Hai said that inspections were being tightened at international ports in order to prevent substandard ships from entering and damaging the ecology or security of the area. VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam s rising rate of ships detained abroad has given an edge to international shipping firms in sealing lucrative transport contracts. The memorandum established a port state control regime in the Asia-Pacific region to eliminate substandard shipping and promote maritime safety, as well as to...

They're worried that track and field performances will be affected by all the air pollution. President Bush spent all day Thursday in Southern California touring the state with disaster officials and posing for television cameras amid the fire damage. Iranian intelligence agents saw Dick Cheney asleep and moved the weapons of mass destruction back into Iraq. Nothing is more embarrassing for the host country than when a javelin gets stuck in the smog. Surveillance cameras with face...

Which is why, on a crisp fall morning, Leonard was driving a van full of sleeping bags and sleepy-eyed Colorado College freshmen into the mountains around Pikes Peak, where the history of the Earth is writ large in giant slabs of igneous rock jutting up from the ground. Which is why, on a crisp fall morning, Leonard was driving a van full of sleeping bags and sleepy-eyed Colorado College freshmen into the mountains around Pikes Peak, where the history of the Earth is writ large in giant...

Which is why, on a crisp fall morning, Leonard was driving a van full of sleeping bags and sleepy-eyed Colorado College freshmen into the mountains around Pikes Peak, where the history of the Earth is writ large in giant slabs of igneous rock jutting up from the ground. Which is why, on a crisp fall morning, Leonard was driving a van full of sleeping bags and sleepy-eyed Colorado College freshmen into the mountains around Pikes Peak, where the history of the Earth is writ large in giant...

Eighty-five percent of the money raised is returned to local chapters to finance land acquisition and other wildlife projects. Those donating hides are asked not to place the hides in plastic bags because hides will quickly spoil. To view a complete description or to apply, go to www.carlsonc. The sale of the hides has raised over $3. AP content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. To view a complete description or to apply, go to www.midw. ADHA accepting deer hide...

Siemers, who has a lengthy history of citations, had reached a plea agreement on 45 counts of game violations just days prior to last Thursday s arrest. Charges stemming from the incident include three counts of acting as a guide or outfitter without first securing a license and driving while having a license under revocation. Sportsmen across North Dakota have expressed increasing interest in game violation prosecutions in recent years and there has been no shortage of interest or...

Fooled by Nature -- The series that asks viewers to separate wildlife fact from fiction features a colossal croc that devours its prey in one sitting. Four years after the incident, they meet via satellite video, and their confrontation underscores tensions on both sides of the conflict. Almost Human With Jane Goodall -- Jane Goodall and videographer Bill Wallauer have followed the chimps of Gombe National Park in Tanzania for almost 25 years, chronicling their habits and habitat. In this...

For those of you opposed did you sit in on the countless community meetings over the past few years that were used to help draft a project list? Did you participate in the process to identify what the transportation priorities should be? Or is it easier to let others do all the work, sit back and throw stones at it later? Prop 1 is a good start in the right direction, IMO. For those of you opposed did you sit in on the countless community meetings over the past few years that were used to...

This year, the beautiful warm fall day drew people to the event, which in addition to the concert, boasted a free hot dog lunch and a post-concert music jam that went on long after the sun dipped below the mountain. The music portion of the Music in the Meadow event included local artists Steve Kuhar, who plays his acoustic guitar while singing songs from the 50s and 60s, as well as some country standards; Larry Holochwost, who does cowboy folk songs interspersed with old cowboy stories;...