Thursday, February 22, 2007

Survivor: Cook Islands (Caribean islands)

Stranded on the Cook Islands in the heart of the South Pacific, 20 strangers must live together and compete for the million-dollar prize. Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others? Don't miss a single episode of SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS.
Puerto Rican jockey Manuel Caraballo has died after being trampled during a race, authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands said Monday.
A fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying 300 passengers Thursday, killing at least 15 people and sending scores of passengers jumping into the sea, officials said.
At least 15 people, including three children, were killed Thursday when a ferry carrying more than 200 passengers caught fire shortly after leaving the Indonesian capital.
Close to 30 individuals from throughout Saipan have expressed strong interest to enroll in the new nursing program a California-based investor is proposing to bring to the Northern Mariana Islands through Emmanuel College, whose application to establish a private higher learning institution is now pending before the State Board of Regents.
A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea on Tuesday, and triggered a brief tsunami warning, officials said.
If it is any consolation to the harsh accusations hurled by the federal government against the Commonwealth's heavy reliance on foreign labor, the United States General Accounting Office has reported positive developments in the CNMI economy buoyed by the presence of guest workers in the islands.
What is the secret to prolonging your life? Well, it depends on whom you ask. Could it be that there is a fountain of youth? Or that a regimented diet of noni fruit will keep you young and healthy? Or is it better to take a glass of Italian table wine each night before bed?
MAJURO, Marshall Islands The double-hulled canoes Hokule'a and Alingano Maisu departed Majuro today after a three-day stay to continue their trip through Micronesia, then on to Japan.