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...another set of blasts that took 202 lives on the island. At 7:30 p.m. on a crowded Saturday, the popular tourist town of Kuta, the target of the 2002 attacks, was rocked by an explosion. A multistory restaurant was gutted. Simultaneously, restaurants around the crescent beach of Jimbaran Bay, not far south of Kuta, were attacked. Mangled bodies were laid out on the white sand. There were at least 22 dead. As for the injured, said an emergency worker, many had "their faces and arms ... ripped by the glass from stores." Quickly, candle vigils appeared on the island...
...irony not lost on the people of Arugam Bay that the waters from which they make their livelihood came so close to ruining them. With its 2-m waves, this 3-km stretch of beach on Sri Lanka's east coast is considered one of the world's top 10 surfing destinations and is home to the annual British pro surfing championships. Over the past decade, a small industry of hotels and restaurants grew up around the board riders. At 9:04 a.m. on Dec. 26, however, Arugam Bay took the full force of the tsunami. Around 350 people died...
...first day of the Point Foundation's retreat, which was held in a town on Little Traverse Bay called Harbor Springs, Mich., the 38 students who made the trip were given gift bags that contained, among other items...
...electrical substation and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) busway located near the Charles Hotel may soon be redeveloped, State Representative Alice K. Wolf said at a meeting held Wednesday to discuss preliminary sale and development plans...
...insists it's doing all it can to control the disease, some are taking preparations into their own hands. One Australian bank has drawn up its own contingency plans for an outbreak and is stocking up on the antiviral drug Tamiflu. When it comes to keeping bird flu at bay, says a bank executive, "We have no faith in the government...