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...Onboard marine biologists lead passengers on snorkeling expeditions that set off from the beach and reef walls close to shore. Cousteau described Aldabra as "the last unprofaned sanctuary on earth," but it wasn't always so. In the 1960s, Britain and the U.S. wanted Aldabra for a nuclear test site, but environmental pressure groups thwarted their plans. It's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and only 1,500 human visitors are allowed per year. But be warned: there's still crime. Frigate birds, the pirates of the skies, steal their fish from red-footed boobies. Catch this high-flying...
...Israel,” and it claims that U.S. policy toward Israel “is an expression of the Jewish-Zionist grip on America’s political and cultural life.” That pamphlet lists Mark Weber of the Institute for Historical Review in Newport Beach, Calif., as its author...
...Rihanna, a native of Barbados, this video is a departure from the dancehall theme of her two previous singles, “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” and “Pon de Replay.” Gone are the beach scenes, the DJs, and the Caribbean backing track. In fact, this video is shot against an erratic monochromatic background, features few choreographed dance scenes, and a thundering beat that is an obvious appropriation of Soft Cell’s eighties hit “Tainted Love...
...Gulf breeze.The border patrol has had to make a little sand berm to keep the smugglers from just driving across. The Mexicans, in their dark-windowed Pontiacs, drive right up to the very stakes, and the border patrolmen in their Suburbans get out their binoculars, look across the beach and wait to be relieved at midnight...
Sometimes nature lends a hand. Highway 4 through Brownsville ends with a stop sign that needs to be taken seriously. The asphalt turns into beach and leads straight into the sea. But turn right, and you can drive down the beach as in the old days at Daytona, on fine, hard-packed sand, hugging the Gulf of Mexico. It's a place to appreciate a pristine view--no condos, no concession stands, no concessions at all to anything except the fact that the border begins where the Rio Grande pours into the sea, and so it has to be guarded...