Eco enthusiasts can get their Jacques Cousteau on at Las Baulas National Marine Park, an underwater showcase of marine life with warm water, high visibility and gentle currents.

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But without a star to keep the earth warm, other forms of life would be doomed to a chilly death.

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"These billions of tonnes of additional carbon dioxide in our atmosphere will remain there for centuries, causing our planet to warm further and impacting on all aspects of life on Earth, " said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud.

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It acknowledges that life doesn't always happen in warm, brightly-lit spaces.

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The making of Kyrgyz felt carpets is inseparably linked to the everyday life of nomads, who used felt carpets to warm and decorate their homes.

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Mr Major was simply saying that the ordinary and intrinsic pleasantness of English life was safe from these fiends, cricket and warm beer not being amendable to a 20-metre wicket and compulsory lager.

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Further south again, South Goa lays claim to the very best of the state's beaches, a slower pace both of life and of tourism development, and a heady combination of emerald paddy fields, white sands beaches and warm, azure waters.

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"In my view, it is better to fling open the gates of all our prisons and ask all the inmates to walk out into the warm embrace of their relatives than pardon those who force otherwise decent Nigerians to take to crime as a way of life, " Mr Aturu is quoted as saying.

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