Eco-tourism may be good news for sharks

OurAmazingPlanet.com – Imagine swimming in crystalline ocean waters shot through with sunlight when one of Earth’s most notorious predators swims into view — a very close view. Such pulse-quickening encounters are, in fact, the whole point for visitors to Tiger Beach, an idyllic spot in the Bahamas where eco-tourists can get up close and personal with tiger sharks — indiscriminate eaters known to devour everything from sea turtles to kegs of nails (and occasionally a few unlucky humans).

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World Model UN Conference gets underway in Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver, CANADA – WorldMUN is the most diverse college-level Model United Nations conference in the world, attracting more than 2,000 college students from around the globe for a youth summit. The conference is managed by Harvard College and moves to a new international city every year, having been hosted in previous years at The Hague, Geneva, Beijing, London, Athens, Taipei, and many more.

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World Model UN Conference gets underway in Vancouver, Canada

(Video) "Wake up Call" global campaign urges leaders to take action – Young people to make a stand for positive change

Singer Whitney Houston found dead at 48

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer and a former model.

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U.S. Secretary of State makes final appeal to international community to take action, but rules out military intervention in Syria

Munich, Germany – In a press conference during the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared her view of the current status of negotiations on a United Nations Security Council resolution on the situation in Syria. She referred to the Syrian government as a “bankrupt regime clinging to power by any means”

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U.S. Embassy Consular Officer Encourages High School Students to Invest in Their Future

Nassau, Bahamas – “Pursuing higher education opportunities is an important way of investing in your future.

SuperModel / SuperTalent of the Bahamas Contestant Calls in Grand Bahama this weekend

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island – Aspiring MODELS and SINGERS are asked to attend the screening for the 2012 Supermodel of the Bahamas and Super Talent o f the Bahamas competition event.

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The Role of Parliamentarians in the Fight against Corruption

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today highlighted the successes and challenges of the countries of the continent in the fight against corruption, and remarked the relevant role of Parliaments in addressing this issue, during the inaugural session of the International Seminar on Probity and Transparency in the National Congress and the Political Parties System, held January 12 and 13 in the National Congress of Chile.

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Bahamas Speed Week seen in Times Square

New York, NEW YORK – Bahamas Speed Week Revival parked in New York City’s iconic Times Square this Tuesday, December 20, 2011 with an image of the event’s winner featured on the Reuters billboard located in one of NYC’s most famous districts. The photograph, taken by local photographer Derek Smith, shows Stephen Bond, winner of the event’s timed trials driving his Lister Bristol on the Arawak Cay circuit. International coverage of Bahamas Speed Week Revival continues..

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Bahamas: Male Violence Against Women

Womanish Words would like the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women to be called what it really is – the International Day for the Elimination of Male Violence Against Women, and posts a rant poem in an “honest attempt to contribute to the naming and defining of male violence against women, of defining it so that we can recognize it, and stop it.” Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

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