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This race is a nonstop sail around the world. Cassette tapes are allowed, but no GPS

This race is a nonstop sail around the world. Cassette tapes are allowed, but no GPS

To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.
by Scott Neuman

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Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K

Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K

Turkish justice officials are targeting more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods after a pair of earthquakes collapsed thousands of buildings in southeast Turkey and northern Syria six days ago.
by The Associated Press

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Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000

Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000

Rescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria.
by The Associated Press

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Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant

Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant

Satellite data show water levels plummeting at the massive Kakhovka Reservoir. The reservoir supplies drinking water, irrigates vast tracts of farmland, and cools Europe's largest nuclear plant.
by Geoff Brumfiel, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Jacob Fenton, Meredith Rizzo and Julian Hayda

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Hopes fade as rescuers press search for quake survivors in Turkey and Syria

Hopes fade as rescuers press search for quake survivors in Turkey and Syria

Rescue workers pressed their search Thursday across Turkey and Syria for survivors from this week's massive earthquake and aftershocks as the window to find people alive began to close.
by Rob Schmitz, Ruth Sherlock and Kevin Drew

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