Borneo

...RAYA, Indonesia - Over the past decade, Lone Droscher-Nielsen, a former flight attendant, has saved nearly 600 orphaned orangutans in Borneo from almost certain death. Funded by donations from abroad, she's given the apes food, shelter, and...

In this article: Orangutan, Deforestation, and Scandinavian Airlines

...his legal studies when World War II broke out. Kearney enlisted and served with the 2/9 Armoured Regiment in New Guinea and Borneo and became a commissioned officer. Returning to his studies, he graduated in law from the University...

In this article: Supreme Court, St Aloysius' College, World War II, and The Catholic Church

Chinese-Australian member of Z-Force, the Allied Special Forces unit, during the Second World War, who served behind enemy lines in Borneo for six months as a 19-year-old. In the several books he wrote about his war experiences, he claimed...

In this article: Preston North End, Blackpool, NATO, Frank Sinatra, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mir, and Soyuz

...Indonesia 22 Feb 2007: At least 42 die as ferry catches fire off Jakarta 30 Dec 2006: More than 400 lost as ferry sinks between Borneo and Java 7 July 2005: About 200 die as ferry sinks off eastern Indonesia "We only managed to get...

In this article: Indonesia, Jakarta, Antara, Local TV, Dumai, Java, and Sumatra

...atmosphere by gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles in the United States and smoke-belching factories in China, danger here in the heart of Borneo rises from the ground itself. Peat, formed over thousands of years from decomposed trees, grass...

In this article: Carbon, Carbon dioxide, U.N., Indonesia, National Council, J.P. Morgan, and Suharto

Exotic Borneo and Bangkok Tour Includes 11 Days Through Malaysian Borneo's Awe-Inspiring Rainforests and Bangkok, Thailand's Most Exciting City JENKINTOWN, Pa. - Southeast Asia's dazzling rainforests, dynamic cities, and exotic culture has...

In this article: Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Kuching, and Phuket Island

Agreement sought with palm-oil industry to create ape-saving forest corridors Borneo's orang-utans face a bleak future as loggers and farmers clear the rainforest Wildlife campaigners have made "a deal with the devil" in a bid to save...

In this article: Orangutan, Sumatra, London, Deforestation, World Land Trust, and The World Bank

...decade, Lone Droescher-Nielsen, a former Scandinavian Airlines Systems flight attendant, has saved nearly 600 orphaned orangutans in Borneo from almost certain death. Funded by donations from abroad, she has given the apes food, shelter and...

In this article: Orangutan, World Land Trust, Scandinavian Airlines Systems, John Burton, and Indonesia

...1944, another set of young American Army men in their early 20s crashed their B-24 Liberator in the jungles of the Pacific island of Borneo, finding themselves in an un-real world if there ever was one. There, the survivors were cared for and...

In this article: The Real World, MTV, Secrets of the Dead, Iraq, and Gettysburg

BOULDER, Colo. -The first time Kristen Nordham saw a photo of Irvine, an orphan orangutan living on a reservation in Borneo, she was smitten by the ape's pudgy cheeks and flecked belly. "I just though she was the cutest one," said Kristen,...

In this article: Orangutan, Bornean Orangutan, Dog, and International Union for Conservation