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Helpless in the Desert 'There Was no Rescue, what Complete Nonsense' - Oct 1, 2008 Spiegel OnlineBernd L., 65, was one of 19 hostages kidnapped in Egypt and brought to the Sudan. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, the retired teacher, now freed and back in ... Egypt scours desert for tourists - Sep 23, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldEgypt has renewed efforts to free 19 people kidnapped in the remote desert and taken to Sudan, after Cairo went back on an official statement that they had ... Hopped Up Robots Take On Desert - Oct 8, 2005 Wired NewsAP 10.08.05. PRIMM, Nevada -- The first of 23 driverless robotic vehicles rolled across the Mojave Desert at dawn Saturday in a $2 million ... Woods still five shots off lead at Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 3, 2007 USA TODAY - USA TodayDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tiger Woods shot a 5-under 67 in the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday but was eclipsed by a ... Ford Chose Desert Life in Retirement - Dec 27, 2006 FOXNewsBy JEFF WILSON, AP Writer. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Gerald R. Ford left the White House 30 years ago to retire in Southern California's celebrity desert ... Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home - Jan 2, 2010 msnbc.comBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD. AP Writer. LOS ANGELES - On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling ... Soldiers in the Desert, Antsy and Apolitical - Nov 4, 2005 New York TimesBy AO SCOTT. "Are we ever going to get to kill anyone?" asks a young marine toward the end of "Jarhead." It may be a strange question to hear in a war movie ... Rory McIlroy takes share of lead in Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 4, 2010 Telegraph.co.ukDefending champion Rory McIlroy shared a six-way tie for the lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic. By Telegraph staff and agencies ... 3 Killed After Explosion at Mojave Desert Airport - Jul 27, 2007 FOXNewsMOJAVE, Calif. — A fatal explosion at a Mojave Desert airport during testing of a propellant system for a new space tourism vehicle has shaken a small ... Acts of desert banditry preceded Egypt kidnapping - Sep 25, 2008 Reuters UKBy Cynthia Johnston CAIRO (Reuters) - The kidnapping of 19 hostages including European tourists in a remote desert area of Egypt is an escalation of ... Rory McIlroy wins Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 2, 2009 NEWS.com.auTalent to burn ... teenager Rory McIlroy celebrates after winning the Dubai Desert Classic. Source: The Daily Telegraph. NORTHERN Ireland's Rory McIlroy won ... Tiger Woods takes Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 5, 2006 CBC.caTiger Woods has done it again, winning the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday in a playoff over Ernie Els. Woods forced the extension of play with birdies on ... F-22 Crashes in California Desert; Pilot Killed - Mar 26, 2009 ABC NewsAP. One of the Air Force's top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California, killing a test pilot for prime ... Jeev rises to tied 9th at Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 6, 2010 Times of IndiaDUBAI: A flawless back nine helped Jeev Milkha Singh turn in a two-under 70 and rise to the tied ninth spot after the third and penultimate round of the ... Sudan desert gunfight kills 6 accused in abduction - Sep 28, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Mohamed Osman, AP Writer. KHARTOUM, Sudan — Eight kidnappers of a group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides led soldiers on a high-speed ... California desert wildfires merge, firefighters watch weather - Jul 15, 2006 San Francisco ChronicleBy CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, AP Writer. Firefighters battling a newly merged pair of wildfires feared the blaze could create disastrous weather Saturday and hinder ... McIlroy leads fog-delayed Dubai Desert Classic - Jan 29, 2009 SportingNews.comAP. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Northern Ireland teenager Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under 64 Thursday to take the clubhouse lead in the first round of ... Biblical scroll found in desert - Jul 16, 2005 The GuardianAP, Jerusalem. An encounter with a Bedouin robber in a desert valley has led to what one Israeli archaeologist described as one of the most important ... Allenby sizzles in desert - Jan 17, 2007 NEWS.com.auBy Bernie Pramberg. AUSTRALIA'S Robert Allenby holed long birdie putts on the last two holes to shoot a sparkling nine-under 63 and lead the Bob Hope ... Ochoa wins desert duel - Oct 16, 2006 NEWS.com.auLORENA Ochoa took a major step to claiming LPGA Player of the Year and season prizemoney honours by outduelling Annika Sorenstam to win the Samsung World ... Els leads by one stroke in desert classic - Feb 2, 2008 Toronto StarAnna Johnson AP. Leader of the day, Ernie Els from South Africa follows his ball on 14th hole during the 3nd round of the Desert Classic in Dubai, ... US forces kill 75 insurgents in desert sweep near Syrian border - May 9, 2005 ForbesBAGHDAD (AFX) - US forces have killed 75 insurgents, including foreign fighters, over the past 24 hours in an ongoing sweep of a desert region of northwest ... Desert bodies may hold key to ancient Sahara people - Aug 15, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy David Thomas. The skeletons of a woman and two small children have been found locked in an embrace in the Sahara Desert. ... Big Desert Fire Could Soon Become a Mountain Blaze; But experts doubt... - Jul 14, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverMAP: On watch; CREDIT: Los Angeles Times; TO SAFETY: Judith Lindley of Morongo Valley tries to calm cats that are part of her animal rescue operation during ... Record-breaker Kauto Star overtakes Desert Orchid - Dec 26, 2009 Reuters IndiaLONDON (Reuters) - Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star grabbed fresh glory in the grandest of manners with a record fourth victory in a row in the King ... 3 are first to run across Sahara Desert - Other sports- nbcsports.msnb... - Feb 21, 2007 msnbc.comUS runner Charlie Engle, 44, right, Canada's Ray Zahab, 38, center, and Kevin Lin, 30, of Taiwan, left run on the 109th day of their 111-day journey across ... 3 more die in Egyptian desert flooding - Jan 20, 2010 Yahoo! NewsRAFAH, Egypt – Three more Egyptians died in flooding in the southern Sinai Desert Wednesday, bringing the toll for three days of unseasonably heavy rains to ... Filling fast: a desert parking lot for the world's idle aircraft - Apr 6, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldOLD jets come to Arizona, empty engine pods shrink-wrapped in white, and tall red tails fading to pink in the desert sun. More will come soon. ... A Bit of Royal Intrigue Comes to the Desert; Monaco's Prince Albert... - Jun 2, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverAlbert's daughter is 14-year-old Jazmin Grace Rotolo, an honor student at St. Margaret's Episcopal School, a cluster of sand- colored stucco buildings ... Tiger Woods loses his temper at the Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 3, 2008 Times OnlineIn the sky above the Majlis course, a banner advertising his latest business venture was dragged behind a helicopter, but Ernie Els is not one of those who ... Unmanned vehicles compete in Pentagon's desert challenge - Sep 26, 2005 Seattle TimesWanted by the Pentagon: a muscular, outdoorsy specimen. Must be intelligent and, above all, self-driven. When 20 robotic vehicles face off... ... Tiger Woods Trails by Five at Dubai Desert Classic - Feb 2, 2007 BloombergBy Dex McLuskey. Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Tiger Woods trailed leader Ross Fisher by five shots after the second day of the Dubai Desert Classic, ... Iranian journalist gets prison term, desert exile - Jan 3, 2010 Washington PostBy NASSER KARIMI. AP. TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ... China's Gobi desert source of rare dinosaur find - Mar 16, 2009 CTV.caAP. BEIJING — Left on their own by adults, the young dinosaurs sank into the mud beside a lake and died 90 million years ago in what would become the Gobi ... Jimenez leads Dubai Desert Classic - Mar 4, 2005 TSNAP. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain shot a 7-under-par 65 Friday to take a two-stroke lead over South African Ernie Els ... Racing legend Desert Orchid dies - Nov 13, 2006 BBC NewsThe gallant grey achieved iconic status within National Hunt racing, where he was much loved by supporters for his iron will and extreme versatility. ... UFC Star Is Found Dead In the California Desert - Sep 9, 2008 Washington PostOut of sponsor exemptions and other options, Michelle Wie will head to the LPGA's Q-school after failing to earn enough money on tour to keep her card. ... Soldiers Comb Rugged New Mexico Desert for Soldier Who Walked Off … - Aug 29, 2007 FOXNewsAP. Aug. 28: Soldiers make their way through desert as they searched for missing Spc. John R. Fish near Chaparral, NM. Aug. 28: Soldiers make their way ... Meteorite hunters find asteroid fragments in the Nubian Desert - Mar 25, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukMeteorite hunters have found fragments of an asteroid the size of a car that was seen hurtling through space before burning up as it plunged into Earth's ... Sorenstam reigns in desert rain - Oct 17, 2005 San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneBy Tod Leonard. PALM DESERT – Never one to boast, it took some prodding yesterday for Annika Sorenstam to say she made an emphatic statement yesterday with ... From desert to builders' paradise - Jan 4, 2010 The GuardianDubai was turned from a desert backwater into one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities in less than 50 years. Its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid ... White Knight Two space rocket in Mojave Desert for testing - Jul 28, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy James Quinn, in Los Angeles. Sir Richard Branson's dreams of operating the world's first commercial spaceline will move a step closer today when he ... More immigrants found in desert | National | Chron.com - Houston … - Jul 20, 2006 Houston ChronicleBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Los Angeles Times. Thousands of people supporting more lenient treatment of illegal immigrants marched through downtown Chicago and ... Desert War ready for autumn offensive - Feb 19, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldHANDS up if you're a Desert War fan. No? You should be. Everyone should be. This lump is no one-race screamer. No boom horse that went bust. ... Stars align in desert to orbit spaceship - Dec 9, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldMOJAVE, California: Sir Richard Branson has offered the first public glimpse of the aircraft he hopes will become the first commercial vehicle to send ... Volkswagen wins robotic race across the desert - Oct 10, 2005 New ScientistA robotic Volkswagen called "Stanley", developed by a team from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, won a $2 million prize on Sunday for winning a ... Perez set to launch title defence in desert rain - Jan 20, 2010 Times of IndiaLOS ANGELES: Rain could be a significant factor at this week's Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California but defending champion Pat Perez plans to make the ... Desert delight for confident Woods - Feb 6, 2006 Independent OnlineBy Allan Kelly. Dubai - Two continents, two starts, two play-offs, two wins - Tiger Woods is already on a roll in 2006. ... Woods yet to rule out Dubai Desert classic - Aug 25, 2008 Reuters CanadaDUBAI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods has not ruled himself out of defending his Dubai Desert classic title in late January despite needing time to recover after ... Desert Party scores as Vineyard Haven fades - Feb 14, 2009 ESPNBy Alan Shuback. Desert Party wins the UAE 2000 Guineas for 3-year-olds at Nad Al Sheba on Feb. 12, 2009.Tags: Horseracing. Desert Party moved past Vineyard ... PG&E to buy electricity from massive solar park in Mojave Desert - Jul 25, 2007 San Francisco ChronicleBy TERENCE CHEA, AP Writer. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced plans Wednesday to buy enough electricity to power 400000 homes from a masssive solar ... The Desert One Debacle - Jan 22, 2010 Atlantic OnlineAs the lead plane closed in on the landing site, its pilots noted curious milky patches in the night sky. They flew through one that appeared to be just ... DRF: Wild Desert takes Queen's Plate - Horse Racing - nbcsports.msnbc.... - Jun 27, 2005 msnbc.comAdrian Wyld / AP. Jockey Pat Valenzuela celebrates after crossing the finish line aboard Wild Desert to win the Queen's Plate on Sunday. ... 24 die as bus full of Russians plunges over Israeli desert ravine - Dec 16, 2008 Times OnlineA tour bus full of Russians plunged over a cliff on desert ravine in southern Israel today killing at least 23 people and seriously injuring a dozen other ... Report calls be desert management - Jun 5, 2006 Kenya Broadcasting CorporationClimate change, high water demand and even tourism are putting unprecedented pressures on the world's desert ecosystems, according to a new report. ... At the US Border, the Desert Takes a Rising Toll - Sep 15, 2007 New York TimesVicente Martínez Ortega in Tepetlán, Mexico, at the grave of his daughter Felicitas Martínez Barradas, who died in July in Arizona trying to cross the ... The desert bubble has burst - Dec 1, 2009 Ha'aretzBy Eytan Avriel. A few years ago Dubai launched an advertising campaign announcing that the emirate would build a "bubble city," a project featuring ... Watson to play at Dubai Desert Classic in February - Jan 3, 2010 msnbc.comAP Sports. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -Eight-time major champion Tom Watson will play at the Dubai Desert Classic in February. ... Chad sizzles in the desert - Jan 22, 2006 Malaysia StarPALM DESERT (California): Chad Camp0bell fired a third-round 68 here on Friday to maintain his four-shot lead in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. ... Flying 'Obama' pig found in 2 pieces in Calif. desert - Apr 30, 2008 CBC.caThe giant inflatable pig that floated over the crowd of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Sunday is now two tattered pieces of plastic in the ... Early Heat Wave Kills 12 Illegal Immigrants in the Arizona Desert - May 26, 2005 New York TimesBy NICK MADIGAN. TUCSON, May 25 - The shades were drawn against the blistering sun in a room at the Southside Presbyterian Church, where six immigrants, ... Record Crowd Flocks to Desert for Burning Man Counterculture Festival - Sep 2, 2007 FOXNewsRENO, Nev — Another record crowd gathered Saturday for the traditional climax of the Burning Man counterculture arts festival on the northern Nevada desert. ... Protection of Desert Land Faces Off With New Energy Sources -... - Dec 22, 2009 New York TimesReed Saxon/AP. The solar developer BrightSource Energy has canceled one solar-energy project in the Mojave Desert, above, but is proceeding with several ... Apache makes 6th oil find in Egypt desert - Jan 12, 2010 ForbesAP , 01.12.10, 11:52 AM EST. HOUSTON -- Apache Corp. said Tuesday it made its sixth oil and gas discovery in the Faghur Basin play in Egypt's far Western ... Leonard rides a 66 en route to desert lead - Jan 20, 2008 Boston GlobeAP / January 20, 2008. Justin Leonard moved into position for his second Bob Hope Chrysler Classic victory, shooting a 6-under-par 66 yesterday to open a ... Prince 'forgotten man' in desert - Mar 2, 2005 BBC NewsBy Phil Mercer. Crowds for this leg of the royal tour have been very small. Camera crews and reporters outnumbered on-lookers at every stop but the Prince ... British, French trekkers kidnapped in Ethiopia's Afar desert - Mar 2, 2007 CBC.caAt least 12 European tourists were kidnapped by suspected separatist rebels in a remote desert region of Ethiopia, diplomats in Addis Ababa said Friday. ... Beijing is covered by desert sandstorm - Apr 18, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukBy Richard Spencer in Beijing. Beijing's 14 million residents woke to find their houses, cars and bicycles covered in thick, yellow dust yesterday after the ... Iranian writer gets jail term, desert exile - Jan 4, 2010 Toronto StarAP. TEHRAN–An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling Islamic establishment ... Desert lake sparks fears of environmental catastrophe - Jul 17, 2009 ScotsmanBy Alexander Vershinin. TURKMENISTAN has begun channelling water across hundreds of miles to create a lake in a barren desert, in a Soviet-style engineering ... Els wins Dubai Desert Classic - Mar 6, 2005 UPI.comDUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 6 (UPI) -- Ernie Els eagled the final hole Sunday and won the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke. ... BMW next for Desert War - Mar 19, 2007 NEWS.com.auEasy does it: Hugh Bowman wins the Ranvet Stakes on Desert War. Picture: Carlos Furtado Source: Herald Sun. DESERT War, the gelding who seems to be carrying ... Woods hopes to extend winning streak at Dubai Desert Classic - Jan 30, 2008 ESPNAP. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Tiger Woods isn't slowly easing into the 2008 season. He's playing back-to-back tournaments -- and flying halfway around ... US to test 700-ton explosive in Nevada desert - Mar 30, 2006 ForbesWASHINGTON (AFX) - The US military plans to detonate a 700-ton explosive charge in the Nevada Desert, a senior defense official said. ... Els emerges as Desert Classic favorite - Jan 28, 2009 SportingNews.comAP. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Armed with a new putter at a familiar venue, Ernie Els is hoping the Dubai Desert Classic will boost his ranking and ... Another quake hits Calif. eastern desert - Jan 15, 2010 San Jose Mercury NewsAP. COSO JUNCTION, Calif.—A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck in California's eastern desert just a day after the same region was shaken by a series of ... Marines Hit Hideout in Iraqi Desert as Villagers Seek Refuge - May 13, 2005 New York TimesBy RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 13 - Fighting raged anew in the western Iraqi desert today as American fighter jets flattened what the military ... Desert dust cuts mountain snow, may spur warming - Jun 26, 2007 Reuters IndiaBy Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Desert dust blown onto Rocky Mountain peaks has cut the duration of snow-cover by a ... Perez drives 60 in the desert - Jan 19, 2006 San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneBy Tod Leonard. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP. PALM DESERT – At about 4:30 yesterday morning Pat Perez was in the bathroom with a bad case of food poisoning, ... Paul Casey reaches desert final - Mar 1, 2009 Times OnlinePerhaps this will be the year in which Paul Casey demonstrates conclusiveproofofhis prodigious talent. The 31-year-old from Cheltenham, ... Merc to launch Rs-2-cr AMG Desert Gold soon - Jan 5, 2010 Economic Times5 Jan 2010, 2054 hrs IST, PTI. NEW DELHI: The German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz India on Tuesday showcased two new cars--SLS AMG Desert Gold and the ... Arizona desert may not fully recover from wildfires - Jul 7, 2005 USA TODAY - USA TodayPHOENIX (AP) — Standing on the patio of his home near Cave Creek, Bill Victor used to be able to see saguaros, barrel cactus, Palo Verde and mesquite trees ... Palm Desert resort embraces drought in green effort - Jul 27, 2007 Houston ChronicleBy NOAKI SCHWARTZ AP. Chris Carlson AP. Barbara Hoene watches her tee shot at Desert Willow golf course in Palm Desert, Calif. earlier this year. ... Australian outback desert off limits for summer - Nov 11, 2008 AsiaOneSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- South Australia's outback Simpson Desert will be closed for the first time this summer to prevent visitors from dying in the extreme heat ... Scanning the horizon for a desert island interrogator - Apr 14, 2006 Telegraph.co.ukBy Gillian Reynolds. This morning, at nine on Radio 4, in the Desert Island Discs slot, is the second of the 2006 Reith Lectures. ... Utility Looks to Mojave Desert for Solar Power - NYTimes.com - Feb 11, 2009 New York TimesBy ANDREW C. REVKIN. The largest utility in California, squeezed by rising demand for electricity and looming state deadlines to curb fossil fuels, ... Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise - Sep 6, 2008 Seattle TimesSadie the desert tortoise, discovered without explanation at a rest stop on US 95 in Idaho, needs a ride to a new adoptive home to the Mojave Desert - the ... Feinstein Desert Bill Attempts to Reconcile Landscape Protection,... - Jan 7, 2010 New York TimesBy SCOTT STREATER of Greenwire. When Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced a sweeping desert preservation bill last month, it garnered national ... Coachella music festival kicks off in Calif. desert - Apr 25, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Jake Coyle, AP. INDIO, California — Searching for an oasis of music in southern California desert, thousands gathered Friday for the opening day of the ... Amid Protests, Solar Companies Plan Desert Projects - NYTimes.com - Sep 24, 2008 New York TimesBy PETER MALONEY. WHAT'S not to like about solar power? Sunlight is clean, quiet and abundant. If enough of it were harnessed and turned into electricity, ... In the desert, fish farming is a fertile enterprise - Jan 3, 2007 New York TimesBy Dina Kraft. KIBBUTZ MASHABBE SADE, Israel — KIBBUTZ MASHABBE SADE, Israel: The coppery last light of the day reflects off the backs of sea bass swimming ... Police comb desert for bombers that killed 88 - Jul 25, 2005 USA TODAY - USA TodaySHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) — Security forces hunted through rugged desert mountains Monday for militants suspected in the bombings in this Red Sea resort, ... Pesky burros to be removed from SoCal desert base - Jul 31, 2009 San Francisco ChronicleBureau of Land Management officials say as many as 100 wild burros will be rounded up in the Mojave Desert next month and put up for adoption because they ... 5.1 quake strikes in desert east of LA - Dec 6, 2008 San Francisco ChronicleA moderate, 5.1 earthquake struck the Mojave Desert on Friday night along the Lavic Lake Fault, about 120 miles east of Los Angeles. ... 'Nanodiamond' asteroid tracked from space to desert impact - Mar 26, 2009 RegisterBy Lewis Page. An international alliance of astronomers are exceedingly chuffed to announce the first occasion of an asteroid being tracked from space, ... Self-Irrigating Desert Plant Discovered - Jul 10, 2009 Wired NewsBy Hadley Leggett. Ecologists had been puzzling over the desert rhubarb for years: Instead of the tiny, spiky leaves found on most desert plants, ... Democrats Out of the Desert - Jan 30, 2008 Washington PostBy Harold Meyerson. For the better part of a year, I have been bumping into Michael Walzer, our nation's preeminent living political philosopher and my ... Cal League slugfest: Lake Elsinore, High Desert combine for 51 runs - Jun 29, 2009 USA TODAY - USA TodayADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — The Lake Elsinore Storm and High Desert Mavericks combined for 51 runs and 57 hits in a California League game Sunday, ... Uncovering Iraq's Horrors in Desert Graves - Jun 5, 2006 New York TimesBy JOHN F. BURNS. ON THE EDGE OF THE ASH SHAM DESERT, Iraq, June 3 — Among experts on the American-led team investigating Iraq's mass graves, the skeletal ... Feinstein Seeks Block Solar Power From Desert Land - Mar 21, 2009 ABC NewsBy KEVIN FREKING AP Writer. AP. In this Friday, July 22, 2005 file photo, a rainbow forms in rainy skies over State Highway 178... ... Army seeks to move more than 1100 desert tortoises - 05 Aug 2009 Los Angeles TimesAs it prepares to expand training operations at Ft. Irwin in the Mojave Desert, the US Army is again proposing to move more than 1100 threatened California Battle Brewing Over Giant Desert Solar Farm - 05 Aug 2009 New York TimesTessera Solar plans to plant 34000 solar dishes — each one 40 feet high and 38 feet wide — on 8230 acres of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Longtime Palm Desert real estate attorney dies - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunChristopher Moffatt Blaisdell, a Palm Desert real estate attorney who represented celebrities as well as area residents and officials in the Coachella Hydrating Phoenix: Quenching a city in the desert - 05 Aug 2009 Mother Nature NetworkFolks like Washington Post columnist Neal Peirce talk of imminent disaster: Arizona might run out of water and dry up like the desert surrounding its Desert Hot Springs City Council bans firearms, ammo on city property - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunStarting next fall, most Desert Hot Springs residents, visitors and employees will be prohibited from either possessing or selling firearms and ammunition Ruling could be calm before the desert storm - 05 Aug 2009 Toronto StarThe NHL, Jim Balsillie, various bidders, creditors and other interested parties with a stake in the Phoenix Coyotes are today waiting for a ruling from Rock the Desert: "Las Brisas Community Center" - 05 Aug 2009 KOSADoug Tull with Rock the Desert says they've set a goal of $40000. That will cover the basic needs and get the center up and running. JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Luxury Hotel in Phoenix, AZ Chef ... - 05 Aug 2009 PR Web (press release) (press release)In addition to the grand prize, Team Chowdhury of the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Luxury Hotell in Phoenix, AZ took the top award for Best Taste and Flavor. Trial in the Desert - 05 Aug 2009 Jackson Free PressThe British formulate an audacious plan: to send the Long Range Desert Group, a special-forces unit that conducts raids and reconnaissance deep behind enemy Officials scour E. Valley desert after several flee from van - 05 Aug 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)APACHE JUNCTION, AZ – Law enforcement officials are scouring an East Valley desert for several people who apparently fled from a mini-van in the desert this Procter & Gamble feeling the pain as shoppers desert brands - 05 Aug 2009 This is LondonProcter & Gamble saw fourth-quarter profit slump by nearly a fifth to $2.47 billion (£1.46 billion), the household goods giant said today, as customers For digestive health, look no further than the Arizona desert - 05 Aug 2009 Examiner.comIf you are looking for natural ways to be well, you may just find what you are looking for in a little desert plant called Aloe vera. Cricket gains desert following - 05 Aug 2009 Casa Grande Valley NewspapersOne of those schools is Desert Sage Elementary School in Glendale. Maridell David, plant foreman, remembers when the cricket players contacted her three High Desert Paper Site Begins Charging - 05 Aug 2009 LA Weekly...Say it ain't so! The Antelope Valley Press, that breathless spinner of news about meth-lab busts and County Fair fashions, Arrest of Harvard professor sparks debate in desert - 05 Aug 2009 Hi-Desert StarFormer Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency President Phil Johnson disagrees. At first, Johnson thought of the case as a freedom-of-speech issue, The Hi-Desert Star's View - 05 Aug 2009 Hi-Desert StarSince the program began, faltered and then showed new life, we have heard several staunch conservatives in the Hi-Desert disagree with Republican lawmakers Palm Desert OKs two-year extension for list of projects - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunThe Palm Desert Planning Commission on Tuesday put its stamp of approval on a state-mandated, two-year extension on previously approved projects slowed or Iraqi's childhood memories solved pilot mystery: US senator - 05 Aug 2009 AFPActing on a tip from local Iraqis, US Marines stationed in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar in July recovered human remains from a desert grave and The smell of summer: Holiday-makers desert Isle of Sheppey over ... - 05 Aug 2009 Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter Summer on the Isle of Sheppey has long been a favourite for campers and caravanners. But this year many are turning on their heels Occupational Therapist - 05 Aug 2009 ADVANCEOccupational Therapist sought to work in a Home Health environment in sunny Palm Desert, CA. This is a full-time, day shift assignment, Monday through Supervisors want input on Helicopter buffel-spraying - 05 Aug 2009 KVOA.comBoth sides agree non-native buffelgrass is taking over parts of the Sonoran desert. But spraying chemicals from the air has residents debating. Peace 101: What peace groups are active in Phoenix? - 05 Aug 2009 Examiner.com..."We embrace an action plan that includes movable desert camps, support of migrant aid centers, maintenance of water stations, Samaritan patrols that search Border Patrol adds 209 agents to secure Arizona border - 05 Aug 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)Operation Guardian complements Operation Desert Shield which began June 1st. Operation Desert Shield added 20 additional Border Patrol Search Trauma and Ken Burns promotes park series at Acadia - 05 Aug 2009 Bangor Daily NewsThey were on Mount Desert Island to promote their documentary on the national park system. The 12-hour, six-episode series, “The National Parks: America's Snakes move into Valley neighborhoods with hot weather - 05 Aug 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)It's the society's busiest time because reptiles move from the hot desert terrain and head to the cool grass and water near homes. And Marshand says all too Police: Man changing magazine shoots girlfriend in head - 05 Aug 2009 AZ Central.com5, 2009 05:20 PM A 21-year-old woman survived a gunshot to the head after her boyfriend accidentally shot her in a desert area in Phoenix Tuesday evening, Seven arrested after brawl erupts in Marriott lobby bar - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunSeven people were arrested after a bar fight at the JW Marriott- Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, police said this week. The disturbance in the 74-800 Police officer treated for smoke inhalation after extinguishing ... - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunThe officer was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center. The bike, one of four police motorcycles used by the department, was destroyed in the fire. Only one Valley post office in danger of being closed - 05 Aug 2009 KTNV Las VegasThe Garside, Huntridge and King Station offices along with the inn retail unit at Desert Inn and Eastern have been removed from consideration. Desert Schools launches campaign aimed at current financial worries - Aug 3, 2009 Bizjournals.comDesert Schools Credit Union officials are hoping its latest campaign, geared at addressing financial concerns in this unsettling economy, will help capture Pesky burros to be removed from desert Army base - Jul 31, 2009 The Associated PressBureau of Land Management officials say as many as 100 wild burros will be rounded up in the Mojave Desert next month and put up for adoption because they 18 years on, body of US pilot is found in Iraq desert - Aug 2, 2009 guardian.co.ukThe remains of US navy Captain Michael 'Scott' Speicher were found in desert sands in Anbar province in western Iraq by military searchers acting on a July HS football preview: Desert Ridge Jaguars - Aug 4, 2009 Arizona Republic4, 2009 05:08 PM In his first three years at Mesa Desert Ridge, coach Jeremy Hathcock never had a returning quarterback. But despite the revolving door Palm Desert juvenile arrested on suspicion stealing flat screen TV - Aug 4, 2009 The Desert SunA 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of stealing a flat screen television set from an office building at the Canterra Apartments in Palm Desert High Desert man found dead took taxi to corner where he was found - Aug 4, 2009 San Bernardino SunA man who was found dead on a Victorville corner Monday morning apparently took a taxi to the area where he was found, authorities said. Police Identify Body In Desert As Gloria Marmolejo - Aug 4, 2009 KFOXtv.comEL PASO, Texas -- El Paso police confirmed Monday night that a body found in the Santa Teresa desert is that of missing El Paso real estate agent Gloria Palm Desert councilman accused of domestic violence - Aug 4, 2009 The Desert SunThe wife of Palm Desert City Councilman Jim Ferguson filed charges of domestic violence against him in Indio Superior Court on Wednesday and was granted a Woman, 86, dies after stranded in SoCal desert - Jul 30, 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsAn 86-year-old woman who was stranded in the Mojave Desert with her husband has died. The San Bernardino County coroner's office says Guadalupe Meisenhelder Hidden Gobi Desert relics found - Aug 1, 2009 BBC NewsRare Buddhist treasures, not seen for more than 70 years, have been unearthed in the Gobi Desert. The historic artefacts were buried in the 1930s during Desert mine helped win WWII - Aug 3, 2009 Inland Valley Daily BulletinFoshay Pass in the Providence Mountains is about as far away from anywhere as you can get in the eastern Mojave Desert. Along a washed-out road about Rock the Desert - "Shoes for Orphans Souls" - Aug 4, 2009 KOSAIt's the message the Rock the Desert volunteers want to share with the people of Honduras who fight a daily battle to survive. Most of the children near San 8/7-10/11: 'The Fantasticks' musical at Desert Stages - Aug 4, 2009 AZ Central.comWhen Valley actress Jacqui Notorio, who has been with Desert Stages for 15 years, learned of the play, she immediately wanted the part of the Mute. Oil in a week - Europe Harnesses the Desert's Sun for Electricity - Aug 3, 2009 دار الحياةWhile there is an increased trend of programmed and frequent power outages in many Arab cities in this hot summer, - mainly because of the augmented use of Mayor lauds potential of Desert Falls project - Aug 4, 2009 Desert Valley TimesThe Desert Falls project has the potential to generate a better future Mesquite, with little risk to the city, Mayor Susan Holecheck said Friday. Taking Arabic Learning to the Moroccan Desert - Aug 4, 2009 MoroccoBoard.comNSLI-Y participants took their language learning on the road to Zagora, a small town in the Draa Valley. Twenty American students participated in the six Alert: FD: 1 rescued after vehicle overturns in desert mineshaft - Aug 3, 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)Air15 video showed the vehicle turned upside down inside the large hole just off a desert trail. See more pictures from the scene in the attached photo Couple found dead at home in Apple Valley - Aug 3, 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsAuthorities are investigating the deaths of a couple found in their home in the Mojave Desert town of Apple Valley. San Bernardino County sheriff's High Desert gets back on track - Aug 2, 2009 Victorville Daily PressADELANTO • The High Desert Mavericks started the game with five straight hits on the way to an easy 10-2 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm on Sunday Search crews find body of unidentified hiker in desert near Palm ... - Jul 19, 2009 Los Angeles TimesThe male hiker was part of a group of trekkers who were visiting the desert on Saturday, said Palm Spring police Sgt. Mitch Spike. Apache builds Egypt Western Desert capacity - Aug 3, 2009 PennEnergy3 – Apache Corp. reported a string of oil and gas-condensate completions including a new field discovery on its concessions in Egypt's Western Desert. 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