2,000-yr.-old health spa is discovered in Egypt

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 2, 1987 ;     286 words ...MARINA BEACH, Egypt Chinese and Egyptian engineers...site slated for an office building for Marina Beach, close to the World War II battleground...third century B.C. Work was suspended on Marina Beach after the discovery six months ago...

This stray dog is a life saviour at Marina Beach

The Hindustan Times;  April 5, 2008 ;     365 words ......Chennai, April 5 -- A stray dog at the Marina beach has drawn a lot of attention here after...saving lives. "Oh! This dog is great. On Marina Beach, it escorts us daily and looks out for...Anna Square Police Station at Chennai's Marina Beach. He recalled how the dog once jumped...

Tsunami may temporarily destroy a beach, but it can't touch the memories

Daily Breeze;  January 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Marina Beach was like the sister I never had.As far...stroll. A popular tourist destination, Marina Beach always wore the look of a village carnival...their saris fluttering in the breeze. Marina Beach was like another world, an escape, a...

Altron billionaire Bill Venter sparks controversy over beachfront...

Cape Times (South Africa);  April 8, 2008 ;     458 words ......Bill Venter and a tiny strip of land in Marina Beach in KwaZulu-Natal at the bottom of the...to build a R1-million school close to Marina Beach - has sparked further controversy amid...Venter bought a seafront property in Marina Beach four years ago and started to build...

PARK PURCHASE.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 26, 2001 ;     93 words ...Marina Beach Park, a popular waterfront retreat since 1969, has been bought by the city of Edmonds for $3...acres of tidelands owned by the state Department of Natural Resources. Officials say tests show Marina Beach is free from pollution.

Altron billionaire Bill Venter sparks controversy over KZN beachfront...

Cape Times (South Africa);  April 8, 2008 ;     462 words ......Bill Venter and a tiny strip of land in Marina Beach in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) at the bottom...to build a R1 million school close to Marina Beach - has sparked further controversy amid...Venter bought a seafront property in Marina Beach four years ago and started to build...

11 drown in boat mishap in Nigeria

Xinhua News Agency;  November 2, 2004 ;     179 words ......state of Akwa Ibom. The boat, that left Saturday morning the Marina beach in Calabar, capital of neighboring Cross River state, en...Guardian daily reported Tuesday. Chief boat driver at the Marina beach, Etim Okon, was quoted as saying that all the dead bodies...

Feature: Chennai beach comes back to life after killer tsunami By Rong...

Xinhua News Agency;  January 9, 2005 ;     528 words ......Ocean is rolling up to the once crowded Marina beach along the eastern coast of Chennai...are said to have been collected on the Marina beach after the Dec. 26 tsunami and the livelihood...says Kumal. To the south end of the Marina beach, there is a fishing village named ...

Le Meridien's Grosvenor House opens in 2005 in...

Hotels;  September 1, 2004 ;     360 words ......Scheduled to open in early 2005, the Grosvenor House West Marina Beach by Le Meridien will be Dubai's first grand hotel following...striking tower design, she says. The Grosvenor House West Marina Beach will offer a range of food and beverage options that will...

Karunanidhi finds lost lady

The Hindustan Times;  May 15, 2006 ;     240 words ......Tamil womanhood.Amma had found the statue, mounted on the Marina Beach which she went past on her way to the Assembly, inauspicious...that Kannagi will soon be restored to her pride of place on Marina Beach, where she was installed in 1968, to coincide with the World...

Tennis players here for work and cause

The Hindustan Times;  January 2, 2005 ;     475 words ......and diehard beach bums may have resurfaced at the famous Marina Beach exactly a week after it was hit by the tsunami, but for Leander...hard for Leander not to talk of his association with the Marina Beach when he spoke to the media on Sunday. "I used to train on...

Kannagi statue to return to beach, courtesy Karunanidhi

The Hindustan Times;  May 15, 2006 ;     208 words ......a symbol of Tamil pride, is set to return to the popular Marina Beach of Chennai as Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday visited...announcements was that the Kannagi statue will be reinstalled on the Marina beach. In a few days, Kannagi will once again look upon the city...

Ten: Tsunami casts shadow over first ATP event of 2005

AAP Sports News (Australia);  January 2, 2005 ;     368 words ......capital city is Chennai. Over 200 died along the city's famous Marina beach, barely a few minutes drive from the tennis stadium. There...were tragically and unexpectedly killed at the very same Marina beach where I used to train four times a week as a boy." Paes said...

Young father drowns.(News)

The Mercury (South Africa);  September 28, 2006 ;     285 words ......REPORTERS A 26-year-old Pretoria holidaymaker drowned at Marina Beach on the South Coast yesterday after a wave knocked him off...friend, Shaun Miller, were scouting for a fishing spot at Marina Beach, about 15km south of Margate. Miller said tragedy struck...

Naval heroes win Port Blair's heart

The Hindustan Times;  January 23, 2008 ;     427 words ......sunny Tuesday with a fresh breeze from the aquamarine sea. Marina beach was bustling with the audience seated on both sides of the...was lit up by fireworks from the five ships anchored near Marina beach and Rose Islands to mark the end of a magical parade. Naval...