No need to risk sea, Indian fishermen hit the road
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Indian fishermen still anxious about returning to the sea after the killer Indian Ocean tsunami have a safer alternative -- hit the road.
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Wild monkeys and Buddhist shrines outnumber any signs of industry, and rampaging elephants are not uncommon. The closest port lies seven hours away, down a rutted road.
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KANAIPUR, India  - Every morning 10-year-old Indian villager Nipa Haldar crosses a canal in a small boat and trudges along a mud road for 20 minutes to reach school, pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Residents fled coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, heeding hollow warnings of new tsunamis Thursday, as pilots in Indonesia dropped food to remote villages yet to be visited by outsiders four days after the region&#39;s quake-and
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PATTINACHERRY, India  - Chinnapillay no longer  dreams of her children leaving the family tradition of fishing  and getting what she considers a decent job.
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The road to this island on  Finland&#39;s western coast winds through pristine fields and  forests, an idyllic place for a cottage by the shore -- if you  ignore the heavy-duty power lines overhead.
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Put down the flute and keep your eyes on the road.
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PORT BLAIR, India: Rescuers were anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in India&#39;s Andaman and Nicobar islands today.
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SRINAGAR, Nov 6: India&#39;s Home Minister Shivraj Patil said here on Saturday that there were no restrictions on anyone wanting to travel (to Pakistan).
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU  TYRE, Lebanon - The fishermen in this southern Lebanese port city are back at work now that the Israeli sea embargo has been lifted.
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Boat fishermen who survived last weekend sitting ashore may find a very different picture after the remnants of Hurricane Ivan. Some managed to get out on Boston Harbor and Nantucket Sound.
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The first official road signs to warn drivers about the dangers of trusting their satellite navigation devices (satnavs) were introduced on Tuesday in a Welsh village.
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On the coast of the Japan Sea, two and a half hours by train from Kyoto, is the quiet fishing village of Mihama. Noted for its harbour and beautiful beaches, it draws tourists from all over the country.
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CAR NICOBAR, India -- Rescuers yesterday reached some of the last of India's remote Andaman and Nicobar villages, areas largely untouched by the modern world, where survivors have lived off coconuts since Sunday's tsunamis.
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The madness of the over-fishing of our oceans shows no signs of abating.
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RODRIGUES, Mauritius  - Louis Emanuel has been fishing off his tiny Indian Ocean island home for 23 years.
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A man is planning to walk to India without using money, relying on the goodwill of people along the way or working for bed and board, he said Wednesday.