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June 5, 2007
Chinese Stocks Rebound After Extremely Volatile Morning : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: An investor sits in front of the stock price index at a securities company in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, 05 June 2007. Chinese share prices closed 2.63 percent higher 05 June after an extremely volatile day that saw the market plunge by as much as seven percent in morning trade, dealers said. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin |GlobalGiants.com|
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Volkswagen Desert Racing Team Makes Strong Factory Debut at 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: A pair of Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 vehicles, from the automaker's acclaimed Dakar Rally Factory Team, claimed two top-20 finishes at the 39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 in Ensenada, Mexico. (Volkswagen of America, Inc.) |GlobalGiants.com|
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TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION -- THE CLOSER CAST : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Kyra Sedgwick and the cast of TNT's The Closer will participate in a live, interactive web cast on Thursday, June 7th at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, hosted by TVGuide.com. (Turner Network Television, Andrew Eccles)
ATLANTA, June 4 -- Fans of TNT's THE CLOSER, ad-supported cable's #1 series of all time, will have a chance to ask questions of the series' cast members, including Golden Globe(R) winner Kyra Sedgwick, and find out what is in store for the upcoming third season when TVGuide.com hosts a special interactive Web cast live from the set on Thursday, June 7. Joining Sedgwick will be the series creator and executive producer James Duff as well as fellow cast members Jon Tenney, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Raymond Cruz and Michael Paul Chan. Craig Tomashoff, TV Guide's Los Angeles bureau chief, will moderate the chat, which invites fans to send questions in via email and watch the cast live as they offer their insights on their characters, the show, the upcoming third season and the show's enormous popularity.
To join the live web cast, fans should go to the www.TVGuide.com homepage and click on the link. The web cast will also be simulcast on TNT.tv and CNN Pipeline. |GlobalGiants.com|
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World Wildlife Fund reports transformation of Natural Wonder of the World : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: The last eruption of the Maly or Lesser geyser in the Valley of the Geysers in Kamchatka's Kronotsky Nature Preserve before it disappeared under water after a massive landslide choked the Geyser River. (Photo Credit: World Wildlife Fund, A. Filatkina)
KAMCHATKA, Russia, June 4 -- According to World Wildlife Fund, Kamchatka's Kronotsky Nature Preserve is one of only four places on Earth where geysers punch holes through the Earth's crust to spew boiling water and steam skyward (the three other sites are in Yellowstone National Park, Iceland and New Zealand). But that disappeared under water within hours after a massive slide of boulders, gravel, snow and ice choked the Geyser River in the world-famous Valley of the Geysers.
Part of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Valley of the Geysers is nestled in a canyon of a mountain river, where more than 20 large geysers and 200 thermal springs, vapor-steam jets, and mud-pots belch, boil and gush in an area of only about seven square kilometers.
At the time of the disaster, 19 tourists were exploring the valley after being flown in by helicopter for a three-hour excursion to one of Kamchatka's literal tourist hotspots. It was a miracle no one was killed, eyewitnesses said, as the landslide came to a grinding halt within a meter of the helicopter and buildings where people were located. An earthquake the night before may have triggered the slide.
"We've lost one of the great natural wonders of the world," says Laura Williams, director of WWF-Russia's Kamchatka office. Known in the United States as World Wildlife Fund and recognized worldwide by its panda logo, WWF leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats and to conserve the diversity of life on Earth. Now in its fifth decade, WWF, the global conservation organization, works in more than 100 countries around the world. |GlobalGiants.com|
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