim at NY-Penn title

It seems every time the Staten Island Yankees win the McNamara Division of the New York-Penn League, the Brooklyn Cyclones are waiting for them in the playoffs — and vice versa. The local rivals were feeling each other out Saturd [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Rogue floating island towed back to shore

A rogue floating island that broke free of it's moorings a few weeks ago was pulled back to shore on Monday. We visited Prairie Lake near Cameron to watch the progress. The tow job was being done by S & R Towing and started about 6 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Norway Massacre Families In Island Visit

Families of the 69 Norwegian youngsters killed by Anders Behring Breivik will today visit the island where the massacre took place. Police and psychiatrists will be an attendance to offer support for the hundreds of people expected to pay [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Island escape is Vietnam's best-kept secret

In the milliseconds it takes to fall from a motor scooter at 50km/h onto a dusty, dirt road, time slows down – like you're in The Matrix - until it clicks back into real time with a thud and a whimper as you hit the ground. And [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Channel Islands stabbing victims mourned

A 30-year-old Polish man has been arrested over the deaths on the island of Jersey, near the coast of France. His wife, two children and father-in-law are thought to be among the dead. The other two people killed [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Snow hits South Island

Snow has started to settle in Te Anau, but Cantabrians will have to endure an evening of hail storms before the snow reaches the city late tonight. Blue Skies Weather forecaster Tony Trewinnard said snow was unlikely to fall in Canterbury [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Fire cuts short F, Q lines in Coney Island

Beach-goers beware: subway service will be spotty in Coney Island on Saturday. A fire broke out on the roof of a signal room near the West 8th Street station on Friday evening, shutting down service on the F and Q lines. MTA spokeswo [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Another boatload lands on the island

A LARGE wooden boat crowded with 100 asylum seekers, legs hanging off its bow and crammed under a stretched tarpaulin, chugged past the Bosun pub and belched diesel into Flying Fish Cove as people smugglers again ignored the federal gover [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Gabriola Island stabbing victim back from the brink

Eighteen-year-old Trevor Schwartz was technically dead when he was found lying in a home on Gabriola Island Wednesday evening, according to his sister Amy. He woke up for the first time on Monday, and can now recognize family members and [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Vancouver Island: Trailer for 'The Whale' surfaces

A few months before their unfortunate marital split, Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson announced an exciting collaboration to help bring the heartwarming tale of an orphaned orca whale to the big screen.Called "The Whale," th [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Ex-Navy officer abused kids on Pacific island

A former Royal Australian Navy lieutenant has been found guilty of sexually abusing children in the Republic of Kiribati, north of Fiji. Johannes Zweerus Van Der Zyden, 64, faced a Brisbane Supreme Court trial accused of eight counts of s [...]