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PHOTOS: It's Literally Leap Year!

Posted 02.29.2012

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Travelers can still wring a little wisdom out of that old chestnut, "Look before you leap." The author of that now cliche was quite right, not in the ...

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PHOTOS: Exploring The South Pacific's Exotic Vanuatu

Judie Fein | Posted 01.28.2012

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Judie Fein

When I travel, I want to be Marco Polo, a pioneer encountering little-known people and places. I want to feel the exuberance of newness rather than the comfort of well-trodden paths. I just found it all in Vanuatu.

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Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Hits Near Vanuatu

AP | Posted 09.30.2011

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SYDNEY -- An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu but there were no reports of damage and ...

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Magnitude 7.1 Quake Hits South Pacific

AP | Posted 07.10.2011

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PARIS -- Geological monitoring services say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit in the South Pacific off the French territory of New Caledonia. No inj...

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The Perfect Place to Write

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Finding the inspiration and the creativity to continue the journey of our lifetime requires a flexible mindset and the ability to imagine unheard of scenarios able to enable the travel in time.

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South Pacific Tsunami Warning Canceled After Vanuatu Earthquake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Residents of a northern town in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu ran into the streets Friday as a powerful magnitud...

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Prince Philip: Pacific Islanders Wait For Return Of Their God

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Kathy Marks, The Independent In a jungle clearing, at the top of a steep, rutted track, a group of South Pacific tribesmen convey an unusual requ...

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Defining Justice for Environmental Refugees

Wade Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wade Norris

There is a growing group of people in our world who are in a legal limbo: environmental refugees. And this problem is only going to get bigger as time goes on.

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VANUATU EARTHQUAKE: Tsunami Alert After 7.8 Quake

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three strong earthquakes rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago Thursday, generating a small tsunami ju...

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