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Breaking News Thu, 29 Jul 2010
Devotees being carried on ponies to the shrine of Hindu God 'Shiva' during the annual Amarnath Yatra (Pilgrimage), some 14 Km from Baltal in Indian-administered Kashmir on June 16, 2009,Some 600,000 pilgrims are expected to visit the holy Amarnath Cave this season where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a fallus and symbolising the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. The Lingam which forms naturally every year in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, measures 12 feet in height, the Shrine Board authorities said.
Kashmir   Photos   Religion   Weather   Wikipedia: Amarnath Temple  
Amarnath yatra suspended for the second day from Jammu
Amarnath yatra suspended for the second day from Jammu | Share ARTICLEURL | Authorities have suspended the Amarnath yatra from here for the second consecutive day on Thursday as a large number of pilg... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Deccan Chronicle

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Amarnath yatra suspended for the second day from Jammu
| Jammu: Authorities have suspended the Amarnath yatra from Jammu for the second consecutive day today as a large number of pilgrims were stranded at Baltal and Pahlagam camps due to inclement weather... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors at the site of plane crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan  on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Investigators seek clues to Pakistan air crash
ISLAMABAD ' Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraft's black box. | Investigators... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) Khaleej Times
Airline   Disasters   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft  
China's claims that its massive Three Gorges Dam can withstand the worst floods only seen every 10,000 years have lost mileage this week as the dam reached record higher water levers, with more torrential rains and typhoons expected in the country's worst flooding in a decade. Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped
| CHI-CHI ZHANG | Associated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) — Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Cheng Min, File) The Guardian
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China's claims that its massive Three Gorges Dam can withstand the worst floods only seen every 10,000 years have lost mileage this week as the dam reached record higher water levers, with more torrential rains and typhoons expected in the country's worst flooding in a decade. Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped
| CHI-CHI ZHANG | Associated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) — Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wedne... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Cheng Min, File) The Guardian
China   Floods   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: China floods  
Many parts of India receiving excessive rains in July.- Monsoon Excessive rain in Raichur district worries farmers
| Staff Correspondent | Plentiful:The irrigation tank at Buradipad village on the banks of the Krishna in Raichur taluk is overflowing owing to excessive rainfall. | Raic... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Hindu
India   Karnataka   Monsoon   Photos   Wikipedia: Raichur district  
Traces of an oil sheen float on the Gulf of Mexico five and a half miles south of the Louisiana coast Thursday, April 29, 2010. Vast oil slicks all but disappear in Gulf of Mexico
| LARA MARLOWE in Washington | THE FIERY explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 men on April 20th was followed by images of stricken wildlife, acrimoni... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky) Irish Times
Environment   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. Air traffic blunder may have caused crash that left 152 dead in Pakistan
| Pakistan is marking a national day of mourning after the largest plane crash in the country's history yesterday left no survivors. | Airblue flight 202 was carrying 152... (photo: AP / Irfan Haider) The Independent
Aviation   Disaster   Pakistan   Photos   wikipedia : Airblue Flight 202  
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001. The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
| The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a study that has documented for the first time a disturbing an... (photo: Creative Commons) The Independent
Conservation   Global Warming   Photos   Wikipedia: Phytoplankton   Wildlife  
Pigs  -  Piggery  -  Swine Raising Pampered pigs 'feel optimism'
| PIGS are capable of feeling optimism and pessimism, depending on their environment, a U.K. study revealed overnight. | Scientists from Newcastle University, in northern... (photo: WN / Trigedia) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Animal   Environment   Photos   Study   Wikipedia: Pig  
Saltwater Crocodile - Davao Crocodile Park - Davao City - Philippines Croc's sudden death a mystery
4:00 AM Thursday Jul 29, 2010 Email Print | Izzy the saltwater crocodile at the National Aquarium has died unexpectedly, well short of the 80 years the species can live t... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) NZ Herald
Animals   Environment   Nature   Photos   Wildlife  
Marine reef ecologist Scott Porter works to remove oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill off his hands, Monday, June 7, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Venice, La.. Containment Efforts Persist After Michigan Oil Leak
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Response crews were working Wednesday morning to contain an oil spill in southern Michigan that flowed into the Kalamazoo River, a major wat... (photo: AP / Eric Gay) The New York Times
Environment   Michigan   Oil Spill   Photos   Wikipedia: Lake Michigan  
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Devotees being carried on ponies to the shrine of Hindu God 'Shiva' during the annual Amarnath Yatra (Pilgrimage), some 14 Km from Baltal in Indian-administered Kashmir on June 16, 2009,Some 600,000 pilgrims are expected to visit the holy Amarnath Cave this season where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a fallus and symbolising the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. The Lingam which forms naturally every year in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, measures 12 feet in height, the Shrine Board authorities said.
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The Fleischbrcke (German for "Meat bridge") or Pegnitzbrcke ("Pegnitz Bridge") is a late Renaissance bridge in Nrnberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz in the center of the old town, linking the districts St. Sebald and St. Lorenz along the axis of the main market. The single-arch bridge was built between 1596 and 1598 and replaced an earlier mixed construction of stone and wood which had been repeatedly destroyed by flood.
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