Above the palm trees some 200 yards off, Apache helicopters spat 30 mm rounds and the occasional rocket.
About 360km from Windhoek, Swakopmund feels like a German Baltic beach resort -- apart from the palm trees and desert sand.
They would let the sun do its magic and the sound of the waves, the palm trees swishing away under the warm breeze would ease them into a stress-free vacation mode.
The palm trees sway gently under a balmy sun, the beaches are perfect, and stretched out as far as the eye can see is the wide blue of the Pacific Ocean.
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Her group would meet each Sunday at the church of Santa Rita in Miramar, Havana's grandest district, say the rosary, hear mass, and then walk ten blocks in silence along Quinta Avenida on the green verges under the palm trees.
Thus a recent U.N. report predicts that 98 percent of Indonesia's natural rainforest will be degraded or lost within the next 15 years, in large part because of the planting of palm trees for the production of the biofuel palm oil.
It's a view shared by Medea, who owns Fur-a-Porter - a shop selling fur coats, which stands rather incongruously beside the swaying palm trees of one of Limassol's main roads.
The felling of palm trees has been banned without the special permission of the Coconut Cultivation Board.
Colombo 025 was blasting the leaves off of palm trees and the sand off rooftops.
Rich out-of-towners play at Singapore's two glamorous new casino resorts, opened in 2010, including the Marina Bay Sands complex with its celebrity chef restaurants and an infinity pool on the 57th floor with palm trees overlooking the skyline.
Sitting on the warm sandstone at the top of Ubirr rock and peering over the edge to palm trees far below, I am dizzyingly aware that the scene before me has remained unchanged since prehistory.
The sandy beach with palm trees that opened along the Seine last year is unlikely to be imitated along the banks of the Chicago River.
Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- It's the week before finals at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and all over campus, students are hunched over books and laptops under the shelter of immense palm trees and sprawled out on the cement benches lining the campus' long, grassy mall, the anticipation palpable.
On Tuesday, a fresh Falcon 1 sat on the island launch pad with palm trees waving in the background.
Mojito cocktails were served in the lobby, where images of palm trees flickered on the walls.
The masts are eyesores: the tallest structures on most islands, they jut up through the coconut and palm trees.
At a polling station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, voters queued in their hundreds, many of them seeking shelter from the sun under palm trees.
Beyond the furry cactuses and palm trees, Singapore's ever-expanding skyline will be seen, somewhat surreally, through the greenhouse glass.
The choice crop of landowners looking to cash in on palm oil, the trees grew along the river in thick forests covering thousands of acres.
What the city lacks in palm trees, it makes up for in enthusiasm.
While getting to the end zone, the dog can run through and interact with virtually anything in the scenery, like palm trees or hammocks, which can potentially earn you extra points.
Carriers who spent years pounding the pavement relax under palm trees in a kind of mail carrier bliss: no ice to tumble on, no snow to slosh through, and best of all, no furry foes.
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Sam's is on Arthur Godfrey Rd, the heart of the local Jewish scene, a place that sort of resembles a Semitic corner of Brooklyn left to tan in the tropical sun with palm trees and a pair of Ray Bans.
Bougainvillea blooms year round, palm trees are everywhere dotting the skyline like enormous chrysanthemums and ficus trees reach the size of old growth oaks, reminding you that California is a very hospitable place to grow and bloom on many levels.
The amphitheatre, a natural coral bowl surrounded by palm trees, was already partly filled with the hundreds of officers and warrant officers of every rank in our division.
Shrouded by dense greenery and palm trees, the hotel wraps around a garden with a cosy swimming pool and popular bar.
The roads are lined with palm trees and landscaped gardens abound.
There have been programs to re-plant palm trees and the Baghdad Mayoralty held a conference, which discussed preserving the city's heritage, according to Pieri.
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