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Picture in your mind snorkeling along the base of a tall cliff that drops straight down into the sea and on into the deep blue. You look down and on that cliff below you are growing what look like ...

Kiribati, an island nation consisting of 32 atolls in the Pacific Ocean, is 20 to 22 hours ahead ... TARAWA, KIRIBATI – 2015/09/24: Kiribati Geography from the air, a narrow strip of land ...

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She has been working in journalism for seven years. A portion of California's popular Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed into the ocean during a deadly pre-holiday storm that has claimed the life of at ...

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