Not all is well in paradise
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The US$323-million deal announced by SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby) on Wednesday may secured the financial future of Southern Hemisphere rugby for the next five years, but New Zealand players have already question the extra
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By Patrick Donohue, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Jun. 9--DESTIN -- Absent even a mild tropical storm, inclement weather is still hitting Destin's charter boat captains where it hurts--their wallets.
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Last week six Pitcairn leaders were convicted of sexual abuse against girls as young as five. Ian Ball, who spent a month on the island with his family, recalls the dawning that all was not as it seemed in the South Seas paradise.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka -- Kegalle Panangarama, a Buddhist monk and community leader, expressed frustration as he outlined the obstacles plaguing local recovery efforts in his tsunami-wrecked region.
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Of the 12 million tourists who visited Thailand this year, many headed straight to the gems of the south to soak up the sun along tropical beaches, dive on spectacular coral reefs and indulge in a languid, sometimes lascivious, lifestyle. Now, they're scurrying away in droves, reeling from a disaster of epic proportions which left five-star resorts and &#36;3-a-night bungalows in ruins and polluted the air with the smell of rotting corpses.
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When I first visited the Galapagos Islands Marine Reserve, I expected to see an untouched paradise. While it is still beautiful to the naked eye, behind the scenes, all is not well. While there, I learned that the famous sharks of the Galapagos were under siege for their fins.
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As curses go, the one that haunts this fortunate isle, Australia, isn't quite in the same league with the recently bleeped "Curse of the Bambino."
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It may take a lot of frequent-flier miles, a penchant for cold places, a tolerance of taxes and regular doses of chocolate, but happiness could be within reach. However, it's not where most people might expect.
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AMONG the stories of separation and heartbreak, narrow escapes and emotional reunions recounted by Australians at the popular Thai holiday destination of Phuket was also the bizarre.
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By Glenn Garvin, The Miami Herald  Sep.
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By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop  Development is not always a one-way process of environmental destruction.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii -- There was a limited field, but an unlimited amount of drama. It's as good a way as any to explain what unfolded in yesterday's final round of the Mercedes Championships on the island of Maui. Oh, the Plantation Course was enveloped in a trio of conditions rarely seen here -- rain, clouds, cool temperatures -- but so, ...
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Vacationers trickling into the Sri Lanka&#39;s capital say local towns are struggling to cope with the devastation. By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. â Itâs rarely a good sign whe
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OPORTO, Portugal For those who traveled here to see Jose Mourinho&#39;s new team add to his old team&#39;s misery, it did not quite work out as planned.
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The devastation wrought by nature can be terrible. However, it can be made much worse by humans-by both our activity and inactivity.
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By Rosli Zakaria; Elizabeth John; Jessica Lim  PARADISE islands, the honey pot that lures tourist dollars, have long made for idyllic holidays. But could too many visitors be trampling all over this dream? ROSLI ZAKARIA, ELIZABETH JOHN and JESSICA LIM find out.