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Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders
GENEVA - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday.
Nations:Italy Nigeria India Brazil Mexico Switzerland Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Uproar over federal drilling leases next to parks
SALT LAKE CITY - The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge -- an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates -- could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-16
Fire-charred NM mountains fuel policy debate
TAJIQUE, N.M. - Nearly 30 years ago, a piece of property along a twisting dirt road in the heart of the Manzano Mountains caught Paul Davis' eye.
Nations:U.S. People:Pete Domenici Source:(AP)
2008-10-24
Searchers say all missing in Grand Canyon located
PHOENIX - Authorities say they have accounted for a handful of hikers who were missing after flooding struck a remote part of the Grand Canyon.
Source:(AP)
2008-08-19
11 missing after Grand Canyon flood: report
PHOENIX, Arizona (AFP) - Eleven hikers remained unaccounted for after flash flooding that deluged a remote Grand Canyon village on an Indian reservation, local media reported here Tuesday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-08-19
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