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Easter Island releases Better Things
MusicRemedy - 21 hours ago
Easter Island's progressive sound is re-forging the middle-class angst pop that defined the mid 90s and early 00s. This impressive group of classically ...
Rapa Nui activist on hunger strike over Chile actions on Easter Island
Radio New Zealand International - 2 days ago
Reports from Santiago sat a leading Rapa Nui activist has begun a hunger strike in the Chilean capital in protest at the latest evictions on Easter Island. ...Violence in Easter Island clan protests - UPI.com
Easter Island evictions prompt hunger strike - Radio New Zealand
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Otago Daily Times - Alistair McMurran - 2 days ago
Easter Island is a small isolated territory in the south-eastern Pacific that is shrouded in mystery and controversy about its past. ...
Rapa Nui Indigenous People Violently Evicted from Easter Island Chile
Hispanically Speaking News - 1 day ago
Several national deputies and senators have expressed concern and are concerned about what is happening on Easter Island. With this latest act of violence, ...
NZ Govt Urges Peace On Easter Island
Voxy - 14 Dec 2010
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
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Tahiti politician calls for French response to Easter Island
Radio New Zealand International - 29 Dec 2010
A French Polynesian member of the French senate has expressed concern about the recent violence on Chile's Easter Island. More than 20 indigenous Rapa Nui ...New study rewrites Polynesian colonisation
Stuff.co.nz - 27 Dec 2010
... and that the colonisation of all remaining islands - including New Zealand, Hawai'i and Easter Island - occurred between 70 and 265 years later. ...Pacific Colonisation More Recent And Rapid Than Earlier Thought - Voxy
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Machu Picchu and Easter Island just got closer
Prfire (press release) - 23 Dec 2010
Previously, anyone wanting to visit Easter Island from South America would have to fly from Chiles capital Santiago. However, from January you will be able ...The Seven Most Bucket List-Worthy Destinations for 2011
Fox News - Paul Eisenberg - 4 days ago
Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, is about 2000 miles from both Chile and Tahiti, which pretty much situates it in the middle of nowhere, ...
East Polynesia colonized faster and more recently than previously ...
UH System Current News - 3 days ago
Then, between 70 and 265 years later, dispersal continued in one major 'pulse' to all remaining islands including New Zealand, Hawai`i and Easter Island ...Chuck Jaffee: Connecting in the Wild & Scenic Film Festival World
The Union of Grass Valley - 1 day ago
Makohe, a native of the South Seas' Easter Island, has never mountain climbed. ... A month-long pit stop included some Easter Island surfing and being ...Teach children to be good stewards
Centre Daily Times - Peter Dawson Buckland - 30 Dec 2010
The bands of North Africa, the people of Easter Island and modern corporate nations have dealt with booms and busts. Today, corporate industrial states ...
Rapa Nui people under attack from Chilean police
Indian Country Today - Rick Kearns - 23 Dec 2010
Chilean police recently attacked Rapa Nui activists on Easter Island, wounding 24 people as part of an effort to ...Christmas Island tragedy: 27 asylum seekers dead off Australian coast
TNT Magazine - 15 Dec 2010
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. ...
Lehigh Valley attorney Gary Asteak's holiday greeting cards worth ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Nick Falsone - 16 hours ago
View full sizeCourtesy PhotoSpeaking of old heads, you probably recognize this photo of Gary posing with one of the stone heads on Easter Island. ...
25 Injured in a Protest…Far, Far Away
AllGov - 12 Dec 2010
The tranquility of Easter Island in the South Pacific was shattered last week when ...Easter Island, known to its indigenous population as Rapa Nui, ...Concerns about human rights violations against the Rapa Nui - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Easter Island as a metaphor: resource depletion, climate change ... - Al-Arabiya
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Hopes emerge for new breeding ground for endangered short-tailed ...
Mainichi Daily News - 25 Dec 2010
A male short-tailed albatross, center, warms its egg on Easter Island, Midway Atoll. The two birds pictured in front are decoys. (Photo courtesy of the US ...
Smartphone App vs. Guidebooks: Which Do You Use?
Huffington Post (blog) - 18 hours ago
I just ordered a hard-to-find print guidebook to Easter Island for my trip Friday, as I wanted more background than a phone guide could provide. ...Escaped to Latin America Supports "Free Movement" Zone
PR.com (press release) - 4 hours ago
... such as wine and adventure tours in Chile and Argentina, nature tours in Peru and the Galapagos islands and cultural tours to Peru and Easter Island.Eater island: Kon Tiki brings Latin-Asian fusion and stylish fun ...
Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) - Brian Ries - 23 Dec 2010
Of course, the intrepid explorer/author and Easter Island aficionado also didn't hang out in hotel restaurants very much. The Kon-Tiki he called home — his ...
Shipshape Using Yacht for Aid
Wall Street Journal - Shelly Banjo - 21 Dec 2010
This month the yacht travelled to Easter Island, the secluded Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, where it delivered school supplies to a ...Oregon State Researcher Says Media "Grossly Exaggerated" Garbage ...
DailyTech - Tiffany Kaiser - 1 day ago
Finally, there are areas of the ocean that are no polluted at all, such as remote areas between Easter Island and Chile. "If there is a takeaway message, ...“Garbage patch' not as big as media implies - Plastics News
Oceanic 'Garbage Patch' smaller than claimed - TG Daily
OSU scientist: Plastic trash claims in ocean overstated - Albany Democrat Herald
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Newscast for Monday, January 3, 2010
Free Speech Radio News - 3 days ago
And now we head to the Southern Pacific Ocean and the remote island of Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island. This was the scene last week, as indigenous ...Pete Postlethwaite: A face we won't forget
The Guardian - 3 days ago
The stark planes and bulges of his face created a veritable Easter Island statue of authenticity and plainness. On camera, his face read as "real", ...Pete's acts kept getting mixed with real causes - The Daily Telegraph
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Life Changing Historical Sites
AOL Travel News - 2 days ago
Located in the Pacific Ocean, Easter Island is famous for its iconic statues of people's faces--the only thing left of its inhabitants. ...January: The Baltic buffs up its cultural credentials
Independent - 5 days ago
Remote Easter Island has been difficult and expensive to reach, due to tight restrictions on international routes that limited stopovers to flights from ...Third Test – Day 2
Irish Times (blog) - Emmet Riordan - 17 Dec 2010
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 ...Solar eclipse conjures up awe and fascination
WalesOnline - Darren Devine - 2 days ago
The last total solar eclipse was on Easter Island, Polynesia, in July last year. Then some tour operators negotiated exclusive deals which saw them book ...Partial Eclipse "Preview": What You'll See Tomorrow - National Geographic
PBS News Hour
Skygazers await partial eclipse - swissinfo.ch
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Rock Sculptures
Santa Barbara Edhat - Christine Rottman - 30 Dec 2010
... that soon were washed away forever by the sea. It goes to show you don't have to go all the way to Easter island to discovery something new and beautiful.
Ambitious Winterfest kicks off Thursday
MiamiHerald.com - Jordan Levin - 27 Dec 2010
... which examines development and environmental degradation using as a metaphor Easter Island, which was deforested when its inhabitants built the huge ...UAE turns its eyes to the skies for darkness at noon
The National - Martin Croucher - 2 days ago
The founder, Joel Harris, said the company arranged for a large group to see the full eclipse over Easter Island, in Chile, last year and had planned to ...
Effects of Habitat on Coral Bleaching
CO2 Science Magazine - 28 Dec 2010
And they note, in this regard, that "threshold temperatures that induce coral bleaching-related mortality vary worldwide -- from 27°C in Easter Island ...A new view of Maori arrival
The Press - 30 Dec 2010
They suggest that Hawaii, Easter Island, Rarotonga and New Zealand were all colonised by Polynesian travellers about the same time, the travellers having ...
Science, tech shone through
Charlotte Observer - Ann Allen - 4 days ago
... The decade-long Census of Marine Life turned up about 6000 previously unknown ocean species, including this fluffy crab found south of Easter Island. ...Skinner to Host American Indian Ethnographic Art Auction
News-antique.com (press release) - 2 days ago
Other Tribal highlights include a Polynesian “Lizard Man” figure from Easter Island, also from the Arthur Rothenberg collection, and estimated at $5000 to ...The Game Archaeologist and the Forbidden RuneScape: The R-Team
Joystiq - Justin Olivetti - 14 Dec 2010
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. ...Nathan Bevan on the box
WalesOnline - Nathan Bevan - 5 days ago
But 11th Time Lord Matt Smith despite looking like an Easter Island statue sporting a Morrissey quiff brought just the right mix of larkiness and darkness ...March in solidarity with Rapanui whanaunga
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views - 13 Dec 2010
... 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. ...Heck Yeah, Ivy-Covered Head
Patch - Eric Czuleger - 3 days ago
It gazes out onto PCH, our own slice of Easter Island ... as far as disembodied head statues go, anyway. Besides my prestigious/ludicrous award I can ...2011 Board of Contributors
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Shirl Clark - 6 days ago
My far-flung destinations — Russia, Southeast Asia, Easter Island, Alaska — with their surprising adventures often serve as backgrounds for articles and ...Dunedin teen helps Chile
Otago Daily Times - Elspeth McLean - 6 days ago
Earthquakes notwithstanding, Billy has had an action-packed year, including a visit to Easter Island where he went scuba diving, saw traditional dancing, ...
Gunshot Wounds and Evictions: Taking Advantage of the WikiLeaks ...
The Media Co-op - 17 Dec 2010
The unexpected attack came after months of relative peace on the island of Rapanui (Easter Island) where several families have been attempting to reclaim ...Welcome to the Grid
East Oregonian - 18 Dec 2010
... 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. ...Will Hana Feed The World?
Honolulu Weekly - Tad Bartimus - 29 Dec 2010
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a subsistence staple crop throughout Oceania, except for New Zealand and Easter Island, where the climate is too cold. ...
Aboriginal Gems at Rome's Vatican Museums
New York Times (blog) - Linda Hervieux - 27 Dec 2010
Pictograph tablets from Easter Island are, like the rest of the pieces, in excellent condition. A running theme is the presence of spirituality in everyday ...
Patagonia founder to attend film festival
The Union of Grass Valley - 23 Dec 2010
Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, surfs the longest wave of his life – and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. ...Following in Father's Parallel-Universe Footsteps
New York Times - Manohla Dargis - 16 Dec 2010
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 ...
Deep Green: Entropy and Ecology
Greenpeace International (blog) - Rex Weyler - 21 Dec 2010
Humanity has stumbled over this fact of nature in the Sumerian cedar forests, on ancient denuded Greek hillsides, on Easter Island, and today on a global ...
Rome's Vatican Museums host rare Aboriginal art exhibition
Gadling - Laurel Miller - 6 days ago
The collection also includes items from Oceania, including Papua New Guinea and Easter Island... (Rapa Nui). The collection was originally sent to Rome becausePhilippe Petit's High-Wire Act Caught on Camera
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Kimberly Chou - 15 Dec 2010
... 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. ...SpongeBob SquarePants: The Battle For Bikini Bottom
IGN - 5 days ago
... sold at the famed restaurant The Krusty Krab (workplace of our spongy hero, as well as his crotchety Easter-island-head-housed neighbor Squidward, ...Mapuche friendly cardinal named Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
MercoPress - Sarah Fisher - 18 Dec 2010
... 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. ...
Exploring the Earth ... and Beyond
PhysOrg.com - Dave Zobel - 21 Dec 2010
... drove tiny boatloads of Polynesians thousands of kilometers beyond the horizon, with no knowledge that they would eventually bump into Easter Island? ...
What are millennials reading? We asked, you answered
MinnPost.com - Audra Otto - 20 Dec 2010
"The Extra Man"], Tom Perrotta ["Election," "Little Children"] and Jennifer Vanderbes ["Easter Island"]. The one book that particularly struck me this year ...
Gap Adventures Embraces the Cold with Its 2011/12 Line-Up of Polar ...
e-Global Travel News - 20 Dec 2010
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 ...Scott's (Bush's) new (old) schools scheme
Tampabay.com - Daniel Ruth - 13 Dec 2010
... 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, ...To the ends of the Earth
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Rob Kundert - 19 Dec 2010
... Easter Island, the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon, China and later Antarctica. to include destinations from Africa to the Mediterranean to New Zealand. ...Chile - Minister Moreno attends Foreign Affairs Committees of the ...
ISRIA (registration) - 4 days ago
... Committee of the Senate, where he was convened to discuss the international repercussions of the events in Easter Island and the Palestine situation. ...Kennett Hobbs
LubbockOnline.com - 15 Dec 2010
... South America's Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chili; Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Easter Island, Tonga, India, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Sicily, ...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 ...Top travel destinations for 2011
USA Today - Christine Sarkis - 16 Dec 2010
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 ...Beware of gadgets that hurt learning
Cumberland Times-News - 19 Dec 2010
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 ...WikiLeaks revelations raise more questions than answers
Sunday'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. ...B2C Marketing Insider
B2C Marketing Insider - 15 Dec 2010
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.Modern Toss Q&A
Sabotage Times - James Brown - 16 Dec 2010
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. ...Easter Island (Pulau Paskah)
Metrotainment.net - 21 Dec 2010
Metrotainment.net – Tidak hanya ada hari Paskah, namun ternyata ada juga pulau yang bernama Pulau Paskah. Pulau Paskah adalah sebuah pulau milik Chili yang ...
American Express Gives $100000 Grant to Support Save Ellis Island ...
Advertiser Talk - 16 Dec 2010
... Delhi Heritage City, India; Route 66, the historic corridor that runs between Chicago and Los Angeles in the United States and Easter Island, Chile. ...Budget woes force state parks to delay maintenance
MSN Money - Chris Blank - 30 Dec 2010
/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-090625-wld-heritage-NEW/ss-090625-wld-heritage-19.jpg Easter Island, Chile AFP - Getty Images Martin Bernetti ...
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