• The long-term forecast track from the hurricane center showed Katrina weakening and crossing the Florida peninsula Friday, then moving out over the Gulf of Mexico and sweeping north toward the hurricane-weary northern Gulf Coast.

    CNN: Katrina hits Florida: 3 dead; 1 million in dark

  • The remnants of Tropical Storm Allison -- which had stalled over Houston, Texas, for several days before starting a long, slow journey over southern Louisiana, through Georgia and northern Florida and up the East Coast -- slammed into a cold front moving east over Pennsylvania.

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  • In Amenas harbors nearly 50 oil and natural-gas fields, linked to the northern coast through several pipelines.

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  • By producing sugarcane-based ethanol in Peru, whose northern coast has an output of 131 tonnes per hectare, compared with the Brazilian average of 72 tonnes, Brazilian companies could gain tariff-free access to the United States.

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  • The northern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerian region, which sits along the coast of the Baltic Sea, was a part of former East Germany.

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  • On the other hand, an oil spill at a terminal along the pristine British Columbian coast - a scenario cited by opponents of the Northern Gateway project - would damage the employment prospects of local people in fishing and tourism.

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  • It is thought the stones may have been taken from the world-famous tourist attraction on the north coast of Northern Ireland several decades ago.

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  • Iranian Lenj vessels are traditionally hand-built and are used by inhabitants of the northern coast of the Persian Gulf for sea journeys, trading, fishing and pearl diving.

    UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • Sailing along the coast of Siberia by the north-east passage, or Northern Sea Route (NSR), as Russians and mariners call it, cuts the distance between western Europe and east Asia by roughly a third.

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  • The warm, moisture-laden air brings heavy rainfall and flash flooding to Peru's northern coast, killing villagers and causing havoc to the fragile soils of the desert and of the arid Andean foothills.

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  • Escaping once from spear-throwing Turkana in northern Kenya, he felt the chain come off, but managed to coast downhill to safety.

    ECONOMIST: Ian Hibell

  • If the high pressure area expands to the south or the south-west, storms can be pulled to the west, hitting Mexico and the northern Gulf coast.

    BBC: What will a hurricane do to the oil spill?

  • During his two and a half years running Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) on the northern coast of KwaZulu Natal, Mr Dlamini has done much to improve tense relations with the government and the state-owned rail company that brings coal to the terminal.

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  • Train operators including Virgin Trains and East Coast - which link London and Scotland - Arriva Trains Wales, Cross Country, First TransPennine Express, Northern and Scotrail were all reporting disruption.

    BBC: Snow and ice leads to travel delays and school closures

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