Sahara

LOOK: Crashed WWII Plane Found After 70 Years In Desert

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Plane Crash, Al Wadi Al Jadid, Slideexpand, Plane Sahara Desert, Video, Sahara, Dennis Copping, Jakub Perka, World War II, World War II Plane Crash, Kittyhawk P-40, World News

A World War II airplane belonging to Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) has been found in the Sahara Desert nearly 70 years after it crash landed, Metro ...

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Visiting The Next Giza

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: International Destinations, Dahshur, Africa Travel, Sphinx, Giza, Destinations, Tourism, Sahara, North Africa, Cairo, Egypt, Pyramids, Great Sphinx, Middle East Travel, Egypt Travel, Out of Office, Egyptology, Travel News

The only English words heard in Said Gomaa's coffee shop are expletives shouted by the action stars blasting their way through a satellite network's a...

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PHOTOS: A Moroccan Sahara Odyssey

Charlotte Temple | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Desert, Sahara, Sahara Camels, Fes, Blue Men, Marrakech, Morocco, International Destinations, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Slidepollajax, Travel News

The sun was setting and there was nothing but bright orange sand as far as the eye could see. No noise, no pollution and no one else for miles and miles.

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Sahara's Huge Surprise For Her Mother On 'Mobbed'

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Canada Tv, Donovan, Grandmother, Sahara, Video, Surprise, Howie Mandel, Mobbed, Tv Replay, TV Canada, Fox, Flash Mob, Marlena, TV News

Sahara had quite a shock in store for her mother, but after six years she'd decided it was past time to lay it on her. So she called in the "Mobbed" (...

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My Kids Eat Bugs!

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Angelina Jolie Kids Eat Bugs, Brad Pitt, Sahara, Video, Pax, Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie Kids Eat Crickets, Maddox, Celebrity News

Tarantulas on a stick? Spider soup? Crickets? When it comes to exposing her eclectic brood to some of the world's most outrageous delicacies, Angelina...

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The Strip Diary, Day Three: Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

Paul Carr | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Theatre, Strip, Las Vegas, Absinthe, Hotel, Circus Circus, Sahara, Travel News

The poor old Sahara. In a little over a month, the icon of old Vegas will welcome its last guest. But the hotel is already brain-dead, barely clinging on to life with the help of strong drugs and a machine that goes 'beep'.

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Artistic Comeback? From Where? Matthew McConaughey's Best Films, Post-Stardom

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Lawyer, Contact, Matthew McConaughey, Jodie Foster, Essays, Sahara, Robert Zemeckis, Lionsgate, u571, Edtv, Frailty, Entertainment News

Much of the babbling over this weekends The Lincoln Lawyer has been about the idea that the well-reviewed legal thriller represents some kind of artistic reawakening for Mr. Matthew McConaughey.

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How Earth's Orbital Shift Shaped the Sahara

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Science, Climate Change, Nasa, Sahara, Sub-Saharan Africa, Space, Astrobiology, Africa, Green News

The Sahara desert was once fertile grassland. This fact has been common knowledge in the scientific community for some time, but scientists are still grappling with what changed.

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Running Across the Sahara Desert

Alastair Humphreys | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desert, Sahara, Travel, Morocco, Running, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Travel News

It was not the normal Moroccan travel experience. I drank no mint tea, enjoyed no Moroccan cuisine, and was not even invited to look around a carpet shop. I was running through the Sahara desert.

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Sudan's Shaky Peace: Amazing Photos From National Geographic

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, George Steinmetz, Sahara Desert, Sudan Civil War, Africa, Peace, Photography, Slidepollajax, Sahara, Sudan, Sudanese Culture, Civil War, Logocho, World News

This month's National Geographic features an in depth look at Sudan, which could soon fracture into two nations when the southern semi-autonomous zone...

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France Radiation Test Intentionally Exposed Soldiers, According To Report

AP | NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France Radiation, France, French Army, French Military, France Nuclear, France Atomic, Sahara, Green Gerboa, Gerboise Verte, World News

PARIS — France's military purposely exposed soldiers to a 1961 nuclear test in the Sahara Desert to study how the atomic bomb would affect their...

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Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide, But May Ease Effects Of Climate Change: Researchers

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Desertification, Diseases, Africa, Flu, Sahara, Health, Influenza, Climate Change, Asthma, Drought, Desert, Storm, Dust Storms, Health Effects, Emissions, Valley Fever, Epidemiology, Dust, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australi...

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Is Climate Change Good For Deserts?

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deserts, Sahara, Climate Change Deserts, Climate Change, Green News

It has been assumed that global warming would cause an expansion of the world's deserts, but now some scientists are predicting a contrary scenario in...

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$500 Billion In Funding For Saharan Solar Project?

solveclimate.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desertec, Sahara, Africa, Sahara Solar Project, Solar Power, Green News

Desertec seeks to transform Saharan Africa into a solar hub for Europe by constructing a supergrid of concentrating solar thermal plants (CSP) on 6,50...

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Sahara Solar Project Could Power All Of Europe

guardian.co.uk | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Africa, Poll, Sahara, Green Energy, Solar Power, Saharan Solar, Green Technology, Green News

The Guardian reports that a proposed solar project that would take up the space of a "small country" in the Sahara could provide all of Europe's power...

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Clive Cussler To PAY $13.9 Million In "Sahara" Legal Fees

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sahara, Film, Clive Cussler, Matthew McConaughey, Legal Matters, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered Clive Cussler to pay $13.9 million in legal fees to the production company that tur...

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