'I miss Somalia' Oct 22, 2009
The artist of this picture said that when crossing the Sahara desert, the bodies of those who died were simply thrown out of the truck. (Pic: Julie Remy). (BBC News -- Europe)
Algeria profile Oct 21, 2009
The Sahara desert covers more than four-fifths of the land. Oil and gas reserves were discovered here in the 1950s, but most Algerians live along the northern coast. (BBC News -- Africa)
Migratory route of Eleonora's falcon revealed for first time Oct 17, 2009
Some of the previously-obscure secrets now revealed by the scientists show that these falcons migrate by both day and night, and cross supposed ecological barriers such as the Sahara Desert ... The satellite tracking data have also shown that "Eleonora's falcons can migrate by both day and night (a new discovery among birds of prey of their genus), and cross supposed ecological barriers such as the Sahara Desert, the Equator and extensive stretches of open sea in the Indian Ocean", points out... (EurekAlert!)
Germany's Coming Energy Revolution Oct 17, 2009
Companies like Munich Re (), Siemens, Deutsche Bank (), E.on () and RWE, working together under the name , want to build giant solar power plants in Africa's Sahara desert to feed the European power grid. Carmaker Volkswagen (), together with ecologically friendly energy utility Lichtblick, wants to install 100,000 directly in consumers' homes. (BusinessWeek)
Welcome to the jungle Oct 15, 2009
The Capetonian followed his maiden victory up with another clean sweep in the Sahara Desert race in Egypt later in 2008. And it looks like Sandes is on the way to another overwhelming victory in the Amazon after winning the first three stages in the six-stage event. (iAfrica.com)
Love, Pleasure, Duty Oct 10, 2009
I dont think there are too many men out there buying their women the world and their penises are dry as the Sahara desert. I mean, you know. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
People make a city international Sep 26, 2009
Even in Africa s Sahara Desert one can find satellite dishes attached to nomadic tents and cans of Coke in camel saddlebags. In the relatively short time that I have lived here I have met some of the most well known world leaders. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Kufuor Identifies Problems of African Entrepreneurs Sep 25, 2009
The other, he said, was that the forbidden Sahara Desert effectively cut most of the continent off, till about the 10th century. Kufuor added that by the 14th century, the rest of the continent, Africa south of the Sahara, came under the long onslaught of debilitating slave trade and later colonialism lasting almost 600 years. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nigeria: Hope Dims for 57 Nationals On Death Row Sep 21, 2009
He explained that many risk their limbs to cross the Sahara desert, sometimes ending up in Libya. Others that are desperate get involved in illegal drug trafficking, racketeering, and all sorts of crimes. (allAfrica.com)
• Events Calendar Sep 18, 2009
Schedule: 9:30 a.m., "Footsteps in Africa," looks at nomadic people in Sahara desert who choose to live austerely in solidarity with nature; 11:30 a.m., "Blessings," a Tibetan Buddhist leads Western women to a remote nomadic region of Tibet to meet with nuns; 2 p.m., "Cracking the Cosmic Egg," new ways in which science and spirituality are combining to improve the human condition (features Jim Walsh, founder of HESA Institute, which created Intentional Chocolate); 3:30 p.m., "Cowboy Yoga," a... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Deadly crossing Sep 14, 2009
Panorama reporter Paul Kenyon has returned to West Africa to trace the route of African migrants as they attempt a deadly four-day crossing of the Sahara desert on foot ... While the rest of the world's press struggled to get entry visas, and news of the pending release of the Lockerbie bomber from a Scottish prison not yet broken, we were embedded with Libya's security services in the Sahara desert. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sunspots and Weather Cycles Belie Global-Warming Hysteria Sep 14, 2009
The Sahara Desert was once grassland before the formation of massive sand dunes, and rising waters have reclaimed much of the ancient world s storied coastlines, including Peloponnesia. The ancient port of Cenchreai, from which St. Paul sailed to the island of Ephesos -- submerged before the beginning of the Industrial Revolution -- is still visible in aerial photographs. (Human Events Online)
Giant Stone-age Axes Found In African Lake Basin Sep 12, 2009
Many archaeologists believe that equivalent lakes in the North African Sahara desert played an important part in the Out of Africa human expansion theory, as the ancestors of all modern humans would have chosen a wet route out of Africa. The new research is the first time that this giant Botswanan lake basin in southern Africa has been the focus of scientific research, and these findings could provide new evidence to support the theory about a hominid migration through and expansion from Africa. (Science Daily)
Former Lost Boy raising money for school in Sudan Sep 11, 2009
When Bor was attacked, the refugees were forced to flee along a cattle road to Ethiopia, passing through the Sahara Desert. You don t see anything. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
• See the universe from other perspectives at spiritual film festival Sep 11, 2009
9:30 a.m. "Footsteps in Africa." Looks at nomadic people in the Sahara desert who choose to live austerely in solidarity with nature. 11:30 a.m. "Blessings." A Tibetan Buddhist leads Western women to a remote nomadic region of Tibet to meet with nuns. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
The Bottom Line: Gov't control of health care carries too much risk to the patient Sep 10, 2009
Economist Milton Friedman once remarked, "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand." It is for this reason that we do not have government-run grocery stores to increase competition. Since the potential benefits of a public option are slim to none, what risks would we take in creating one. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Siemens, Areva, Alstom Said to Bid for Control of Israeli Solar Firm Solel Sep 6, 2009
Solel technology is used in the $555 billion Desertec project planned by companies including Siemens and ABB Ltd. in the Sahara Desert to bring electricity to European homes. Siemens on Aug. 28 said it invested $15 million for a stake in Israeli solar company Arava Power Company, which runs a solar energy plant Kibbutz Ketura north of Eilat. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
WWII -- 70 years later Sep 6, 2009
Hitler controlled much of the present-day area of the European Union and its surrounding environs from the Atlantic Ocean to the suburbs of Moscow, and from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert. Much of China and almost all of Southeast Asia were under Japanese control. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
More of this story Sep 4, 2009
To say things looked promising for Barnsdall would be akin to buying a leaf blower to clean off the Sahara desert sand dunes. Barnsdall had to overcome deficits of 4-0 and 6-4 in order to squeak out the victory and to play for the pool crown. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Sandfish Tucks Legs And 'Swims' Like A Snake Under Desert Sand Sep 1, 2009
The sandfish used in this study inhabits the Sahara desert in Africa and is approximately four inches long. It uses its long, wedge-shaped snout and countersunk lower jaw to rapidly bury into and swim within sand. The sandfish's body has flattened sides and is covered with smooth shiny scales, its legs are short and sturdy with long and flattened fringed toes and its tail tapers to a fine point. (Science Daily)
Click to read:Astronaut's Memories Live on in Art Aug 31, 2009
"This is like going halfway across the Sahara Desert and stopping your car, which is running great, and getting out and camping out for a couple days and hoping when you start it up the battery works," Bean recalled. "Cause if it doesn't, you're up a creek.". (CBS News)
Your brain is weirder than you think Aug 26, 2009
In one experiment, participants were taken to the Sahara Desert and given the direction of camp, then left to wander for four hours. In a second scenario, participants were dropped in a forest in Germany, also given a direction, and walked for four hours. (CNN)
Kenya: Govt to Pay Heavily for Failure to Tackle Climate Change Aug 25, 2009
Predictions show that Northern Kenya will experience even drier conditions as Sahara desert progresses into sub-Sahara Africa. Common position The call for Kenya to act came as leaders of 10 African countries met in Ethiopia on Monday to try to agree on a common position on climate change ahead of crucial UN talks in Denmark in December to decide how future investments in reducing global warming will be conducted. (allAfrica.com)
Schott Solar Scraps Earnings Target, Remains Committed to Listing Shares Aug 23, 2009
The company makes receivers for solar thermal power plants similar to those used in the $555 billion Desertec project planned by companies including Siemens AG in the Sahara Desert to bring electricity to European homes. Heming said the unit making the receivers may double sales this fiscal year. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Lost people really do walk in circles Aug 21, 2009
Three trekked through the Sahara desert in southern Tunisia. (A sandstorm stopped further testing in the desert). (MSNBC -- Environment)
Humans walk in circles -- but we think we're going straight Aug 21, 2009
Researches at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany attached GPS locators to people and then set them to walking for several hours in the Sahara desert in Tunisia and the Bienwald forest in Germany. Walkers were only able to continue in a straight line when they could see either the sun or the moon. (USA Today -- Tech)
With Nothing To Guide Their Way, People Really Do Walk In Circles Aug 21, 2009
Three other participants walked for several hours in the Sahara desert, in southern Tunisia. Two of them, who walked during the heat of the day, veered from the course they were instructed to follow but did not walk in circles. (Science Daily)
Humans Walk in Circles When They're Lost Aug 21, 2009
So the researchers outfitted nine people with a tracking device, and dropped them off either in a flat forest in Germany or the Sahara desert in southern Tunisia and told them simply to walk for several hours in a straight line in one direction. Two people during daylight veered from their course, but didn't walk in circles. (ABC News)
Herbert Peter: Climate? Keep the change Aug 19, 2009
One of my favorite quotes from Milton Friedman is this: If the federal government controlled the Sahara Desert, in five years it would run out of sand. In his book Money Mischief, he stated a more factual prophecy: that the government s reckless policies will cause hyper inflation and destroy our nation. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Hurricane Bill to Be Major, But Projected Path Is Hazy Aug 18, 2009
The storm formed far enough south in the Atlantic to escape the dry, hurricane-stifling air that wafts westward from Africa's Sahara desert (). (Related: ). (National Geographic)
Abrokyir Nkomo: The Deportee Aug 18, 2009
Wispy clouds drift lazily beneath you as the sun filters through the cabin, with the Sahara desert spread out further below like an expansive cashmere blanket. Cause for celebration that you are going home to the land of your ancestors. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Vast Expanses of Arctic Ice Melt in Summer Aug 10, 2009
The Sahara Desert used to be as green as the Fertile Crescent and the change came when the world population was less than a billion and there were no vehicles whatsoever, just trees and people walking around on foot ... However, I don't care about the Sahara Desert as much as I do about North America ... "...I don't care about the Sahara Desert as much as I do about North America.". (CBS News)
Angola next stop on Hillary Clinton's tour Aug 9, 2009
The African country is one of the largest energy producers south of the Sahara Desert and is a major supplier of petroleum and liquefied natural gas to the U.S. market. Don't Miss. (CNN -- World)
Art in Idyllwild A traditional roadtrip to a Treasure Hunt Aug 7, 2009
Visit Everitt s Minerals and Gallery to cruise past works of art made of fossil specimens from around the world, including the Sahara Desert of Morocco. Some of the shelled fossils date back 500 million years. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Terror links? Aug 5, 2009
The presence of an al-Qaeda branch operating across the Sahara Desert in Mauritania, Morocco, Mali and Niger and Nigeria's porous borders have sharpened such fears. But so far there has been no evidence of Osama Bin Laden's group in Nigeria, despite several arrests by the government and two warnings from the US about potential attacks on its interests in the country in as many years. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sahara desert goes green Aug 4, 2009
WASHINGTON: Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding regions are greening due to increasing rainfall, all thanks to the rising temperatures due to climate change ... Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding regions are greening due to increasing rainfall, all thanks to the rising temperatures due to climate change. (India Times)
King Salmon Failing 00004000to Return to Spawn Aug 3, 2009
Just like the Sahara desert used to be as green as the Fertile Crescent, but natural climactic changes turned it into desert. by chimneyfish August 2, 2009 8:25 PM EDT. (CBS News)
Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change? Aug 1, 2009
Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change ... Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change ... Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding regions are greening due to increasing rainfall. (National Geographic)
Q+A-Who are the Islamic sect in northern Nigeria? Jul 31, 2009
West Africa has a strong tradition of moderate Sufi Islam whose brotherhoods are renowned for their tolerance, particularly in the Sahel -- the southern fringe of the Sahara desert stretching across the northern edge of Nigeria. Salafist insurgents from Algeria, Tablighi clerics from Pakistan and Wahabist missionaries from Saudi Arabia -- all seen as potential threats by Western intelligence services -- have tried to gain a foothold in the region in recent years. (AlertNet)
Click to read:Drought-Stricken Texas Pushes Conservation Jul 26, 2009
For pete's sakes parts of the Sahara desert used to be as green as the 'Fertile Crescent' and now can't even grow grass. and the only release of CO2 in the atmosphere was from freaking trees. (CBS News)
Bacteria 'could help form wall to stop Sahara Desert spreading' Jul 25, 2009
A plan to build a 6,000km-long wall across the Sahara Desert to stop the spread of the desert has been outlined. The barrier - formed by solidifying sand dunes - would stretch from Mauritania in the west of Africa to Djibouti in the east. (BBC News -- Africa)
In pictures: Migration Jul 22, 2009
Every year many thousands of migrants make the gruelling journey through the Sahara desert as they try to reach Europe. Italian photographer Alfredo Bini joined some of them as they travelled through Niger. (BBC News -- Africa)
Mali ex-rebels to tackle al-Qaeda Jul 21, 2009
Both groups roam across the Sahara Desert and correspondents say the deal could prove significant. The agreement was brokered by Algeria's ambassador to Mali. (BBC News -- Africa)
General wins Mauritania election Jul 20, 2009
Dominated by light-skinned Arabic-speakers (Moors) Slavery still practised, campaigners say Black Africans complain of discrimination Mostly in the Sahara Desert. Earlier, one of the main opposition candidates, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, told a news conference: "The results which are starting to come out show that it is an electoral charade which is trying to legitimise the coup.". (BBC News -- Africa)
Timeline: Mauritania Jul 20, 2009
The Sahara desert occupies most of Mauritania. 1978 - First post-independence president, Moktar Daddah, is deposed in a military coup. (BBC News -- Africa)
Mauritanians vote in first post-coup poll Jul 19, 2009
Junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is favourite to win the vote in the Sahara desert Islamic state, analysts say, but there are alternatives in Ely Ould Mohamed Vall as well as veteran opposition figure Ahmed Ould Daddah. Vall mounted a coup in 2005, a popular move which ousted a long-standing military ruler and laid the foundations for the country's first free elections in 2007. (AlertNet)
Mauritania gears up for elections Jul 18, 2009
Dominated by light-skinned Arabic-speakers (Moors) Slavery still practised, campaigners say Black Africans complain of discrimination Mostly in the Sahara Desert. Mr el-Hacen told the BBC's Network Africa programme that the campaigning has been vigorous but tolerant. (BBC News -- Africa)
Lizards turn into snakes to navigate desert Jul 17, 2009
The sandfish used in this study inhabits the Sahara desert in Africa and is approximately four inches long. It uses its long, wedge-shaped snout and countersunk lower jaw to rapidly bury into and swim within sand, said a GIT release. The sandfish's body has flattened sides and is covered with smooth shiny scales, its legs are short and sturdy with long and flattened fringed toes and its tail tapers to a fine point. (India Times, India)
Through sand, desert lizard swims like a snake Jul 17, 2009
Gary Meek/Georgia TechThe sandfish is a small lizard native to the Sahara desert the burrows through the sand ... The (Scincus scincus) is a typically about 4 inches long that is native to the Sahara desert. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Bill Gates envisions fighting hurricanes by manipulating the sea... Jul 16, 2009
" Couldn't agree with you more! Hell, look at how many people he's conned into believing there is global warming! Inappropriate? Posted by nwilcox on hey Bill, before you start saving the whole world, do us a favor and fix the mess you've already made of the computer industry... including your most infamous turds the Windows operating system and the IE8 browser. Inappropriate? Posted by p0sted on My hurricane idea.... This premise is based on the fact that many of the strongest storms are born... (The Drudge Report)
Siemens, Munich Re Will Draw Up Blueprints for Sahara Solar-Power Project Jul 13, 2009
Siemens, Munich Re Make Plans for Sahara Desert Solar Project - Bloomberg ... Siemens, Munich Re Make Plans for Sahara Desert Solar Project ... July 13 (Bloomberg) -- , and 10 more companies plan to draw up blueprints for their project to harness the sun that beats down on the Sahara Desert to bring extra electricity to European homes. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Nigeria: Task Force Foils Attack On Pipeline Jul 9, 2009
They also noted that "since the year 2005, kidnapping and abduction have become a daily occurrence in Nigeria; spreading first from the South-south, through the South-east and have now enveloped the entire country; up to the fringes of the Sahara Desert.". They further noted the damages caused to the nation's image on several levels, stressing that "on the international level, the news of the kidnap of hundreds of foreigners, mostly oil workers affects the country's image negatively". (allAfrica.com)
Loretta LaRoche: My never-ending quest to find the right sleepwear Jul 9, 2009
Then menopause hit and I found myself feeling like I had somehow been left stranded on the Sahara Desert every night. Most often I would sleep in the buff, but then I would suddenly feel like an Arctic wind had enveloped me and I would frantically whip the pajamas back on. (Medfield Press, MA)
Green.view: Extinct and unmourned Jul 8, 2009
It is one thing to know that the Amazonian rainforest or the seas off the Sahara desert are threatened. It is quite another to know which species in those ecosystems will be lost if they are badly damaged. (The Economist)
Huge Iraq Dust Storm Seen From Space (LiveScience.com) Jul 8, 2009
As one example of the global circulation, dust and bacteria can lift off the Sahara Desert in Africa and. On the plus side, dust storms are known to to ocean plants. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Mt. Kilimanjaro climbs in race of new world "Seven Wonders" Jul 6, 2009
In Africa, the Capetown based-Table Mountain of South Africa leads at No. 7 in the land features category, while the Sahara desert leads in the world under another category of landscapes, according to the report. Seven wonders are normally voted by people and over 226 million people have been mobilized to vote for this new list. (Xinhuanet, China)
You'd think water would be a basic right Jul 5, 2009
Spain is also facing an extreme water crisis, with some wondering whether the Sahara Desert will cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa. And droughts seem to have become a permanent way of life in Australia. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Sahara gas pipeline gets go-ahead Jul 4, 2009
FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Algeria, Nigeria, Niger sign gas supply agreement - 1 hr ago $15b gas pipeline to cross Sahara desert - 10 hrs ago Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal $10 bln gas pipeline deal - 14 hrs ago GAS: Nigeria, Niger, Algeria sign trans-Saharan pipeline deal - 14 hrs ago UPDATE 2-Nigeria, Algeria agree to build Sahara gas link - 16 hrs ago. SHARED. (BBC News -- Africa)
Inquiry reopened in discovery of poet's remains Jul 3, 2009
Teeth can wear quickly, said Van Gerven, who spent six months as a youth in the Sahara Desert "and lost more enamel than the Ruess skeleton! That didn't make me a Nubian and it didn't make me 70 years old.". Van Gerven said the "great fuss" Jones made over shovel-shaped incisors had little scientific importance - eight percent of European-Americans possess the same trait, he said, while 10 percent of American Indians lack it. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Scientists to breed 'super-tuna'... Jul 3, 2009
The "scientific' harvest magically ends up being used for commercial purposes. A lot of kooks here today. If you don't want to eat meat or fish, that's fine. If you try to take mine away I will smite you. RHO1953 on July 02, 2009 at 10:54 PM GO VEGAN! and SAVE THE PLANET!!! I haven't eat fish for more than 10 years. I am super Healthy!!! More than ANYONE eating fish!!! Go Vegan!! You will live Better and Longer and help save the Planet Earth. The Animals are NOT your food!!! Flavio on July 02,... (The Drudge Report)
Is It Really Greener Abroad? Jul 2, 2009
We have heard and read from both electronic and print media the difficulties some of our brothers and sisters go through especially those who pass through the Sahara desert. Some of them die of hunger and thirst whereas others are robbed and killed by thugs. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Niger in political crisis Jul 1, 2009
The court became the first victim of the emergency powers that allow Tandja virtually single-handedly to rule the uranium-rich but deeply poor country of 15 million people on the southern edge of the Sahara desert. The president's mandate expires in December and a presidential election is due in November, but he is trying to push for a referendum ahead of that date so that he can run. (iAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Govt, Algeria to Sign Gas Pipeline Deal Jun 30, 2009
An agreement to build a gas pipeline from Nigeria across the Sahara Desert to Algeria will be signed next week in Abuja, Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said on Monday. Vanguard gathered that the European Union had said the Trans-Sahara project would help diversify its energy sources but the project has been stuck on the drawing board for years. (allAfrica.com)
Kyrgyzstan, Burkina Faso gain first World Heritage sites Jun 28, 2009
The stone ruins were the walls of a fortress that used to protect gold caravans as they crossed the Sahara desert. Meanwhile, the Heritage Committee put a coral reef in Belize and the Los Katios National Park in Colombia on its endangered list. (Xinhuanet, China)
Nigerian joint venture hailed Jun 28, 2009
The government also plans to use gas to triple electric generator capacity to 10 000 megawatts by next year and pipe the cleaner fuel through the Sahara Desert to consumers in Europe. - Bloomberg. (Business Report, South Africa)
