Cleveland Children to Get a Glimpse of Rapa Nui Culture
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 8, 2007
Visiting the Cleveland area October 1-13 are Ana Maria Arrendondo, a headmaster of the municipal school of Easter Island as well as an artist and a ...
Dupuis portrays Romeo Dallaire
London Free Press, Canada - Oct 7, 2007
"We'll sail to the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, to Easter Island," he continues. Dupuis expects to be gone five years, minimum. ...
Capturing the calm
The Union of Grass Valley, CA - Oct 7, 2007
But his travels also will take him to Bhutan, Easter Island, Jordan and Israel to shoot whatever moves him. He carries one bag with a tripod, ...
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Times Online, UK - Oct 6, 2007
With this in mind, the story jump-cuts to several other locations, each with its own Billie and each with its own ecological problems: Easter Island in the ...
Politics/ Pitcairns: GETTING READY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEALINGS
Island Business, Fiji - Oct 3, 2007
Tourism is anticipated to be propelled by the 40 odd cruise ships that travel between Easter Island and French Polynesia. Also, Pitcairn Island is ...
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Make Your Reservations Now for Easter Island
About - News & Issues, NY - Oct 4, 2007
Easter Island expects summer tourism spike (MercoPress): "Tourism is booming on Isla de Pascua (Easter Island). With the height of the summer tourist season ...
An oddly familiar time-travelling romance
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 3, 2007
... including an excerpt from the journal of Billy, a young crewman on Captain Cook's ship Resolution who becomes marooned on Easter Island. ...
Ramón Navarro is setting South American big wave bar
Global Surf News - Oct 3, 2007
... top ten with the possibility of participating in the Master’s Tournament, which will close the Chilean season in December, possibly in Easter Island. ...
THE NATURE OF THE NEW WORLD
The Baltimore Chronicle, MD - Oct 2, 2007
For example, as the environmental resource base of Easter Island in the South Pacific deteriorated, its population declined from a peak of 20000 several ...
Who is leaving these bizarre stone heads on our doorsteps?
Times Online, UK - Oct 1, 2007
Residents of Yorkshire could be forgiven for wondering if Easter Island has come to the North of England after at least 19 carved stone heads were left on ...
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Stone head mystery puzzles northern England
Reuters UK, UK - Oct 2, 2007
As many as 20 artfully carved faces, miniature versions of the Easter Island sculptures, have been deposited in sleepy villages across northern England in ...
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Enigmatic artist may be behind the riddle of the invading stone headsThis is London, UK - Oct 2, 2007... of looking like a miniature version of Easter Island, a clamour is growing for the conundrum of the surreptitious sculpture-spreader to be cracked. ...
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WEIRD NEWS
Commonwealth Times (subscription), VA - Oct 4, 2007
As many as 20 miniature versions of the Easter Island head sculptures have been mysteriously left on doorsteps and outside post offices in villages across ...
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Intriguing news reports fresh off the Internet
Tri-Valley Herald, CA - Oct 5, 2007
The heads are 18-inch-high miniatures of the giant heads on Easter Island, and according to stonemasons the sculptures exhibit quality workmanship. ...
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Who's Been Leaving Heads Behind?
ShortNews.com, Germany - Oct 6, 2007
Small versions of the famous Easter Island Heads have been appearing on doorsteps of some homes and businesses in Northern London and the recipients are at ...
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Intriguing news reports fresh off the Internet
Tri-Valley Herald, CA - Oct 5, 2007
The heads are 18-inch-high miniatures of the giant heads on Easter Island, and according to stonemasons the sculptures exhibit quality workmanship. ...
Learning from the past
Cleantech, CA - Sep 30, 2007
During the later centuries of the Mayan civilization, a new society was evolving on faraway Easter Island, some 166 square kilometers of land in the South ...
Wine grapes thrive in sheltered Chilean valley
Contra Costa Times, CA - Sep 30, 2007
... up a steep hillside to an elaborate village with reproductions of houses from Chile's Mapuche and Aymara peoples as well as an Easter Island figure. ...
Review: The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 29, 2007
... and an interlude from the fictional diaries of a shipwrecked member of Captain Cook's Easter Island crew, there are a few pages of what feels like ...
The Resourceful Traveler
Chicago Tribune, United States - Sep 29, 2007
another time, Easter Island ("It was as if the island had been waiting for me…") She treats each destination with respect; thus, she takes personally any ...
Sweden, Norway part III: Closed for Easter
Juneau Empire (subscription), AK - September 28, 2007
Moai relic: Postcard showing the excavation of ancient stone statue on Easter Island. Oslo has many fine museums. I wanted to see the Henrik Ibsen Museum. ...
Time to walk away
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - September 28, 2007
His eeriest case study is Easter Island, a once-thriving society that is now treeless and desolate, its huge stone statues a testament to the fact that it ...
Kaua‘i represented at sustainability summit
Lihue Garden Island, HI - September 28, 2007
Drawing from his personal work with the Hopi Indians and Rapanui people of Easter Island, Tamminen explained it is up to the state culture to either work ...
Sailing right along
Edmonton Sun, Canada - September 28, 2007
"We'll sail to the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, to Easter Island," he continues. Dupuis expects to be gone five years, minimum. ...
The Why Files -- whyfiles.org
Why Files - September 28, 2007
Were they blown out to sea by a storm and then lucky enough to wash up on remote flyspeck islands like Tahiti, Easter Island or Hawaii? ...
Full Text
Science Magazine (subscription) - September 28, 2007
... of the eastern margins of the Pacific Ocean, delimited by Hawai'i, New Zealand, and Easter Island, the last region on Earth to be settled by humans. ...
The Stone Gods
Metro, UK - Sep 27, 2007
The second section deals with the destruction of the ecosystem on Easter Island; the final part depicts a horrific, marginal world inhabited by the toxic ...
Book review provokes thought among Rotarians
Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA - Sep 26, 2007
Finchum said Collapse covers several famous failed civilizations including Easter Island and Greenland and Iceland. Overall, Collapse shows the correlation ...
A busy season promises to keep troupes on their toes
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Sep 22, 2007
One of the biggest projects for Bill Wade's modern company is a collaboration with a Rapa Nui choreographer from Easter Island in October as part of an ...
Head cases
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 21, 2007
I felt this particularly in the Easter Island section, the central part and hinge-point of the book. The history of that island and its people, ...
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson (Hamish Hamilton, £16.99)
Daily Mail, UK - Sep 24, 2007
... islander on Easter Island (hence the novel's title); the second involving a company operative and a prototype robot in post-apocalyptic London. ...
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Science Magazine (subscription) - September 21, 2007
Easter Island is famous for many reasons: its remoteness, its total deforestation, its hundreds of giant stone statues, their destruction by the carvers' own descendants, the violent transformation of its Polynesian society, and as a metaphor for our ...
South America Cruises: Vibrant Cultures, Natural Splendors And ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - September 21, 2007
Then, departing from Santiago on February 6, QE2 offers the rare opportunity to visit a more distant part of South America, Chile's mysterious Easter Island, as the ship sails across the Pacific Ocean. A bounty of choices is offered on five ships and ...
Huntsville Nature Club’s new season starts next Monday
Huntsville Forester, Canada - September 20, 2007
The first Huntsville Nature Club speaker for the year is Trisha Healy, a club member who spent seven weeks last winter exploring, through hiking and sailing, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tahiti and the famous Easter Island.
Steppes Travel launches new Travel Ideas section on Website.
Free press releases (press release), UK - Sep 18, 2007
Current travel ideas include news of a new Phillippe Starck designed hotel in Rio, Brazil; a new lodge opening on Easter Island; the opening of Mahoora Safari Camp in Sri Lanka situated in one of the best places in the world to spot leopards; ...
Learning language at UofL more than conjugating verbs
U Of L News, KY - Sep 17, 2007
This engraving of French explorers on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) was published in 1797. It is one of several by Duché de Vancy, official artist for the Jean-Francois de Lapérouse expedition, that Greene will use in class.
BASHED, BRUISED AND BEAUTIFUL: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHILE’S EASTER ...
Santiago Times (subscription), Chile - Sep 16, 200717, 2007)
(Ed. Note: Traveling to Easter Island? Our friend Paul Davies just did, and his essay below should help orient any would-be traveler to one of the world’s most remote islands.
POR AGENCIAS: Agencia IBNW
InfoBolsa, Spain - Sep 14, 2007
The award reflects Yoo by Philippe Starck s creativity and innovation in designing a development that includes a spectacular two-story entrance with columns inspired by the Moai Statues of Easter Island; French or Blue St. Tropez limestone or Black ...
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Classic physique photography
Bay Area Reporter, CA - Aug 30, 2007
His dark eyes are as enigmatic as those of the carved stone idols on Easter Island. He's a flesh-and-blood monolith staring off into the distance.
Host with the most
Vancouver North Shore Outlook, Canada - Aug 30, 2007
From New Zealand to Sudan to Easter Island, it seems music lovers across the globe have become enamoured with Canadian independent music.
Time for heroes
The Japan Times, Japan - Aug 30, 2007
By MARK SCHILLING The ways of Japanese TV drama producers must be as mysterious to their Hollywood counterparts as the statues of Easter Island. Takako Matsu, Nene Otsuka, Norito Yashima AND Hiroshi Abe in "Hero." (c)2007 FUJI TELEVISION. TOHO.
Cert PG, 104mins HH
Mirror.co.uk, UK - Aug 30, 2007
Radiating the charisma of an insurance salesman, and with a face as unreadable and expressionless as an Easter Island statue, this is the stuff of Razzies.
Battle for Bonner
Courier Mail, Australia - Aug 31, 2007
Crumbed bream to the left, Easter Island heads and women's fibreglass breasts to the right. It's a world away from my permanent digs in the city's inner west.
Venezuela's Chavez arrives to Colombia to broker hostage for rebel ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 31, 2007
An "agreement to create a demilitarized zone involving a tiny slice of land the same size as Easter Island and representing just 0.015 percent of Colombia's territory as a location for a secure prisoner swap, is now standing between the FARC hostages ...
Ancient Watering Hole Gives Up Treasure Trove of Mammoth Fossils
Voice of America - Aug 31, 2007
Last year, she visited an archeological site on Easter Island, but she says looking for 26000 year-old mammoth bones is different.
Venezuela's Chavez Meets With Colombian
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 31, 2007
An ``agreement to create a demilitarized zone involving a tiny slice of land the same size as Easter Island and representing just 0.015 percent of Colombia's territory as a location for a secure prisoner swap, is now standing between the FARC hostages ...
General Sir Mike Jackson speaks out
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 31, 2007
... of the recently retired Army man but he might just as well be in disguise because all I can see is the maroon Parachute Regiment beret, the pressed fatigues and the gaunt features of an Easter Island monolith that dominated his military campaigns.
Death and the documentarian
Globe and Mail, Canada - Sep 5, 2007
Shortly after the film was finished and Raymont was taking a vacation on Easter Island, he heard that General Augusto Pinochet had died.
Lost City of ‘Mu’ found
Zee News, India - Sep 9, 2007
Mr Kamura believes the city had a castle, a shrine, a triumphal arch, Moai-like statues found on Easter Island and even a coliseum once upon a time, when the city was above water.
[College Basketball] Topic: Tennessee 11 Temple 6
Covers, Canada - Sep 11, 2007
Two of Temple's best ball-handlers, Rick Trudeaux and John Kneib, stood like Easter Island statues in Chuck Taylors, passing the ball back and forth for minutes at a time.
‘He was a real character. He was fiercely loyal and a wonderful ...
York Press, UK - Sep 12, 2007
They did a round-the-world tour for their honeymoon including USA, Easter Island, New Zealand and Australia. At the time of his death, Danny, was working for BT near Ipswich, and still kept up his weightlifting and his passion for motorbikes.
I'm So Tired of Athletic Fatties
SportsFan Magazine, MD - Sep 12, 2007
And he won't be getting a lot of infield hits unless the opposing infielders have the defensive skills of the Easter Island statues. Dmitri Young could be the Comeback Player of the Year in the NL; he might also acquire The Gilbert Brown Award.
Queens of darkness, and a princess of light
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - Sep 13, 2007
It sits there, as mysterious and implacable as an Easter Island statue. Through one of the open windows on the bus comes the scent of KFC and exhaust.
It's not over till the little guy sings
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 22 hours ago
A chorus of senior Liberals mills around a large stone Easter Island face, which looks just like Malcolm Fraser. They all wear dark suits and sing the rousing drinking song Oh who will be Treasur-ah-ha-ha?
At the UN, Declaration of Rights for Indigenous First Nations ...
Inner City Press, NY - 7 hours ago
The speakers went on for more than an hour, including an extensive speech by a representative from Easter Island. UN Television filmed it, but did not put it online.
Ithaca museum displays photos of world's spiritual landmarks
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - Sep 13, 2007
He later photographed holy sites in Syria, Jordan, England, Scotland, Mexico and Easter Island. A practicing Buddhist, Izu has more recently focused his energies on Buddhist and Hindu sites in India, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam and Indonesia.
12 tikis to Midnite
24 Hours Vancouver, Canada - Sep 12, 2007
The local lowbrow artist and owner of Lucky Red Gallery (Union Street at Main) thought of everything, including red Plexiglas lit from behind to look like lava flow, a nine-foot styrofoam Easter Island head and a reconstructed fridge that looks like a ...
All around the world
Beacon, Canada - Sep 11, 2007
From there, it was on to Chile to take part in vegetation surveys, followed by visits to Robinson Crusoe Island, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Bora-Bora, Tonga and New Zealand, where they spent six months refitting the Joshua.
Tee Pee Motel restoration brings back a bygone American era
USA Today - Sep 11, 2007
Texas has its share of attractions that were once considered tacky, like the replicas of Stonehenge and Easter Island in Kerrville, and the Eiffel Tower topped by a cowboy hat in Paris (Paris, Texas, that is).
Of Capitalism, Crisis, Conversion & Collapse:
Transnational Institute, Netherlands - Sep 11, 2007
That is where we are now worldwide, not just in isolated places like Easter Island or Greenland. Our global financial, corporate and political elites are all busy grabbing what they can today and too bad about tomorrow - look at anything from the oil ...
Gotland and Easter islands struggle to preserve heritage
International Herald Tribune, France - Sep 10, 2007
Landscape was an essential underlying theme at the 7th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific held last month on Gotland, a 4500-square-kilometer, or 1740-square-mile, landmass a 3-hour ferry ride from the Swedish coast.
Third time's charm for Easter Island trip
commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN - Sep 8, 2007
As LAN flight 1467 settled to the runway on Easter Island, it was the final step in fulfilling a dream that my wife and I had harbored for 35 years.
Bob Retzlaff Lists make for great itineraries
Post-Bulletin, MN - Sep 7, 2007
Landmarks that were nominated for the contest but did not receive enough votes to place among the final seven included the Acropolis, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the stone statues on Chile's Easter Island, Sydney's Opera House, ...
This Fil-Am lady has been in 162 countries
Philippine News Online, Philippines - Sep 5, 2007
“ In the Pacific, Odette has been to Australia, Easter Island, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand (Aukland and Rotorua) and Northern Marianas and Saipan.
Se;ected Growth Fallacies: Part 17--Next Added 100 Million Americans
OpEdNews, PA - Sep 4, 2007
On tiny Easter Island, humans ignored nature, cut down all the trees, built 50 ton rock monuments and died of overpopulation via starvation.
Impressive, breathtaking: Locals chime in on 'new' Seven Wonders
Shreveport Times, LA - Sep 4, 2007
We have also seen all of those that were in the running except for three, Easter Island, Timbuktu and Kiyormizu Temple. And of course we have been (twice) to see the only remaining wonder from the old list, the Pyramids of Giza.
This still startles with its novelty, timeless political relevance ...
This is London, UK - Sep 3, 2007When he said this, Henry Moore was 74 and well able to look back over his work and see it in the context-of the Italian Renaissance, ancient Greece and Rome, Stonehenge and Easter Island. In the spirit of enquiry he had acquired a repertory of ...
10 years, no freebies
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 3, 2007
William Boyd wrote about France in the first issue and Will Self has piece on Easter Island in the 10th anniversary issue. Columnists such as Zoë Heller and reporters such as John Davidson and Russell Miller have contributed in the past.
Mexico - life in ruins
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 2, 2007
On this fare it is possible to stop in Tahiti, Easter Island and/or Santiago. Fares from Cancun to Mexico City start at $216 plus tax one-way.
Maori King joining Pacific royals to strengthen links
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 2, 2007
Those represented will include Samoa, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Cook Islands, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and Tonga. Spokeswoman for Tahitian Prince Teriihinoiatua Joiville Pomare, Roti Make, said the declaration was about improving education - a theme King ...
The Pacific Islands A South Sea Dream
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - Sep 1, 2007
Easter Island is best for hiking or archaeology. Most of the travel agents suggest a short stay in Easter Island. Then you can't explore the place much, if it is a short stay.
The mysterious island of Easter
Montreal Gazette, Canada - Aug 28, 2007
Easter Island fascinates the human race the way Nessie or Stonehenge do. Located more than 3500 km west of continental Chile, it is home to the moai statues - considered one of the world's greatest mysteries - is a finalist in the new Seven Wonders of ...
From Miami to Maine, spreading the word about the oceans
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Aug 27, 2007
But she got a wake-up call in late 2005 when she read about what happened to Easter Island long ago. This tiny island in the South Pacific was almost completely deforested by the 18th century.
Easter Island a mix of adventure, history, awe
Canada.com, Canada - Aug 28, 2007
This book, about the voyage to prove the possibility of settlement of Easter Island by peoples from South America, made for fascinating reading. ...
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Meerkat drama is back on 'Manor'
Chicago Tribune, United States - Aug 16, 2007
Standing stock still as they scan the horizon for food and predators, their tiny faces are as watchful and wise as the statues of Easter Island. ...
BRIGHT, SHINY, POPPY THINGS
District Weekly, CA - Aug 15, 2007
Bill Collins mines the annual Burning Man festival for Extraterrestrial, a surreal photo montage of two stone busts of men—Easter Island writ small—gazing ...
11th Commandment: Thou shalt skip 'The Ten'
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Aug 16, 2007
Soon, we're watching a guy (Adam Brody) jump without parachute, landing alive but stuck in the ground, then worshipped like an Easter Island statue – this ...
Drawing on wicked humour
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - Aug 17, 2007
Then, of course, there was Malcolm Fraser from Easter Island. Perhaps the best period was the Hawke-Keating rule (the government we had to have). ...
The motif of mysterious footprints in Čapek's stories [1]
cafebabel.com, France - Aug 17, 2007
We often assume that the residents of Easter Island or the Anasazi caves were completely unconscious of the consequences of their actions or the direction ...
Young producers open digital recording studioNorthernLife.ca, Canada - Aug 21, 2007Rondeau met Bruhmuller in 2002 when he and his Easter Island Studio recorded his band Stroker’s CD. “What Billy and I are doing means musicians like myself ...
Lost city of of Mu 'found'
Channel 4 News, UK - Aug 24, 2007
Mr Kamura believes the city had a castle, a shrine, a triumphal arch, Moai-like statues found on Easter Island and even a coliseum once upon a time, ...
Films in Focus: New and recent releases
Bend Weekly, OR - Aug 24, 2007
Soon, we're watching a guy (Adam Brody) jump without parachute, landing alive but stuck in the ground, then worshipped like an Easter Island statue - this ...
Pieces of the past
Sun Publications Chicago, IL - Aug 26, 2007
At the last stop on our walk, Stop 22, the trail guide posed a question I've heard before, at the Mayan ruins in Honduras, on Easter Island in the South ...
A Vist to Easter Island: Moais and More Moais
About - News & Issues, NY - Aug 27, 2007
It's heads and tales on exotic Easter Island (philly.com): "On first impression, the statues creeped me out. They seemed to emanate bad vibes, ...
Island Breath: Ancient Polynesia, future Kaua‘i
Lihue Garden Island, HI - Aug 26, 2007
Longer journeys would be needed to reach the distant Polynesian corners of Easter Island and Hawai‘i. It would take a lot of motivation to embark on such an ...
Travel briefs
Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 26, 20073
-29 that flies you in its private 727 jet over the South Pacific -- to Guadalcanal, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tahiti, New Caledonia and more, then to Easter Island ...
Heading out to sea: Cruising around the world in 105 days
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Aug 25, 2007
We cruised through the Panama Canal, around the West Coast of South America to Easter Island, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, ...
Book review
Moneyweb, South Africa - Aug 24, 2007
FELICITY DUNCAN: Multiple historical examples - Easter Island is a classic example. FELICITY DUNCAN: Yes, those giant statues and no trees. ...
The world is the wrong size
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 21, 2007
... to preserve their environment: the classic example here is Easter Island, whose population shrank by about 90% even before the Europeans arrived. ...
The Front Page: Career Killers - Dead Directors and the Movies ...
PopMatters, IL - Aug 20, 2007
Pre-dating Apocalypto by more than a decade, this tale of civil war among the indigenous people of Easter Island wanted to be a New Age naturalist adventure ...
Let Tahiti Steal Your Heart, Your Home Away From Home
Emediawire (press release), WA - Aug 20, 2007
... geographical heart of the ma'ohi culture (forming Hawaii-New Zealand-Easter island); and the birthplace of the god Oro (god of fertility and of war). ...
Dishing dirt on top soil
News & Observer, NC - Aug 18, 2007
Remember Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its enigmatic stone heads? In hair-raising fashion, Montgomery details how colonists arrived, exploited the fragile ...
'New continent' and species discovered in Atlantic study
Mongabay.com - Aug 18, 2007
... included a gigantic 1-centimeter in diameter single-celled organism in the Nazare Canyon off Portugal, a "blonde-haired" lobster near Easter Island, ...
A summer of statues
Scientist, UK - Aug 17, 2007
It's one of the mysteries of Easter Island, which budding scientists have flown halfway across the world to solve. During an excavation project last summer, ...
What's going on
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - Aug 17, 2007
GLOBE TREKKER: CHILE AND EASTER ISLAND, bring lunch, coffee/tea/treats provided; 11:30 am Horseheads Free Library, 405 S. Main St. Free. 739-4581. ...
A travel guide for tourists
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Aug 16, 2007
As with many South American countries, the Lonely Planet Guide to Chile and Easter Island (Lonely Planet Publications, 2006) remains one of the best and
Russia's seabed flag heralds global ocean carve-up
National Post, Canada - Aug 15, 2007
Isolated specks on the map, such as Easter Island or Ascension Island, could end up owning vast tracts of seabed. Off Africa, Madagascar may have a strong ...
Gap year travel advice
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 15, 2007
"New" destinations starting to prove popular with young travellers include Easter Island (you can stop over on trans-Pacific flights with LAN Chile), ...
Princess Details 2008-2009 Hawaii and Tahiti Itineraries
About - News & Issues, NY - Aug 14, 2007...
cruises between Hawaii and Vancouver, and even an extended voyage from the South Pacific to Easter Island, South America and through the Panama Canal. ...
CLIA Cruise Lines Showcase UNESCO World Heritage Sites on ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - Aug 14, 2007
... others, such as the Ilulissat Ice Fjord in Greenland or the giant stone statues of Easter Island, come as fascinating discoveries. ...
Poets put culture back into multiculturalism
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Aug 12, 2007
Her persona likens the Easter Island "Stone heads" to her own loneliness: "Emptiness / reigns // imperishable // even over something / this solid. ...
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New World Syndrome
Atlantic Online - Jul 25, 2007
(Easter Island, in Polynesia, was then supporting a population of at least 7000 with roughly the same land mass and a less hospitable climate. ...
Maldives: Islands in the sun
Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka - Jul 25, 2007
... from ancient mounds bore a striking resemblance to figures he had investigated on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, almost 12 time zones away. ...
JUST ASKIN': XLI
Ether Zone, IL - Aug 3, 2007
And along those lines, do the icons on Easter Island bear a remarkable resemblance to Hugo Chavez? Just askin’: Is Juan Williams the poster boy for feigned ...
Switzerland comes to Shenzhen
Catherine Jiang
Asia Sentinel
06 August 2007
Shenzhen, itself, with virtually no authentic cultural or historic attractions of its own, hardly lacks for theme parks. Window of the World was the city’s first stab at giving tourists a global experience on a reduced scale, with smaller versions of the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Easter Island, the Matterhorn, Notre Dame, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Stonehenge, Mount Fuji and more, including bikini-clad women prancing to “Sex Bomb” in the “Cultural Palace.”
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Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:
Is It Any Wonder?
Commentary, NY - Jul 11, 2007
... Brazil, and India) dominate the list, and that monuments without constituencies (one thinks of the Stone Heads of Easter Island) do not figure. ...
Greece and France hit out at new wonders
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 9, 2007
As well as the Eiffel Tower and the Acropolis, short-listed sites that missed the final cut included the Easter Island statues; Britain's Stonehenge; ...
长城名列“世界新七大奇迹”之首
腾讯网, China - Jul 9, 2007
The top contenders that lost out are the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, the Stonehenge in Britain, Angkor Vat in Cambodia, the statues on Easter Island and ...
Greece, France hit out at Seven Wonders
Sunday Times, South Africa - Jul 9, 2007
As well as the Eiffel Tower and the Acropolis, short-listed sites that missed the final cut included the Easter Island statues; Britain’s Stonehenge; ...
The New Seven Wonders of the World revealed
Gizmag, Australia - Jul 9, 2007
Surprise omissions from the shortlist of 21 sites included The Acropolis, Easter Island Statues and Stonehenge, which were all among the top contenders when ...
Global warming: Lessons of history help the future
From the enigma of Easter Island to the famines that struck India in the 19th century, the past is throwing up vital pointers for scientists poring over how to combat looming climate change.
Story and Photography: © AFP/File Martin Bernetti
South Asian Women's Forum
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 (EST)
He gives the example of Easter Island, the isolated speck of land in the Pacific Ocean, which once had a population estimated to be as many as 20,000 people.
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