| Sun, 29 Jan 2012 Bay of Bengal, Eiger Mountain, Andros | Eiger Mountain. (Special to The Denver Post) | 1. Which country borders the Gulf of Thailand — Cambodia or Pakistan? | 2. Which country has direct access to the Red Sea — Turkey or Jordan? | 3. Wood carvers are commissioned to make elaborate coffins in the... | Groups urge action to head off African famine | JOHANNESBURG • When humanitarian agencies began raising warning flags about Somalia's famine more than a year ago, donors sat on their hands for months, a tardy response that the aid groups say cost tens of thousands of lives. | A similar emergency is unfolding in t... | European success leaves Robinson believing Scots can kick the habit | Since 2004, when England last tasted victory in Edinburgh, guided by Clive Woodward (and ably assisted by some chap called Robinson), Scotland have won two and drawn one of their three Six Nations encounters at home to the Auld Enemy. They have done so without scoring... | GP runner Andrew Murray given sports education role A marathon-running GP, who ran from John O'Groats to the Sahara Desert, has been recruited by the Scottish government to promote the importance of physical activity. | Over a six-month secondment, Dr Andrew Murray, from Edinburgh, will explore new ways to get people mov... | Al Ain Zoo becomes hub of conservation efforts AL AIN ' Development projects, climate change and human encroachment into animal habitats are trampling on several species and putting them at risk of extinction. Protection of wildlife may be on the backburner during an economic downturn, but Al Ain Wildlife Park and R... | Nigerian Army says kills 11 Boko Haram insurgents Maiduguri: Nigeria's Army killed 11 suspected Boko Haram insurgents during a gun battle at a checkpoint in the Islamist sect's heartland of Maiduguri on Saturday, the field operations officer in the remote northeastern city said. | Nigerian forces are reeling from a sha... | | |
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