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Avalanche death toll reaches 13 in deadliest accident ever on Mount Everest

Rescuers on Mount Everest found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide on Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak.

Captain was not at helm of capsized South Korean ferry

The captain was not at the helm of the South Korean ferry that capsized two days ago, investigators said Friday, as anger spread over stalled rescue efforts for hundreds of missing passengers trapped by the submerged vessel.

A slap and a spared life

The mother, right, of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh, who was murdered in 2007, slaps Balal who killed her son during the execution ceremony in the northern...

Four dead, 284 missing in S. Korea ferry sinking

South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced Wednesday to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew, mostly high school students bound for a holiday island.
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A Costa Rica Coffee Farm and Its Unanswered Question

"A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof" – Feodor Dostoevsky. In the early 1990s, I spent most of a year in a rural area...

Solar Panels Bring Clean Water to Costa Rica’s Nairi Awari Community

In the middle of Costa Rica's jungle, the indigenous Nairi Awari community no longer has to fetch water from the river with buckets. For...

Central American Rattlesnake: Facts, Myths, and Its Role in Costa Rica

Today we meet Costa Rica’s rattlesnake, the Central American rattlesnake. It’s a beautiful serpent complete with potent venom, a unique warning system, and the...