 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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QUAKE HITS SOVIET REPUBLIC LANDSLIDES BURY PARTS OF 3 VILLAGES.(Main)
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Byline: Combined wire services
A strong earthquake struck the Soviet Central Asian republic of Tadzhikistan today, triggering landslides that buried parts of three villages and killed as many as 1,000 people, the Tass news agency said.
One village, Sharora, was buried under a 45-foot wall of dirt and mud, officials said.
"Almost everybody died," said Zainiddin Nasreddinov, editor-in-chief of the official Tazhikistan news agency, who visited Sharora.
The quake caused landslides that also buried parts of nearby villages of Kulipoyen and ...
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The NORWEGIAN CONNECTION.(Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup )
Magazine article from: Canadian Geographic
; ...Arctic to honour the underappreciated explorer, Otto Sverdrup Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup ought to be better known in Canada. That is...northern Norwegian neighbour. The idea for the Otto Sverdrup Centennial Expedition belongs to Graeme Magor...
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Sverdrup stamp unveilings.(Northern News)(Canada, Norway and Greenland issue stamps honoring explorer Otto Sverdrup)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Arctic
; ...this year, Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930) was commemorated...after a speech by Per Egil Hegge, Sverdrup's biographer. The joint issue...that are an enduring legacy of Otto Sverdrup. Our thanks to Graeme Magor...
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Canada Post to honour Otto Sverdrup.(Northern News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Arctic
; ...anniversary of the birth of Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930). From 1898 to 1902, Sverdrup and his remarkable team charted parts of...Ellesmere Island that now bears the name "Sverdrup Islands." The Canadian stamp will feature...
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How worried is Bush? Mexico Project Director at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, DC, Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup sees the 2004 presidential race shaping the year ahead in US politics.(Telephone Interview)
Magazine article from: Latino Leaders
; ...help to put President Bush's Latin American policy back on track--pending his confirmation. The appointment of Ambassador Otto Reich as Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives will hopefully do the same--although questions loom over the logic...
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POLAR EXPLORER REMEMBERED
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press
; ...household name in this country, Norwegian seaman Otto Sverdrup is a big figure in explorations of the frozen...were issued March 26, the 150th anniversary of Sverdrup's birth. In 1898, Sverdrup set forth on a four-year voyage of the polar...
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The Muskox Patrol: High Arctic sovereignty revisited. (Info North).(Canada )
Magazine article from: Arctic
; ...delivered from Norway, soon after Otto Sverdrup's successful completion of the...conditions in Kane Basin prevented Sverdrup from carrying out his original...many of the High Arctic islands (Sverdrup, 1903). On 9 May 1900, Sverdrup...
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Family Weathers Arctic Lows While Retracing Explorer's Path
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...footsteps of Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup. Keziah, whose middle name is...the tundra looking for traces of Sverdrup's travels. Taking a child on...the winter," he added. The Otto Sverdrup Centennial Expedition has set...
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Canada's sovereignty in changing Arctic waters.
Magazine article from: Northern Review
; ...Canadian sovereignty over the Sverdrup Islands, which were "discovered...claimed by the Norwegian explorer, Otto Sverdrup, in the 1880s. In a 1928 diplomatic...international law over these islands. Old Otto Sverdrup however, wrote a letter to say...
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Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Arctic
; ...possessions. The Norwegian explorer, Otto Sverdrup, provided the first jolt following...Arctic Islands. In May 1900, Sverdrup and his teammate Ivar Fosheim...Canada's answer to Norway's Otto Sverdrup. During the 1910-11 Arctic...
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Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Arctic
; ...Robert Peary's ship Windward and Otto Sverdrup's ship Fram into their respective...objectives than those of Peary and Sverdrup. Between 1898 and 1902, Peary...four years, on the other hand, Otto Sverdrup, relying on no one but himself...
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