Holocaust memorial drive aims to record victims memories
In Israel Yad Vashem launches the Names Recovery Project to build a central database of Holocaust victims by collecting testimonies from survivors like Rivka Fringeru. The nationwide effort seeks to preserve thousands of personal memories before aging witnesses pass away, with work extending to the United States and former Soviet states.
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Romania
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Marco
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Ariel Schalit
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Encroaching sea threatens Grenada village shoreline
In Grenada the eastern coast villages face escalating coastal erosion from sand extraction and storm surges worsened by climate change. Fishermen like Desmond Augustin fear loss of land and livelihood, with people already considering hillside relocation to escape the encroaching Atlantic. Researchers from the Nature Conservancy warn the Caribbean is at risk, recalling Ivan's devastation as a stark example of small island vulnerability.
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Desmond Augustin
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Telegraph
East Coast cicadas to erupt after 17 years underground
Billions of Brood II cicadas with bulging red eyes will emerge from 17 years underground across the East Coast from North Carolina to Connecticut. The insects are harmless, mainly striking saplings, and will reproduce in a brief period before dying and returning underground until 2030.
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Mayon volcano eruption leaves five dead in Philippines
Five climbers are killed and eight injured after Mayon volcano erupts sending room sized rocks onto groups ascending the crater near Legazpi. German nationals among the dead, with a Filipino guide and another foreigner missing. rescuers airlift victims and rappel survivors from the mountain as ash clouds clear.
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Ark. seeks return of escaped killer after 43 years
Lester Stiggers, a first degree murder convict who fled Arkansas in 1970 and lived in Michigan after asylum from Gov. William Milliken, remains a fugitive. An Arkansas prison official says he has not committed crimes in decades but is still legally wanted. Stiggers was furloughed for good behavior when he fled to Michigan.
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