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  1. Easter Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the ...
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  2. Calls for calm in violence-hit Easter Island


    TVNZ - 7 Dec 2010

    There are calls for calm on Easter Island after Chilean security forces opened fire on indigenous land protesters, who have been occupying a government ...
    24 injured in Easter Island land protests- Stuff.co.nz
    Evictions continue on Easter Island- The Press Association
    Injuries in Easter Island clashes- BBC News
    Fox News - Times Herald-Record
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  3. NZ Govt Urges Peace On Easter Island


    Voxy - 5 days ago

    Wellington, Dec 15 NZPA - The New Zealand Government has urged those involved in violent clashes over a land dispute on Easter Island in the South Pacific ...
    EXTRA AUDIO: Sharon Venne- ABC Online
    Islander explores Pacific Islands- SanJuanIslander.com
    all 6 news articles »


  4. Easter Islanders' battle for their ancestral land ends in bloodshed


    France24 - 8 Dec 2010

    Violence flared on the tiny South Pacific Easter Island on December 3 after police forcefully evicted indigenous Rapa Nui protesters occupying properties ...
    Uneasy calm on Rapa Nui amid land occupations- Radio New Zealand International
    Bi-partisan call from Chile parliament to probe Rapa Nui confrontation- Radio New Zealand International
    Rapa Nui leader denounces Chile government over violent evictions- Radio New Zealand International
    Radio New Zealand International
    all 6 news articles »


  5. Christmas Island tragedy: 27 asylum seekers dead off Australian coast


    TNT Magazine - 5 days ago

    At least 27 people have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Easter Island, Australia. The victims are thought to be asylum seekers from Iran and Iraq. ...


  6. Easter Island as a metaphor: resource depletion, climate change ...


    Today's Zaman - 11 Dec 2010

    The giant volcanic rock statues called mo'ai on Easter Island, the Earth's most remote inhabited land in the South Pacific. On the other side of the world ...
    25 Injured in a Protest…Far, Far Away- AllGov
    Concerns about human rights violations against the Rapa Nui- Scoop.co.nz (press release)
    all 5 news articles »


  7. Tahiti Party alarmed at Easter Island violence


    Radio New Zealand International - 8 Dec 2010

    French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party has expressed its indignation over reports of violence on Chile's Easter Island. ...
  8. Rapa Nui land seizure case taken to Easter Island court


    Radio New Zealand International - 2 Dec 2010

    Reports from Chile say three Rapa Nui have been charged in the Easter Island court with intimitadion over the illegal seizure of a judicial official's ...
  9. Third Test – Day 2


    Irish Times (blog) - Emmet Riordan - 3 days ago

    We've already had possibly the key moment of the second day as the Aussie slip cordon stand like the statues on Easter Island as Andrew Strauss edged ...
  10. WikiLeaks revelations raise more questions than answers


    Today's Zaman - Emi̇ne Kart - 11 Dec 2010

    The giant volcanic rock statues called mo'ai on Easter Island, the Earth's most remote inhabited land in the South Pacific. ...


  11. Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island


    CNN - 5 days ago

    iReport welcomes a lively discussion, so comments on iReports are not pre-screened before they post. See the iReport community guidelines for details about ...
  12. Gap Adventures Embraces the Cold with Its 2011/12 Line-Up of Polar ...


    e-Global Travel News - 5 hours ago

    Antarctica extensions allow travellers to unravel the mysteries of Easter Island, indulge in the fine food and wines of Chile & Argentina, or travel to the ...
  13. John Park shows off his huge head on “T-ara Dream Girls”


    allkpop - 8 Dec 2010

    by VITALSIGN on December 8, 2010 at 2:02 pm Is John Park being put under the spotlight for his large Easter Island-esque head once more? ...


  14. Welcome to the Grid


    East Oregonian - 2 days ago

    ... defeated a rogue computer program that looked like a glow-in-the-dark Easter Island statue and re-took control of Encom, a company he helped build. ...
  15. 'True Grit's' academy debut: Guess who didn't get any applause?


    Los Angeles Times - 10 Dec 2010

    Tiptoeing into the theater, with its big golden statuettes looming on each side of the stage like Easter Island statues, I always feel like a kid who ...
  16. To the ends of the Earth


    Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Rob Kundert - 1 day ago

    ... Easter Island, the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon, China and later Antarctica. to include destinations from Africa to the Mediterranean to New Zealand. ...
  17. Beware of gadgets that hurt learning


    Cumberland Times-News - 1 day ago

    To be fair, most of these early societies had no sense of other countries or regions that had collapsed (for example, the Easter Island natives who ...
  18. The Game Archaeologist and the Forbidden RuneScape: The R-Team


    Joystiq - Justin Olivetti - 5 days ago

    Or Easter Island. They loot with wild abandon, they craft with purpose, and they aren't afraid to jam on the caps lock button to make their voices heard. ...
  19. Gunshot Wounds and Evictions: Taking Advantage of the WikiLeaks ...


    The Media Co-op - 3 days ago

    The unexpected attack came after months of relative peace on the island of Rapanui (Easter Island) where several families have been attempting to reclaim ...
  20. March in solidarity with Rapanui whanaunga


    TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views - 6 days ago

    ... advisor is encouraging Maori to turn out for a protest in Wellington today against Chile's crack-down on indigenous protest on Rapanui-Easter Island. ...
  21. Mapuche friendly cardinal named Archbishop of Santiago de Chile


    MercoPress - Sarah Fisher - 2 days ago

    ... are often called in to resolve political and human rights issues such as the Mapuche land conflicts and, more recently, the Easter Island land disputes. ...


  22. Following in Father's Parallel-Universe Footsteps


    New York Times - Manohla Dargis - 3 days ago

    The first “Tron” ended after Kevin, having vanquished a computer program that looked like a neon Easter Island statue and talked like a Señor Wences ...
    Following in Father's Parallel-Universe Footsteps- New York Times
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  23. American Express Gives $100000 Grant to Support Save Ellis Island ...


    Business Wire (press release) - 4 days ago

    ... Delhi Heritage City, India; Route 66, the historic corridor that runs between Chicago and Los Angeles in the United States and Easter Island, Chile. ...
    AXP
  24. Bingolicious has free bingo all weekend!


    Best Offers Bingo (UK) (blog) - 27 Nov 2010

    There's £500 to be won by the top 10 players who wager the most on Easter Island, bejewelled and Gamma Girl over this weekend. Winners will credited on ...
    Bingo Calling Free Bingo Frenzy!- Best Offers Bingo (UK) (blog)
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  25. Photographer opens show in Lindsborg


    High Plains Journal - 10 Dec 2010

    Trip highlights included Machu Picchu in Peru, Chile's Easter Island, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Lhasa in Tibet, Egypt's Pyramids, India's Taj Mahal and ...
  26. Philippe Petit's High-Wire Act Caught on Camera


    Wall Street Journal (blog) - Kimberly Chou - 4 days ago

    ... which debuted in Los Angeles last year, to New York; and of course, he has his high-wire walks, including an upcoming performance on Easter Island. ...
  27. 888 Bingo's weekend specials


    Best Offers Bingo (UK) (blog) - 26 Nov 2010

    This week 10 lucky instant gamers who have wagered the most on Bejeweled, Easter Island or Gamma Girl this weekend will win £50 each! ...
  28. Authorities: Child assassin arrested


    Detroit Free Press - 4 Dec 2010

    A land dispute on Easter Island turned violent Friday when riot police evicting islanders from their ancestral home were surrounded by rock-throwing ...
  29. Voyage of Discovery


    North Shore News - David Wishart - 28 Nov 2010

    I went Valparaiso to Tahiti via Robinson Crusoe Island, Easter Island and Pitcairn Island. The highlight for many was the remarkable Easter Island, ...
  30. Top travel destinations for 2011


    USA Today - Christine Sarkis - 4 days ago

    Here are destinations that fit the bill: Easter Island becomes easier to visit, with new service from LAN starting January 5. Quito, Ecuador, unveils its ...
  31. Kennett Hobbs


    LubbockOnline.com - 4 days ago

    ... South America's Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chili; Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Easter Island, Tonga, India, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Sicily, ...
  32. Scott's (Bush's) new (old) schools scheme


    Tampabay.com - Daniel Ruth - 6 days ago

    ... Scott administration as the Bush 2.0 junta, the new governor's dream to turn public schools into an educational Easter Island is fraught with problems, ...
  33. Is God an Ancient Astronaut?


    Student Operated Press - John Danz, Jr - 30 Nov 2010

    These ancient astronaut proponents claim that some of the world`s wonders, such as Machu Picchu, the Moai of Easter Island and the Giza pyramids must have ...


  34. B2C Marketing Insider


    B2C Marketing Insider - 4 days ago

    Namely, the Great Man Cult of History, where the Jack Welches are seen as primitive Easter Island... Heads, implacable and always mythic and always right.
  35. Scientists aim to map and save endangered habitats


    New Zealand Herald - Ian James - 7 Dec 2010

    Some experts point to Easter Island as a particularly catastrophic ecosystem collapse. Centuries ago, the South Pacific island's inhabitants erected the ...
  36. Author brings 'SNL' memories to Woodstock tonight


    Poughkeepsie Journal - 10 Dec 2010

    ... latter of which Davis and Aykroyd wrote about after a trip they took together to Easter Island. "Writing on 'Saturday Night Live' is a joy," Davis said. ...
  37. Time to draw line on public art funds


    Calgary Sun - Ricky Leong - 6 Dec 2010

    There was the giant face reminiscent of the sculptures on Easter Island. The yellow thing outside Bow Valley Square. (Honestly, I have no clue. ...
  38. Season's reading


    Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Burl Burlingame - 12 Dec 2010

    Watching over it all are the statues hewn from wood, eyes bulging, mouths grimacing — the kitschy kids of Hawaii's sacred kii by way of Easter Island and ...
  39. Some Logistical Issues Concerning Zombies


    dagblog (blog) - 6 Dec 2010

    How did the zombies get to Easter Island? Did someone try to charter a flight to Easter Island, and then not notice that one of their passengers was a ...
  40. Woman triumphs in Weakest Link


    NW Evening Mail - 2 Dec 2010

    Easter Island 4. At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm which American, who later became a Second World War general came fifth in the pentathlon? ...
  41. Concern at Chile's approach to Rapa Nui conflict


    Radio New Zealand - 9 Dec 2010

    Amnesty International says it is deeply concerned about the situation in Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, where land occupations are continuing. ...
  42. Skate Park opens with contest


    Queens Courier - Luisa Garcia - 1 Dec 2010

    The event was sponsored by major skate and street wear brands such as 10 Deep, The Hundreds, Orisue, Only, 5 Boro, BLVD, No Label Watches, Easter Island, ...
  43. Frank Girardot: Searching for that perfect gift with just 11 days ...


    Whittier Daily News - 6 days ago

    Or, you can "astound and impress guests at your next Polynesian luau" with a 6-foot-high replica Easter Island head. Fortunately the giant head, ...
  44. Ride from Antarctica rougher than Phantom Rider ever had on SEPTA


    Philadelphia Daily News - John F. Morrison - 10 Dec 2010

    His last trip was to Easter Island in the Pacific. Ann didn't go that time, either, and, as for the Antarctic trip, she said: "I heard that sometimes the ...
  45. 2010 Rock 'n' Roll Poll: Outtakes and Extended Jams


    Nashville Scene - Steve Haruch - 9 Dec 2010

    I touched one of the Easter Island heads in a museum (see attached picture) and it told me all kinds of wild shit. I also now mostly record on the Astral ...


  46. The Apprentice Week 10: Lord Whatever Rhymes With Sugar


    hecklerspray - 9 Dec 2010

    But tensions were about to boil over in Trafalgar Square , as Chris cornered a couple of honeys with his Easter Island statue in a nightclub routine. ...
  47. Faster


    Boston Globe - Ty Burr - 23 Nov 2010

    What he looks like, actually, is an armed Easter Island statue. Two other characters figure into the drama: Billy Bob Thornton as a cop — excuse me, ...
  48. Written by James MacKillop


    Syracuse New Times - 8 Dec 2010

    Zip-zip and we've moved to Easter Island with a Polynesian chant that sounds authentic and the threatening, wide-legged, tongue-thrust haka dance. ...
  49. 10 graphic novels that make great gifts (for people who don't read ...


    io9 - 1 Dec 2010

    ... Jamie Hewlett — it's a trippy little tale featuring a haircut that can end the world, transdimensional Easter Island statues, and crackerjack artwork. ...
  50. Live Review: Power 106 FM's Cali Christmas at the Gibson ...


    Los Angeles Times (blog) - 5 Dec 2010

    Rick Ross, the rotund Miami MC who most resembles an Easter Island statue — if they could grow beards and sport Stunna shades — has built a rap career while ...
  51. The Grand Tour: Sydney irresistible


    Toronto Star - Jim Byers - 2 Dec 2010

    There are statues that look like the towering figureheads from Easter Island, rippling silver leafs and whimsical fat women shaped of sand. ...
  52. Modern Toss Q&A


    Sabotage Times - James Brown - 4 days ago

    M&J: We were in the British Museum one afternoon, checking out all the Greek and Roman stuff, Easter Island relics, Rosseta Stone etc you get the picture. ...
  53. Southern comfort


    Travel Weekly - Ashleigh McIntyre - 6 Dec 2010

    The carrier also plans to start services from Lima in Peru to both Iguazú in Argentina and the Chilean territory of Easter Island in January. ...
  54. Sky Watch: Get ready for spectacular total lunar eclipse


    Hawaii 24/7 - 10 Dec 2010

    20-21 eclipse will be visible throughout the Hawaiian Islands and throughout the eastern half of Polynesia (Tahiti, Easter Island, and Marquesas). ...
  55. Special to ESPN.com


    ESPN - David Hirshey - 26 Nov 2010

    It takes stones the size of those statues on Easter Island to stand up to the capricious demands of billionaire tyrants. But Cool Carlo is nobody's fool. ...


  56. Bingo Cove, Stunning Free Bingo Weekend


    Sunlight Bingo - 28 Nov 2010

    ... the top ten players who manage to wager the most on their Gamma Girl, Bejeweled or Easter Island instant games will walk away with a neat cash bonus. ...


  57. Genetic Flight of Chile's Natural Jewels


    Inter Press Service - Daniela Estrada - 26 Nov 2010

    A well-known case is that of a microorganism, Streptomyces hygroscopicus, discovered in the 1960s on Easter Island by Canadian researchers. ...
  58. Nation & World briefs


    Dubuque Telegraph Herald - 4 Dec 2010

    SANTIAGO, Chile -- Authorities in Chile say a police eviction in a land dispute on Easter Island... turned violent as local Rapanui people refused to back down
  59. Anti-Environmentalists Don't All Hate the Environment


    Treehugger - Sami Grover - 6 Dec 2010

    Yet whether it is the collapse of civilization on Easter Island, or the hardships of the American dust bowl, to deny that man can cause catastrophic ...


  60. Runner realizes dream of lifetime


    Peterborough Examiner - Dale Clifford - 25 Nov 2010

    "I hope someday to be able to return to Kenya, Australia and China, as well as travel to Antarctica and Easter Island to complete the other five conti-nents ...
  61. Virgil Gene Davis


    St. George Daily Spectrum - 27 Nov 2010

    Virgil and Dorothy loved to travel the world, visiting Alaska, Mexico, South America, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Easter Island, Hawaii, ...
  62. Manhattan woman wins big trip


    Topeka Capital Journal - Michael Rozman - 24 Nov 2010

    Instead, the couple will visit natural and cultural wonders in Peru, Easter Island, Samoa, Australia, Cambodia, India, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco. ...
  63. World Briefs for Dec. 5


    Richmond Times Dispatch - 4 Dec 2010

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A military plane carrying riot police reinforcements landed on Easter Island yesterday, and Chile's Interior Minister said they ...
  64. ALBUM OF THE WEEK


    Montreal Mirror - 2 Dec 2010

    7.5/10 Trial Track: “Easter Island Radiation” (Lateef Martin) BEP mastermind will.i.am has the market cornered on insipid closing-time ragers. ...


  65. Apprentice Week 8: Once You Baggs, You Just Can't Spaggs


    hecklerspray - 25 Nov 2010

    And so, ignoring Chris completely, possibly because Chris had stayed perfectly still and morphed into an unnoticed Easter Island statue, the Good Lord ...


  66. ANZASW acknowledges on Human Rights Day


    Scoop.co.nz (press release) - 8 Dec 2010

    ... their way of life and very survival, as shown recently happening in Rapanui/Easter Island where rubber bullets were fired by the Chilean paramilitary. ...
  67. Every job is a sales job - including the first Thanksgiving


    The National - Rob Long - 25 Nov 2010

    ... nodding and laughing (if you're making a sale) or staring dully into the middle distance, like Easter Island statues (if you're not). ...
  68. Readers' Choice: If money were no object, where would you travel?


    Budget Travel - 30 Nov 2010

    This is a big continent so I'd pick some must-see places like Rio, Buenos Aires, Machu Pichu, the Amazon, Easter Island and the Galapagos but I'm ...
  69. World Briefs


    Times of Malta - 5 Dec 2010

    (PA) A land dispute on Easter Island turned violent when riot police evicting islanders from their ancestral home were surrounded by rock-throwing ...


  70. DMS now offers a connection to all major destinations in South America


    e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - 23 Nov 2010

    ... the Central Valley vineyards, the lakes and volcanoes of the Lake Region, or even as far south as Antarctica or Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  71. Cruise to the 2011 Marquesas Art Festival onboard the Aranui 3


    Online PR News (press release) - Debra Taylor - 26 Nov 2010

    Around 2000 participants including delegations from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Hawaii as well as the Marquesas, of course, ...
  72. direktflyg till Påskön


    Sydsvenskan - 1 Dec 2010

    Bra för resenärer och öns ekonomi menar flygbolaget, medan den lokala miljöorganisationen Easter Island Foundation, enligt det brittiska resemagasinet ...
  73. USA falls short in bid to host 2022 World Cup, losing to Qatar ...


    Washington Post - Steve Goff - 2 Dec 2010

    Well I guess Easter Island would be even more so, but dang! Congratulations to Qatar! You deserve it!! Wonderful bid. Now, do you get how that clown killed ...

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