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Vanuatu Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Vanuatu Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Vanuatu Relations GEOGRAPHYVanuatu is a 'Y'…

How Many Languages Are There?

A confusion of tongues  According to Ethnologue, the premier source of linguistic data, there are 7,139 spoken languages in the world today. 1,514 of those have fewer than 1,000 living speakers. A…

Archie Carr Biography

Archie CarrBiologist, conservationist, and “father of turtle research”Born: June 16, 1909Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama Considered the world's leading authority on sea turtles, Archie Carr was…

Major Earthquakes around the World, 2005

DateLocationMagnitude1Feb. 5Celebes Sea7.1March 2Banda Sea7.1March 28Northern Sumatra, Indonesia8.7June 13Tarapaca, Chile7.8June 15Off coast of northern California7.2July 24Nicobar Islands, India 7.…

Major Earthquakes around the World, 1998

DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 4Loyalty Islands region (S. Pacific Sea)7.4Jan. 30Near coast, northern Chile7.0March 25Balleny Islands region7.7March 29Fiji Islands region7.2April 1Off coast,…

Cyclones

Find data about the most intense and deadliest cyclones from 1864 through present day. 1864 Oct. 5, Calcutta, India: 70,000 killed. 1942 Oct. 16, Bengal, India: about 40,000 lives lost. 1960…

Major Earthquakes around the World, 2002

DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 2Vanuatu Islands7.3March 3 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan7.4March 5Mindanao, Philippines7.5March 31Taiwan region7.1April 26Mariana Islands7.1June 28E. Russia-N.E.…