 "Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)")
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Anniversary farewell to the heroes of Dunkirk.
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by ALISON BELLAMY
DUNKIRK veterans are to meet in Leeds for a last farewell dinner ending a tradition stretching back more than 51 years.
At the tender age of 19 Stan Kaye was called up to serve his country and did not return home for seven years.
He left his home in Middleton, Leeds, in October 1939 while working as a draftsman, and was trained with the 3rd Royal Engineer Training Battalion in Ripon, before serving with the Royal Engineers.
The Dunkirk veterans and war heroes from this region have been meeting up every year for the past 50 years, but this will be ...
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Easter Islands: face to face with history
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; ...remote Chilean islands The fibreglass...heads of his native island. On the thwarts...monumental statuary of Easter Island, and I...Polynesian culture of Easter Island. A culture whose...or moai, of Easter Island. I say that...
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Canadian artist allowed to leave Easter Islands.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
; ...Canadian artist William Vazan to leave Easter Island, where he has been detained after...to leave the remote South Pacific Island, annexed by Chile in the late 1880s...and both the governor and mayor of Easter Island. Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa...
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...rare exceptions, the only way to Easter Island is via a 51/2-hour LanChile...or poorly paved. WHEN TO GO: Easter Island's climate is mildly temperate...the Web page of the nonprofit Easter Island Foundation (www.islandheritage...
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Magazine article from: Pacific Science
; ...topography on which Easter and Sala-y-Gomez Islands sit, suggesting...Sala-y-Gomez Islands have commanded...surrounding areas. Easter Island lies about 1...the Galapagos Islands and the Ecuadorean...Sala-y-Gomez Island suggest a close...
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Easter Island: a case study in non-sustainability *.
Magazine article from: Greener Management International
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First Record of Baseodiscus bemprichii (Nemertea: Baseodiscidae) on Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and a New Eastern Distribution Boundary for the Species [1].(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Pacific Science
; ...was collected from Easter Island during August...invertebrate fauna of Easter Island is depauperate compared with other islands of the topical Pacific...intertidal zone, Anakena, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile...Sea to the Hawaiian Islands. This range is ...
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'Easter Island' a popular choice for program
Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News
; ...and documentaries featuring Easter Island is planned. They include: Lecture on Easter Island woodcarvings: 7:30...Colorado Blvd. Lecture on Easter Island "Rapa Nui: The Land...rafts settled the South Seas Islands. April 2. Globe Trekker: Chile and Easter Island ...
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Easter Island: the eyes that speak to the sky.(LIFE)(Travel narrative)
Magazine article from: World and I
; ...who annually fall in love with Easter Island, the smallest inhabited island...Easter Sunday "Paasch Eiland" (Easter Island). Thirty years later, the same...lieutenant in the Chilean navy, Easter Island (Isla de Pascua, in Spanish...
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Easter Island: what to learn from the Puzzles?
Magazine article from: American Diplomacy
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Riddle of the stones ; Easter Island's ancient statues could this week be named among the wonders of the world - but did they lead to the destruction of an entire ecosystem? By Steve Connor
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
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