Tsunami Aid Struggles on Mentawai Islands Indonesia
Private aid workers fought heavy seas and rain to deliver noodles sardines and sleeping mats to Mentawai tsunami survivors as government boats planes and air drops struggled to reach distant villages. At least 408 killed 303 missing, many homeless, with hospitals overwhelmed and families sheltering in hills and churches.
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Mentawai Islands
Indonesia
Anputra
Pagai Utara
Mentawai
Imanual Tegar
Tegar
Agus Prayitno
West Sumatra
Irwan Prayitno
South Pagai
Lima
Hercules
Sumatra
Sebastian Carvallo
Everest Base Camp gains 3G access for climbers and trekkers
New 3G towers near Everest base camp enable Web surfing posting updates and video calls from base to summit. climbers like Leif Whittaker and Ed Viesturs weigh the tech shift, noting benefits for family contact and sponsor communication alongside concerns about distraction. local operators TeliaSonera Neell oversee service expansion.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mount Everest
Neell
TeliaSonera
Ed Viesturs
U.S
Everest
Viesturs
Leif Whittaker
Whittaker
Jim Whittaker
Port Townsend
Wash
Dave Hahn
North Side
Tibet
South Side
Taos
N.M
Hahn
George Mallory
Gordon Janow
Alpine Ascents International
Seattle
Himalayas
Abortion and God Dominate Brazil Runoff Campaign
Brazil's presidential runoff pits Dilma Rousseff against Jose Serra as abortion and religious influence surge to the forefront. Evangelical Catholics sway voters, Rousseff softens stance, Pope Benedict XVI weighs in, while abortion remains legally debated by Congress.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Dilma Rousseff
Jose Serra
Rousseff
Serra
Bill Clinton
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Lula
YouTube
Congress
Marcia Cavallero
IBOPE
McClatchy
Jesus
Benedict XVI
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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Elyria Catholic
Compassion
Tholic High School
Dilma Rousseff Workers Party
Michel Temer
BBC
Wly
Sao ‘Au ‘Te
Costa
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