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New Orleans sits mostly below sea level on swampland on the east bank of the Mississippi River and south of Lake Pontchartrain.
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Start Point's light beams 25 nautical miles out to sea, warning ships away from treacherous Skerries Bank.
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But Banjul, capital of Gambia in West Africa, is likely to sink entirely into the ocean due to a combination of erosion and rising sea levels, according to a 2002 World Bank discussion paper on cities and climate change.
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The cost of owning a home by the sea has more that doubled over the past decade, the Halifax bank has said.
BBC: Cost of a seaside home has 'more than doubled'
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The company's challenge is to turn the Merlin, an anti-submarine and search-and-rescue vehicle, into a craft that can also take over the Sea King's airborne surveillance and control duties without breaking the bank.
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Across the Sea of Japan in China, ICBC is the largest and most profitable commercial bank in the world.
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Amid a sea of rumors, firms stopped trusting the Bear's ability to repay, and the bank collapsed.
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When talking about Palestine, the speaker is referring to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that includes the Jewish state of Israel and the Palestinian lands of the West Bank and Gaza.
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